Well, so much for this news. According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Amare Stoudemire will opt out and become an unrestricted free agent.
Amar'e Stoudemire has exercised the opt-out clause in his contract and become an unrestricted free agent, his agent Happy Walters tells Y!
The Suns can still retain Stoudemire with a new contract, of course, but this could be a sign that he is indeed seriously considering leaving the team.
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