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This story has been clarified.?Read below.Amare Stoudemire, who signed a contract?with the?Knicks?to formally retire with them, says he made overtures over the past two offseasons to play for the?Phoenix Suns?but?wasnt getting any positive response.That wouldve been the perfect way to go out, Stoudemire told The Arizona Republic?on Thursday. I didnt want to beg Phoenix. My heart was in two places -- Phoenix and New York. I just went where I was wanted.Stoudemire did not indicate whether he asked the Suns about a similar deal to the one he signed with the Knicks. Stoudemire signed a one-year, non-guaranteed contract with New York on Tuesday before announcing his retirement.That wouldve been a heck of a way to finish, he told the Republic. I wasnt just going to keep knocking on someones door that wasnt going to answer.Stoudemire, 33, averaged 18.9 points and 7.8 rebounds in 846 career games over 14 seasons for Phoenix, New York, Dallas and Miami, the first eight of which were for the Suns.The 6-foot-10 forward/center was a six-time All-Star and an All-NBA first-team selection in 2006-07, forming one-half of a formidable pick-and-roll duo in Phoenix with point guard Steve Nash.Im at peace with it because I gave everything that I had, Stoudemire told the newspaper. It took a while. The game is such a beautiful game. I was truly in love with it, but there were no teams who needed my position.Stoudemire was also named the 2003 NBA Rookie of the Year after entering the league directly from high school.They brought back?Jared [Dudley] and Leandro [Barbosa], my boys, Stoudemire said of the Suns. That wouldve been a heck of a way to finish. 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