{"id":2089379,"date":"2026-08-12T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089379"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:00:42","slug":"tales-of-amare-stoudemire-a-basketball-hall-of-famer-so-good-the-suns-once-had-to-hide-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089379","title":{"rendered":"Tales of Amar\u2019e Stoudemire: A Basketball Hall of Famer so good the Suns once had to hide him"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PHOENIX \u2014 In the weeks before the 2002 NBA Draft, Jerry Colangelo had made up his mind. He wanted Amar\u2019e Stoudemire, the explosive, powerful forward from Florida who had attended six different high schools.<\/p>\n

Normally, the Phoenix Suns chairman was against drafting players who had not attended college, but Stoudemire, he quickly learned, was different. Colangelo had watched Stoudemire in the McDonald\u2019s All-American Game. He saw him driving into the lane, hanging in the air and sinking a soft jumper. He saw him attack the basket with uncommon aggression.<\/p>\n

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As Stoudemire stood at the foul line that afternoon, ESPN\u2019s Dave Sims read from Stoudemire\u2019s bio. \u201cYou talk about ambition,\u201d he said on the broadcast. \u201cHis No. 1 goal is to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame \u2014 and he\u2019s not even out of high school yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After Knicks title, are Brunson and KAT now HOF locks?<\/div>\n
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