Team: New York KnicksPosition: Power Forward / Center
Jersey Number: 32 with Suns / 1 with Knicks
Height: 6-10 / 2,08
Weight: 245 lbs. / 111,1 kg.
Nickname: STAT (Standing Tall and Talented)
All-Star: 6 Times
NBA Titles: NBA Championship Trophy -
Born: November 16, 1982
High-School: Cypress Creek (Orlando, FL)
College: none
Drafted: by the Phoenix S
Amare Stoudemire was born on November 16, 1982, in Lake Wales, Florida. (Click here for a complete listing of today's sports birthdays.) His parents, Carrie and Hazell, already had one son, Hazell Jr. Amare later welcomed a younger half-brother named Marwan.
Lake Wales is an hour’s drive from Disney World, but a planet-and-a-half away in every other sense. Things move slowly in this part of central Florida. Too slowly for some. The lure of Lincoln Avenue can be overpowering, and the chance to make easy money when hard work (or no work) is all you know can lead even the best young people astray.
When Amare was 12, his father decided to start a trucking business. Things were looking up for the family. When Hazell began feeling the occasional chest pain, he ignored it—despite a family history of heart trouble. Sure enough, one morning Amare’s dad didn’t wake up.
The family imploded soon after. Carrie, desperate to provide for her boys, was in and out of jail. Hazell Jr. was lost to the streets. At times, Amare and Marwan had nowhere to go. They often stayed with Burney Hayes, a local cop who let the boys sleep in a corner of his trailer. Hayes convinced Amare to give up football and concentrate on his basketball—this, he predicted, would be his best chance at an education and a better life.
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