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Amar’e Stoudamire joins Steve Nash’s staff in Brooklyn

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Brandon King

from nba.com: One of the NBA’s most famous pick-and-roll combinations is reuniting as coaches in Brooklyn. Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, former NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire will serve as an assistant coach on the Nets under their new coach, Steve Nash. Stoudemire and Nash were teammates on the Suns from 2004-10 as one of the league’s most feared guard-big man combinations in the early 2000s. Nash was hired to coach the Nets earlier this month in what will be his first head coaching job in the NBA. He spent the previous five…

STAT taking his game to China

October 30, 2019 Brandon King

Amar’e Stoudemire has inked a deal with the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball association. Last week Stoudemire was in China, where he met with team officials and worked out. He has returned to join his team for training and media day activities. The six-time NBA All-Star joins former NBAers Ty Lawson and Erick Green on the Sturgeons’ roster. The league all has other known names Lance Stephenson and Jeremy Lin, who ball for the Liaoning Flying Leopards and the Beijing Ducks, respectively. In the 846 NBA games he participated…