Stoudemire joins former Nets interim head coach Jacque Vaughn on the bench. Assistant Adam Harrington appears likely to remain with the club for this new regime. He signed a contract with the Knicks after his stint in Miami was over to officially retire with New York. After signing with Maccabi Tel Aviv in January, the big man is close to reaching an agreement to return to the Israeli team. Stoudemire, who will turn 38 next month, averaged 8.
It has been 14 months since Wizards point guard John Wall ruptured his Achilles and the point guard was progressing nicely before the NBA suspended its season. It validates our process we have in place, to be able to utilize the Go-Go for so many functions to help the Wizards.
Wall was scrimmaging every three days or so prior to the NBA suspending its season. The G League team would hold scrimmages roughly twice a week and Wall would get in to minutes of action in those contests. Wall has publicly stated that he wanted to be a player development coach or a GM after he hangs up his jersey. Just feedback and little things and hearing him get excited when you make shots and him being confident in you knocking down shots is great.
Because he has become a citizen of Israel, Stoudemire qualifies as an Israeli player. Maccabi is leading the Israeli league and has been successful in the EuroLeague, but has been hurt by injuries to several key players, including Omri Casspi. All of the positivity surrounding him will go by the wayside, the media will ream him out and fans will feel betrayed. Although Stoudemire might view playing for another country as an excellent means of preparation and training for the NBA season, the American public will likely perceive it as greed.
For every dollar Stoudemire makes over there, there will be about five people back home who despise him. Just some food for thought. Bin Laden may be dead, but the US and everything we stand for is still a target of terrorism.
It may sound preposterous, but high-profile American athletes living abroad could become marks for terrorists. In American pop culture, NBA superstars are among the most idolized celebrities, and you can be sure news of any one of them joining an international team will even make waves in radical circles.
To jeopardize your well-being for the love of a game and the almighty dollar seems absurd. Enjoy our content? The year-old still has pangs for one more go-round in the NBA. Another option is maybe to play with a team that needs quality veteran leadership here in the NBA. That could be an option. Or I could go back and defend the title for a back-to-back. I have time to think about it.
Those are my three options. Stoudemire arrived back in Miami on Sunday after his Hapoel Jerusalem club, despite being the fourth seed in playoffs, captured the Israeli Premier League championship on Thursday with an victory over Maccabi Haifa. Then again, his premeal blessing includes a thank you to Jesus, and body art is considered by some rabbis to be a violation of Jewish law.
The big adjustments for Stoudemire have come at his workplace, where he often plays in small gyms for less than 1, fans. Even as a veteran of international competition, he is still picking up on the rules and nuances of Euro-ball, the niceties of officiating, an Italian coach who speaks mostly with his hands. He wasn't interested in a non-playoff team.
Happy Walters: Congratulations to my longtime client Amare Stoudemire on your new journey! My next step is playing for Hapoel Jerusalem, one of the top teams in Europe. This is a chance for me to be a better husband and a better father, to help me lead my family into righteousness.
The opportunity to play there, and grow as a player and person, is a blessing. Nikos Varlas: - Journalist: "What should Hapoel fans expect from you? I faced some challenges When we brought Steve on board, we reached a whole new level. Everyone else fed off him. We redefined the game of basketball. Before us, the center position was more like Shaq or Karl Malone. I idolized him growing up. We did work, too. I was putting up insane numbers thanks to him and all the attention teams had to give him.
The toughest player I ever had to guard. That one-legged fadeaway? I could play off him and just watch him work. It just takes two dribbles for him to get through the lane and explode to the rim. Stoudemire: Last, but definitely not least, Carmelo Anthony. It just comes so easy to him. That night when he scored 62 at the Garden, that was easy for him. He could have gotten 70, maybe more.
He just flowed out there on the court. I should know, I was there. If he were willing to put in the work, however, he could prove to be an athletic option off the bench for a team who was willing to take a chance on him. He was never a true threat from downtown, and he never shot more than 0. However, he shot as high as Historically, guys who struggled with injury when they were younger do not typically fare well as they age, and without any NBA action for nearly three years, one might wonder if he would quickly break down under the grind of a regular season.
Both international and Big 3 play are more spread out than NBA basketball, so the adjustment could be grueling for Stoudemire.
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