TOP7: Stoudemire 1593 times... Unlike Marion's dunk and high assisted power, most of Xiao Si's dunks are obtained by creating opportunities by himself. It is no exaggeration to say that the peak Stoudemire offensive ability is ranked first even at the historical level, his speed and movement are among the best in the center, and the instant jumping ability is at the perverted level.

Amar Stoudemire has retired. For many fans who don't chase him, the general impression is:

"Ah, did he just retire?"

After all, for most Chinese fans, he and Yao Ming are a generation. In fact, after 2012, he did hide his form.

Yao Ming was seriously injured in 2009 at the age of 29. Stoudemire was not yet 30 years old when he was seriously injured in 2012. The 2002 Jack Williams rookie could have had an accident on a motorcycle after the year.

The rookies in 2002 were somewhat cursed by fate.

For Chinese fans, Stoudemire Jr. — of course, he's not young now, almost 34 years old — was once hateful. Around 2007, he, the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks were the most hated by Chinese fans.

The reason is probably: he snatched Yao Ming's 2003 newcomer of the year; Every time the Suns played against the Rockets, he put up beautiful numbers. It's like a fateful opponent.

Of course, in fact, there are not so many intersections. The confrontation between him and Yao Ming is more like a duel between fellow students. But they don't take the same path.

Six-time All-Star. At his peak, he averaged more than 25 points per game in three seasons. He has a career shooting percentage of 54 percent and a true shooting percentage of 60 percent. At his peak, Stoudemire wasn't a good rebounder, his passing was mediocre, his defense was unspeakable, and he was half-putted and half-pushed every time he fought hand-to-hand with the basket. In fact, in the 2004-10 years, the Suns defended best and went the farthest in the 2005-06 season: 16th in the defensive league; Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals. And that year, Stoudemire played only 3 games.

But there's no denying it: Amar Stoudemire was one of the few scoring monsters in league history at his peak.

He doesn't have much back-to-back skills – every time he catches the ball with his back, it's either a left-sided catch and a rollover, or a three-in-one threat after stepping back to the basket, and he probably comes up with an awkward hook every once in a while, and the scouts at SI report that his hook is "very predictable". But his basket skills are among the best in basketball history. When he retreats to face the basket three threats, the cross-step left-handed dribble breaks through the throw, and the step sinks the shoulder to break through, all of which are threatening. The mid-range shot is very stable, there are no dead spots in the three-point line, and he has a trick that is rarely made good by long-term people: his mid-range shot is not only a mid-range shot after receiving the ball, but also a mid-range shot after a step off the dribble, he also has a skill that only Dirk and Peak KG are close to him.

His blocking and dismantling with Nash has become a legend. He staggered close to Nash, took a side screen, and then slid away, Nash's pass arrived, and the opponent's defense didn't have time to get into position; In just one moment, Stoudemire had slipped out of the way, an acceleration or a stride shot - the Suns' most efficient move in those years, the ultimate misalignment.

There has never been a man who has been able to play so happily when he is in the basket. Even Barkley and the Postman didn't do it. The only one who came close was probably McAdoo, the 1975 scoring champion. Because of his terrifying positioning and finishing ability, even if he didn't have the top heads-up and attraction and pinch ability, he was still the ace of the Suns in those years.

Until 2010, he went to the New York Knicks.

And this year: he retired as a Knicks player.

Weird, isn't it? Not really.

Amar Stoudemire's father died early, and her mother came and went in prison. His favorite thing to do when he was a child, besides playing basketball, was: lifting the front wheel of the bicycle to show off and attract applause from the neighbors.

His brothers protected him. "Don't mess with my brother, he's going to play basketball, he's going to play the NBA." That's what his brothers have been saying. He changed high schools six times in two states, so he couldn't talk about good friends. He's been doing two things. First, entertaining everyone, just like lifting the front wheel of a bicycle when he was a child, and second, "playing basketball, making a lot of money, and taking care of the family".

If you understand his penchant for lifting the front wheel of his bicycle, you can understand his flashy dunks and his famous "push-ups on the court". If you understand his love for his family, you can understand his motivation for going to New York.

He's a nice guy, but he doesn't have many close friends. When he left the Suns, Kerr, the Suns' boss at the time, mentioned that he didn't go to the locker room to talk to his teammates much during the 2005-06 season. On the road, he is often alone. Not in lieu of a withdrawn personality, of course: he is very enthusiastic when he trains. It's just that he's not friends with most of the suns.

It's not like Nash, who almost makes everyone in the Sun follow him.

Stoudemire signed a big contract to go to New York. Walsh mentioned at the time, "No superstar wants to go to New York and rebuild, except for Ammar." Stoudemire himself admitted it. New York was in a bleak state at the time, losing games year after year, and there was a lot of right and wrong, and Larry Brown was driven away when he came. Superstars think it's too much of a problem here. Stoudemire is coming. Big contracts, as well, big cities. He trains enthusiastically, but also goes to nightclubs. Walsh said he was "a rock star character."

The 2010-11 season was Stoudemire's first year in New York. I recorded it at the time:

In the fall of 2010, Dantony's cards were like this: a young man who had been hoarded in the draft for several years, an old Estademire, and Felton brought in by the Bobcats. Open the stove, right?

Dantony will never forget his Kombat + three-point trend of going south and north for the rest of his life, taking Benetton from Italy to Phoenix in the NBA, and also in New York. In preseason, he also brazenly boasted that "Wilson Chandler is like Marion!" The implication is that Chandler plays Marion, plus Stoudemire, and the Suns are up again?

But he didn't.

After 3-8 in the opening three weeks of the season, Stoudemire and Felton led a locker room meeting. After this Zunyi meeting, the Long March in New York found the right way.

New York started Felton, Fields, Gallinari, Stoudemire and Turiaf. The advantage of Turyaf is that although he is an inside line, he is faster, stronger, and more agile than Mozkov, and does not drag New York back. Of course, Uncle Tu is also a fake starter, and Chandler usually comes up after a while. After a five-game winning streak, New York was able to show up in the open: Felton, Fields, Gallinari, Chandler, and Stoudemire started the game and made it out again.

Then there was a magnificent eight-game winning streak. Playing from November 17 to December 12, New York is 13-1.