Amar'e Stoudemire calls Phoenix Suns 'Plan A'

The Amar'e Stoudemire Basketball Academy ended Thursday in Gilbert. Next, Stoudemire leaves Phoenix for Miami.

As much as that sounds like free-agent foreboding, there was nothing about Stoudemire on Thursday to indicate that Phoenix has seen the last of its All-Star power forward. Wearing a camp shirt with purple and orange lettering, Stoudemire called signing a contract extension with the Suns this month "Plan A."

"Camp colors are purple and orange and bloodlines right now are purple and orange, until something changes," said Stoudemire, who plans to meet teammates Jared Dudley and Earl Clark in Miami for training and vacation.

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With an officiating whistle and three games at his youth basketball camp to monitor, Amar'e Stoudemire  spotted familiar reporters courtside Tuesday afternoon.

"Uh-oh, I know what you want to ask about," Stoudemire said.

But the kids at Premier Courts in Gilbert got to him first.

"What team do you want to go to?" one asked.

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Amar'e Stoudemire removed his Phoenix Suns jersey almost immediately after he and his teammates were eliminated from the postseason by the Lakers  in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals. It would be somewhat of a leap to read anything into that gesture beyond what it was: a player trying to put a difficult loss behind him as quickly as possible.

But for Stoudemire, as we've heard incessantly for the past two seasons, there is much more to his reality.

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Amar'e Stoudemire on Saturday denied an ESPN.com  report that suggested his time with the Suns will end after the season .

"Like I've told you guys all season, I'll play this season out and see how it goes and then try to make a decision this summer," the Suns forward said. "It's still 50-50, and it's always going to be that way until a decision is made."

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Another potential free agent could be off the NBA market well before it even opens. And while that might be bad news for the Knicks and Nets, it could be good news for David Lee.

Suns forward Amar'e Stoudemire, a possible prime target of the Knicks and Nets this summer, has been offered a contract extension, according to Fanhouse.com, which quoted a source as saying that the two sides are "getting closer (financially) to where they should be."

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