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Amar’e Stoudemire Finds New Vigor,
As Knicks Fall Back,
As Knicks Fall Back,
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The Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire
finished with 15 points and 7 rebounds in the Knicks’ 94-90 loss to the
Portland Trail Blazers. Ben Solomon for The New York Times
The loss was only seconds old when
Amar’e Stoudemire, a towel draped around his neck, approached Giannis
Antetokounmpo for a congratulatory handshake and some unsolicited advice.
Antetokounmpo, 19, had helped the
Milwaukee Bucks defeat the knicks on Monday with a smorgasbord of post moves
and up-and-under layups, and Stoudemire told him to keep working hard, a
painfully tired trope among athletes — but a line that still means something to
Stoudemire.
“Those are my motivational words to
younger players,” he said after a recent practice. “Pretty simple, but it’s
true.”
Stoudemire, 31, said he saw flashes
of his former self in Antetokounmpo: the energy, the excitement, the easy
athleticism, all of the familiar currencies of youth. The game was once
effortless for Stoudemire, too, back when he was a teenage forward with the
Phoenix Suns who turned the basketball court into his own trapeze set. Seldom
celebrated for his defense, he was more than capable of making up the
difference in other areas. He dunked. He dazzled. He dominated.
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