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Amar'e Stoudemire isn't stepping away from basketball just yet. On Monday the six-time All-Star held a press conference at Madison Square Garden discuss his decision to play for Hapoel Jerusalem after retiring from the NBA. He also published a piece on The Players' Tribune on the subject.

From The Players' Tribune:

I may be retiring from the NBA, but I'm not saying goodbye to basketball just yet. My next step is playing for Hapoel Jerusalem, one of the top teams in Europe. This isn't about collecting a paycheck overseas, though; it's a spiritual journey, too.

The Scripture speaks about Jerusalem as a holy place, and I can feel that whenever I'm in the city. This is a chance for me to be a better husband and a better father, to help me lead my family into righteousness. The opportunity to play there, and grow as a player and person, is a blessing.

Stoudemire told reporters that he signed a two-year deal with Hapoel Jerusalem and sold his shares in the team, via the New York Post's Marc Berman. His agent, Happy Walters, said that he had offers from non-playoff teams in the NBA, but he didn't want to play for them, via ESPN's Ian Begley. American and Israeli flags were set up at the press conference, and Stoudemire posed with his new jersey.

Stoudemire is only 33 years old, so his retirement from the NBA sort of came out of nowhere. It makes sense that he'd want to continue his career, and there has been talk of him finishing his career in Israel dating back to a 2010 New York Times story about his first trip there. In 2014, after he and a four-person ownership group bought 60 percent of Hapoel Jerusalem, he told the New York Post that "it would be great" to play for the team one day.

Another high-profile former Knick, Stephon Marbury, has enjoyed an extremely successful career renaissance in China. Stoudemire might never have a statue, a play based on his life, a museum dedicated to him or his own postage stamp, but he can follow Marbury's lead and become a fixture in Israel. As long as he stays healthy, he'll be an enormous star there on and off the court. Maybe he'll even get Israeli citizenship -- he pursued it years ago.