Amar’e Stoudemire Won’t Suit Up For USA Basketball in World Championships
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According to ESPN.com, new New York Knick Amar'e Stoudemire will not be playing for the United States in the World Championships due to problems insuring his contract. Team USA learned of the setback today, which is the same day the team opened training camp.
Stoudemire was supposed to be one America's top players in Turkey, but will be forced to sit out. With the players who led the Americans to the 2008 Olympics gold medal taking the summer off, USA Basketball was counting on Stoudemire to fill the void.
He agreed to a request by the Knicks for him to take ...