Phoenix star forward Amar’e Stoudemire confirmed to FanHouse on Wednesday night he won’t be traded by Thursday’s deadline.

“I think I’m pretty much safe,” Stoudemire said after a talk with owner Robert Sarver following the Suns’ 107-97 loss at Dallas. “I feel good. But either way I was going to feel all right.”

It became apparent Stoudemire wouldn’t be dealt after Cleveland, which had been pursuing the big man before getting tired of waiting, agreed to a trade earlier Wednesday in which it will get forward Antawn Jamison in a three-team deal.

After that, two league sources said Stoudemire would be staying, and Suns coach Alvin Gentry did nothing to dispute that before Wednesday’s game. It probably also hasn’t hampered matters that Stoudemire reiterated to FanHouse he’s still leaning toward not opting out of his contract this summer.

“I don’t think that was ever an issue that we were looking to trade (Stoudemire),” Gentry said. “People always make phone calls. They think somebody’s available, and the guy’s a great player… Quite naturally, anybody would field phone calls. I don’t think anybody went in saying, ‘We’re going to trade Amar’e.”’

Stoudemire had said before Wednesday’s game it “could be my last in a Suns uniform.” But Stoudemire, after totaling 30 points and 14 rebounds with Sarver sitting in the third row behind Phoenix’s bench, had changed his tune after he met with Sarver following the game. Sarver declined comment.