Amar’e Stoudemire Agrees To Five-Year, $100 Million Deal With Knicks

Suns fans have the right to be upset now that Amar’e Stoudemire has left them to sign with the Knicks. But Phoenix blog Bright Side of the Sun doesn’t hate Stoudemire for leaving, the money was just too good. But what about the situation? For a guy who says his number one priority, was leaving the Suns for the Knicks the best move?

Don’t say they didn’t warn you, Amar’e.

Knicks fans have had very few reasons to exclaim in joy over the last few years so don’t mind them if they completely lose it over the impending signing of Amar’e Stoudemire. They have their first superstar in a long time, and perhaps the first of more to come. Knicks blog Posting And Toasting has some initial thoughts and they are exclamatory.

While any new deals in the NBA cannot be officially announced until July 8, the Knicks are wasting little time making public their five-year, $100 million deal with free agent Amar’e Stoudemire.

Already, he is appearing on the marquee of Madison Square Garden, in a Knicks’ uniform, no less -- via Howard Beck’s Twitter -- a move that the PR department is quickly claiming was just to welcome him to New York for Monday’s meeting with the team.