Episode Details

Before the injuries began to take their toll, there was a time when few frontcourt players in basketball were more explosive than Amar'e Stoudemire.

With Stoudemire preparing to take his rightful place in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Gavriel Wilkins and Torrence Stagger turn back the clock on Second Chance Points to reflect on the 14-year NBA career of the man known simply as STAT.

From his emergence as one of the NBA's brightest young stars in Phoenix to becoming a key centerpiece of the revolutionary Seven Seconds or Less Suns, the two discuss what made Stoudemire such a dominant force at his peak, his chemistry alongside Steve Nash and the numerous playoff battles and what-ifs that continue to define that era of Suns basketball. Before taking a moment to revisit his remarkable return from microfracture surgery, whether Phoenix missed its best opportunity to capture a championship in 2007 and just how differently Stoudemire's career could have unfolded had his body held up.

The conversation also examines the impact Stoudemire made upon arriving in New York, how injuries ultimately altered the trajectory of his time with the Knicks and whether his shortened prime has caused his greatness to become overlooked with time. As Gave and Torrence reflect back on their favorite STAT moments before prior to sharing their thoughts on how basketball history should remember him as he officially takes his place among the game's immortals in Springfield.

Six-time All-Star. Five-time All-NBA selection. Rookie of the Year. And now, Hall of Famer.

STAT made his mark. Now it's time to remember how he did it.

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