NBA

Knicks’ Amar’e reconsiders European option

After saying he wouldn’t, Amar’e Stoudemire is the latest NBA stud to say he would consider going overseas in the event of a long NBA lockout.

“It’s not a definite thing that I’m not going to sign overseas,” the Knicks All-Star forward said yesterday on ESPN Radio, getting his point across despite a double negative.

And his position goes against a weekend tweet in which Stoudemire claimed, “Europe teams are calling. I think I’m going 2 stay here in the states. My loyalty is with the State of New York and the NYK’s. Who’s with me?”

Stoudemire’s agent, Happy Walters, declined comment until he could sift through all the particulars, but a person close to Stoudemire insisted “all the guys are going to leave their options open.”

And that now includes Oklahoma City All-Star Kevin Durant. With Nets star Deron Williams already set to jump to Turkey if the NBA lockout drags out, Durant said he would strongly consider playing overseas if there is no quick resolution to the league’s labor situation.

“I would like to try something new,” Durant told the Associated Press during a promotional tour in China. “But of course, my first option is playing in the NBA. So now I want to see how this lockout goes.”

Durant said he thinks other players will follow Williams’ lead and head overseas should the lockout drag on. Atlanta’s Zaza Pachulia also has agreed to play with Besiktas in Turkey if the lockout, which went into effect July 1, is long and tedious.

Toronto’s Sonny Weems has signed to play in Lithuania and is locked in for one year even if the labor situation is resolved. But Durant remains optimistic an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement can be reached before too many player passports are stamped. But he’s prepared to go overseas.

“If not, I will make a decision on where I am going to play basketball. I am going to take it slow; everybody is going to wait to see how this plays out,” Durant said. “D-Will, he made his decision quick and I am sure you are going to see a lot of guys kind of follow his footsteps. So he’s very brave to be the first guy to do it.”

Meanwhile, the league announced the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Basketball Without Borders, the goodwill program run by the NBA and FIBA, will have three camps — but no current players because of the lockout.

So the camp in Slovenia, South Africa and Rio de Janeiro will feature retired players, including Vlade Divac, the former Lakers center who was one of the driving forces behind Basketball Without Borders.

And under the heading of “Will Cover Post-Patterns For Pay,” former Knick and current Durant Thunder teammate Nate Robinson wants an NFL team to give him a tryout.

Robinson played defensive back collegiately at Washington one season. Robinson may have missed the memo that the NFL also is locked out.

fred.kerber@nypost.com