Amar'e Stoudemire is Jewish

That explains why he signed with the Knicks...

Amar'e Stoudemire recently found out that his mother was Jewish which, according to Jewish law, makes the son Jewish. Bee-tee-dubya this is his mom. After learning about his new religious background he demanded more money from the Knicks, decided to retire from the NBA so he could attend college and get a finance degree and take a trip to Israel to learn about his roots. Well that last part is real. He's been twatting about his trip and how he plans to learn Hebrew. I'd just like to point out that his twitter account is "Amareisreal" which was meant to mean "Amare is real" but ironically also nearly reads as "Amare Israel".

Israel's oldest newspaper, Haaretz, is pushing for Amar'e to join the Israeli national basketball team, saying...

"News of Stoudemire's trip quickly had Israeli basketball fans buzzing with speculation that they might one day see him playing alongside another Jewish NBA star, Israel's Omri Casspi, on the national team.

So far there is no indication as to whether Stoudemire is here to stay – although for the moment, Israel seems to be getting along just fine without him, beating Great Britain 86-82 in Tuesday's training game."

Ahhhh yes, nothing says dominance like beating Great Britain in a training game of basketball. I think this is all a plot by Amar'e so that he can celebrate Chrismukkah without anyone bitching. Also, Amar'e twatted this right after he discovered his Jewish roots...

Yeah, okay Amar'e...you were playing Chess...and I was just having a threesome with Marisa Miller and Megan Fox.

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Chris Paul Wants Out of New Orleans

Chris Paul, aka CP3, is without a doubt one of the best point guards in the game and was seriously missed last season for the NBA. Now that he's back from injury, he realized how shitty of a team he's on and wants to get out of there. He told team officials today that if the team doesn't look like winning a championship then he wants to be traded. Paul then gave a list to the Hornets with teams like the Lakers, Magic, and at the top of the list, the New York Knicks. Paul most likely wants to go to NY because Amare is there now and there is a very good chance Carmelo Anthony will join them next year. I can't blame Chris Paul for wanting out because New Orleans is a horrible team that most certainly do NOT look like they are winning a title soon. He saw what happened in Miami and it's clear he is now interested in a dream team.

Here's a nice little compilation on how freaking good Chris Paul is:

That's Amare!

Sources are reporting Amare Stoudemaire and the New York Knicks have agreed to a 5 year, 100 million dollar deal. Its a good fit for Amare because he plays absolutely no defense and sources have told me Coach Mike D'Antoni refuses to even say the word. Apparently he calls it the "d-word". I'm not too surprised with this deal as there were much better free agents out there this summer, but New York knew they HAD to get somebody. Apparently the Knicks were certain to ask LeBron if he was OK with them signing Amare and this signing does not rule out them signing the King.


The bad news of the day are the serious rumors circulating the best player in the world leaving the best team in the world. Carmelo has an opportunity to opt out of his final year of his contract next year and rumors are already being heard of him joining the Knicks with LeBron and Amare. The Nuggets said he will not be traded this year (thank god). Also, with the new collective bargaining agreement next year, if Melo leaves the Nuggets he will be making a significant amount of money somewhere else, so it will be interesting to see if he picks money from the Nuggets or wins with the Knicks. Apparently Amare and Melo are close friends and Amare says Melo has already contacted him about playing together in New York.