When Amar’e Stoudemire steps back into AmericanArilines Arena on Friday, one thought will be on his mind.
“Home sweet home, baby,” Stoudemire said. “Home sweet home.”
Stoudemire closed his 14-year NBA career — one filled with six All-Star appearances, a Rookie of the Year award and an All-NBA first-team nod — on one-year run with the Miami Heat after eight seasons with the Phoenix Suns, four and a half with the New York Nets and half a season with the Dallas Mavericks.
But his basketball career is still in full swing. After a year in Israel and leading Hapoel Jerusalem to an Israeli Basketball League Cup, he is back stateside and playing in the second season of Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league.