Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026: Amar’e Stoudemire played above the rim in a way only he could
What sprung to mind, for Mike D'Antoni, was laughing. The feeling of watching Amar'e Stoudemire doing what he could do — what seemingly only he could do — and being overcome by an involuntary physical expression of pleasure.So many times, I would come to the timeout and just giggle," Stoudemire's former head coach told reporters this spring.
"The rim is still shaking [after] how hard he just dunked the basketball, and guys are like … they're stunned. I'm looking like, 'Oh my gosh.'""He was incredible," D'Antoni said.Stoudemire was incredible: a 6-foot-10, 245-pound elevating-and-detonating marvel, a six-time All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection.
His journey began in Lake Wales, Florida, in 1982, and will bring him this weekend to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he'll be enshrined as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2026. (As luck would have it, D'Antoni will join hi…
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