It may seem like a strange time to predict big things for Amar'e Stoudemire.
The 12-year veteran turns 32 in November and is coming off the second consecutive season in which he averaged fewer than 25 minutes per game. Injuries held him to just 29 games in 2012-13, and his 11.9 points per contest a season ago were his lowest numbers since 2005-06—when he only suited up for three games with the Phoenix Suns.
And yet, there's suddenly a shred of hope the six-time All-Star could at least partially return to form in his fifth and potentially final campaign with the New York Knicks—a season in which he'll earn $23,410,988.
"My joy is there. My love of the game is there," Stoudemire recently told reporters, via Fred Kerber of the New York Post. "I feel like I'm 19 again as far as how much I love to play the game of basketball. I feel youthful.
"To have that type of feeling again as I had my rookie year, to want to play and just want to be out there and get better as a player is pretty encouraging."
It's been a trying journey for Stoudemire, parti ...
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