Amar Stoudemire is officially retiring — he ended his NBA career with the Knicks last year. Today is the official end of the basketball career.

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 himself.

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. 2002 Champion - Williams can get into trouble on a motorcycle after a rookie year.

The rookies in 2002 were somewhat cursed by fate.

For Chinese fans, Stoudemire Jr. — of course, he's not young now, almost 35 years old — was once hateful. Around 2007, he, the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks were the most hated by Chinese fans.

The reasons are presumably: 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. Career shooting percentage is 54%, true shooting percentage is 60%. 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 2005-06: 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: Ammar-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, he either catches the ball with his left waist and turns over to the baseline, or he makes a three-in-one threat after stepping back to the basket, and there will be an awkward hook every once in a while, and scouts at SI report that his hook is "very predictable".

But his basket skills are the top among the elders 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 solid, there are no dead spots in the three-point line, and he has a trick that few people make good of: his mid-range shot is not just a catch-and-shoot and a mid-range shot after a dribble step away, he also has a skill that only Dirk and KG in his prime.

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 in the basket, and perhaps only Barkley is the same. In his healthy Phoenix seasons, he averaged 21 points per game on 62 percent true shooting per year. He is the best successor to McAdoo, the 1975 scoring champion. Because of his terrifying positioning and finishing ability, even if he didn't have the top-notch ability to hold the ball and attract and pinch shots, he was still the scoring ace of the Suns in those years.

Amal-Stoudemire's father died early, and his 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. The first is to entertain everyone, just like when he was a child to lift the front wheel of a bicycle, and the second is to "play basketball, make a lot of money, and take care of the family".

If you understand that he likes to lift the front wheel of his bicycle to play, you can understand his flashy dunks and the 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 this. New York was in a bleak state of flux, losing games year after year, and Larry Brown was driven away when he arrived. 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, 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 from the Bobcats. Open the stove, right?

Dantony will never forget his Kombat + three-point trend, which led Benetton from Italy to Phoenix in the NBA, and also in New York. In the 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 in the first place?

But he didn't.

After a three-week 3-8 run into 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. From Nov. 17 to Dec. 12, New York was 13-1.

In the past, in the Suns, the shooters opened up space, and Stoudemire only needed to cover Nash, and then block and cut to the basket to dunk comfortably. This season, Felton is more responsible for finding space to cut teammates, so he can no longer open his mouth to pick up passes, and has to take on everything as the main attack. Fortunately, he looks like a star with hundreds of millions of contracts.

Stoudemire's back-to-back offense has been like that for years, but his front-to-back offense was already in place in 2008. Playing the center position with the body of a big forward, but it is a set of small forward skills, which is too illegal and retrograde. When he opened the singles, his basket pace, mid-range shots, and breakthroughs made the opponent unable to resist. Since Dantony put Turiaf and Mozkov on the bench, he has scored 30+ points in nine consecutive games.

With the previous eight consecutive wins, New York's strengths were on full display: youth, high speed, long-range shots, and Stoudemire's terrifying scoring ability. But after two consecutive defeats, the problems are all out: there is no second score, there are not many ways to fight positionally once the opponent is dragged into the rhythm, and it relies too much on Stoudemire.

What's most exciting for New Yorkers right now is that, if Stoudemire continues, he'll be the best guy in the league to challenge for Durant's scoring title, given that other superstars are on their toes. There are only three factors that can stop him:

A: One day, Dantony suddenly changed his sex and stopped blitzing

B is injured

C Melon came to New York and took away his scoring chances.

In December 2010, Stoudemire was averaging 30 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists per game while shooting 54 percent from the field.

Before the All-Star break, he averaged 26 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and then, melons came.

In the 2010-11 season, Stoudemire averaged 25+8 per game, the second team in the league. He left the Suns, got a big contract, and led the Knicks to the playoffs. He became the king of New York and gained the prestige of a rock star. At the age of 29, he was finally about to start proving himself.

And then ...... Hurt.

That's it, it's over.

Stoudemire's father died of heart disease when he was twelve. Stoudemire told the New York media that his dad's last words were, "The sky is your limit." In 2005, when he averaged 26 points per game in his junior season, that statement seemed plausible; When he opened ground for New York in 2010, it sounded.

In the 2010-11 season, for the first time, he tried to integrate into a complete player: one who not only scored, but also led the team, defended, passed, and was responsible for handling the ball alone rather than relying on Nash to play for him. It's like when a big bird first breaks free from its mother's wings (Nash) and begins to become independent, and wants to soar into the sky, it looks like "the sky is your limit".

And then it hurts.

Of course, he earns more than $170 million in wages to protect his family.

It's just a pity: despite all the big and small shortcomings, especially the defense, at his peak, he was still one of the few basket monsters in basketball history, the most explosive guy.

Moreover, his injury gave him a blow just when he was about to integrate and evolve and become independent. His comeback from a knee injury in the 2005-06 season was a small miracle.

Who would have thought that an injury would give him a second hit?

On December 30, 2002, the Suns lost to the Timberwolves, and rookie Stoudemire scored 38 points against KG, a record for rookie scoring that year. That day Marbury complained about KG and said, "Stoudemire is like Jordan to Mario Avery compared to KG." "

Moving forward five weeks, Yao Ming had 30 points and 16 rebounds in Dallas.

At that time, they were very different. One was already FIBA famous when he entered the NBA, and the other was a high school student; One is a 226-centimeter giant traditional center, and the other is a 208-centimeter new long-term man with a noodle basket. One relies on height, pace, and feel, and the other relies on speed, explosiveness, and mid-range shots. Yao Ming represents the twilight of the last giant of the 1990s. Stoudemire was actually more of a 2010s player – but both of them were somehow mistimed. If you put Yao Ming in 1995 and Stoudemire in 2015? Maybe more perfect.

But in 2002, when they were all quite healthy, they didn't know how many injuries and illnesses awaited them later.

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