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Stoudemire accused of taking money while prep
By Mike Tulumello,
Tribune
Representatives for Amare Stoudemire had nothing to say about continuing reports regarding the Suns forward's legal dispute with his former agent, including an allegation he received about $125,000 from the agent while he was still attending high school.
The Tribune reported last month that Stoudemire's former agent, John Wolf, had sued Stoudemire for allegedly failing to repay loans totaling about $200,000 and that a judge had ordered the Suns to garnish Stoudemire's wages until the matter was settled.
More recent reports indicate that court documents detailing the loans from Wolf show that about $125,000 was received by the player while he was attending Cypress Creek High School in Florida.
Contacted Thursday, the Minneapolis-based Wolf said he'd be "happy" to discuss the matter but only after a final ruling is made.
But for now, "I don't want to put any fire into this little flame," Wolf said.
Brian Pollock, Stoudemire's Phoenix lawyer, declined comment.
A call to a lawyer for Stoudemire in Green Bay, Wis., was not immediately returned, nor was a call to Bill Duffy, Stoudemire's new agent.
Such loans are against Florida high school rules. A recent report in the Orlando Sentinel suggested that the alleged loans to Stoudemire while he was in high school could lead to his Florida "Mr. Basketball" title being stripped, depending on how the case plays out, and Cypress Creek having its 2001-02 basketball records vacated.
Stoudemire won the state's "Mr. Basketball" honor after averaging 29.1 points, 15 rebounds and 6.1 blocks.
"If he accepted money from an agent, it would have rendered him as a professional, and he would have been ineligible," Florida prep official Dan Boyd told the Sentinel last Friday. "There's a possibility that if we get confirmation that this did occur, we would declare him as an ineligible athlete."
A federal court in Minnesota issued a default judgment against Stoudemire. Stoudemire is now trying to get the default judgment undone in Minnesota, court documents say. Stoudemire and Wolf were said to have split over friction between the agent and Stoudemire's mother, Carrie, during the forward's rookie season in which he was named the NBA rookie of the year.
Stoudemire has been unavailable for comment.
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By Mike Tulumello,
Tribune
Representatives for Amare Stoudemire had nothing to say about continuing reports regarding the Suns forward's legal dispute with his former agent, including an allegation he received about $125,000 from the agent while he was still attending high school.
The Tribune reported last month that Stoudemire's former agent, John Wolf, had sued Stoudemire for allegedly failing to repay loans totaling about $200,000 and that a judge had ordered the Suns to garnish Stoudemire's wages until the matter was settled.
More recent reports indicate that court documents detailing the loans from Wolf show that about $125,000 was received by the player while he was attending Cypress Creek High School in Florida.
Contacted Thursday, the Minneapolis-based Wolf said he'd be "happy" to discuss the matter but only after a final ruling is made.
But for now, "I don't want to put any fire into this little flame," Wolf said.
Brian Pollock, Stoudemire's Phoenix lawyer, declined comment.
A call to a lawyer for Stoudemire in Green Bay, Wis., was not immediately returned, nor was a call to Bill Duffy, Stoudemire's new agent.
Such loans are against Florida high school rules. A recent report in the Orlando Sentinel suggested that the alleged loans to Stoudemire while he was in high school could lead to his Florida "Mr. Basketball" title being stripped, depending on how the case plays out, and Cypress Creek having its 2001-02 basketball records vacated.
Stoudemire won the state's "Mr. Basketball" honor after averaging 29.1 points, 15 rebounds and 6.1 blocks.
"If he accepted money from an agent, it would have rendered him as a professional, and he would have been ineligible," Florida prep official Dan Boyd told the Sentinel last Friday. "There's a possibility that if we get confirmation that this did occur, we would declare him as an ineligible athlete."
A federal court in Minnesota issued a default judgment against Stoudemire. Stoudemire is now trying to get the default judgment undone in Minnesota, court documents say. Stoudemire and Wolf were said to have split over friction between the agent and Stoudemire's mother, Carrie, during the forward's rookie season in which he was named the NBA rookie of the year.
Stoudemire has been unavailable for comment.
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