amar'e carsares stoudemire (born november 16, 1982) is an american-israeli professional basketball coach and former player. he serves as player development assistant for the brooklyn nets of the national basketball association (nba). he won the nba rookie of the year award in 2003 with the phoenix suns, who selected him with the ninth overall pick of the 2002 nba draft. he made six appearances in the nba all-star game and was named to the all-nba team five times, including one first-team selection in 2007.