NBA Rumors: Is Amar'e Stoudamire Suffering from Short-Term Memory Loss?

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Just a few days ago, Amar’e Stoudamire was repping New York like he was born there. He wasn’t necessarily grabbing Craig Sager and forcing him to say Queensbridge, but close enough. Now though, Amar’e has apparently forgotten his pledge.

On Twitter a few days ago, Stoudamire said, “My loyalty is with the State of New York an the NYK's.” Since then, he’s had a change of heart telling ESPN: "It's not a definite thing that I'm not going to sign overseas.” And when Kobe Bryant’s tour of China was brought up he responded by saying that he “would definitely entertain.”

Something either changed within the last few days or Stoudamire is senile. Who knows? Maybe Real Madrid or Beskitas offered to throw in a brand new pair of rec-specs and that re-ignited the interest.

Whatever happened, Knicks fans have to be praying that he scrolls down on his Twitter feed and sees what he originally said because they can’t afford to lose Stoudamire again to an injury. The pick-and-roll machine just healed up from a bad back and playing competitively again too soon could trigger an unwanted encore from the injury. Back injuries aren’t something you want to fool around with and they can end careers.

New York has been dreaming about the future since Isiah Thomas ruined their team. They didn’t get LeBron last summer, but they got the best offensive big man in the game in Stoudamire and a wing who is a much more skilled all-around scorer than King James in Carmelo Anthony. The Knicks are the signing of their choice of Deron Williams or Chris Paul away from having the Big Three they’ve sought after for years.

They would be an instant championship contender, but if Stoudamire fools around overseas for a few bucks, that dream has the potential to turn into a nightmare. One wrong step and STAT could be on his back and the Knicks would be back in rebuilding mode.

David Daniels is a Featured Columnist at Bleacher Report and a Syndicated Writer. Follow him on Twitter.

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