Amaré To Undergo Knee Surgery [Archive]

Spurs Brazil

10-01-2007, 07:11 PM

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Amaré To Undergo Knee Surgery
October 1, 2007 - 8:04 pm
RealGM Staff Report -
The Phoenix Suns today announced that center Amaré Stoudemire will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee tomorrow, Tuesday, October 2.

Team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas Carter will perform the surgery to remove a loose body. Carter performed microfracture surgery on Stoudemire’s left knee in October 2005. The 24-year-old Stoudemire will miss 2-3 weeks and is expected to have a full recovery.

The two-time All-Star and 2007 All-NBA First Team selection averaged 20.4 points and a career-high 9.6 rebounds last season, playing a full 82-game season after missing all but three games of the 2005-06 campaign due to injury. [READ]

timvp

10-01-2007, 07:17 PM

I hope that this doesn't turn out to be another microfracture surgery.

td4mvp21

10-01-2007, 07:18 PM

Stern had something to do with this.

ducks

10-01-2007, 07:18 PM

told you should have traded him for kg

exstatic

10-01-2007, 07:20 PM

I'm sure Horry is somehow to blame for this.

Hemotivo

10-01-2007, 07:21 PM

told you should have traded him for kg
yep

boutons_

10-01-2007, 07:21 PM

Dammit, that kid is really snakebit.

Come on, Amare, get through this one quickly.

objective

10-01-2007, 07:21 PM

it's not exploratory, so microfracture would be surprising

picnroll

10-01-2007, 07:25 PM

One more sign of progressive osteoarthritis.

wildchild

10-01-2007, 07:35 PM

Stern had something to do with this.

Stern came to know about the Amare's surgery from... :rolleyes

some_user86

10-01-2007, 07:35 PM

This is just unfortunate. To see a talent, even a dumb talent, go to waste is just sad.

SenorSpur

10-01-2007, 07:36 PM

Well, if Amare misses any time, this should make Shawn Marion happy because he can be the MAN.

RC's Boss

10-01-2007, 07:37 PM

Yeah, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

ducks

10-01-2007, 07:44 PM

why in the hell did they not trade him for kg

he is a cancer and has bad body
steve kerr is a fool

Mister Sinister

10-01-2007, 08:01 PM

Tim Donaghy fucked up Amare's knee.

yourcheatinheart

10-01-2007, 08:03 PM

Yeah, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

i can say the same thing about about some of you. get well soon amare.

ChumpDumper

10-01-2007, 08:05 PM

The obsession continues.®

boutons_

10-01-2007, 08:07 PM

A great talent, but no, not real smart or mature, but so far, the balla with a tough childhood has kept his ass outta legal trouble, which alone is enough to want to root for him.

Aggie Hoopsfan

10-01-2007, 08:14 PM

it's not exploratory, so microfracture would be surprising

see Oden, Greg.

Cry Havoc

10-01-2007, 08:54 PM

Maybe he hurt his knee getting off a certain bench too quickly. I've heard that a lot of people are hurting their knees while "checking in" to a game.

RussN

10-01-2007, 09:01 PM

One more sign of progressive osteoarthritis.

Yep, and since it says a "loose body" that means there is a piece of cartilage floating around in his knee, more than likely part of his meniscus. Since it says that he will be back in a matter of weeks, they are doing a menisectomy (taking out the floating part of the meniscus), not repairing the tear (longer rehab with meniscus rapair). Therefore leading to less cartilage in the knee, more degeneration, more arthritis, shorter career, good news for teams other than the suns.

Oh and by the way, microfracture surgery is a surgery to try and stimulate cartilage growth by creating tiny fractures in the knee. The only reason you would need to stimulate cartilage growth is if you have decreased cartilage, which means he could be on his way to microfracture surgery on this knee as well if he keeps tearing pieces off of this meniscus.

Samr

10-01-2007, 10:33 PM

Ahh, I can hear it now......

But Amare missed pre-season!!! He never had time to bond with the team in a relaxed environment with meaningless games, and that's a serious hindrance to his overall development damnit! I mean seriously, how do you expect him to play his best in the playoffs when he wasn't able to develop in-game chemistry with the guys the Suns only brought in for training camp anyway? This year's championship deserves an asterisk because the Suns were completely and unfairly compromised running during October. Yep. For sure. No doubt about it.

With it being only the first day of training camp, Amare's surgery is just an excuse to use when the Suns go fishing. Unless he decides to microfracture it up later in the season, I doubt this will make a big difference anytime soon.

FromWayDowntown

10-01-2007, 10:38 PM

I also hope that this proves to be minor and that Amare is back soon.

ShoogarBear

10-01-2007, 10:41 PM

I just hope the orthopod reminds Amare not to get off the table while he's scoping.

tmtcsc

10-01-2007, 10:52 PM

It was the kick from Bruce in the playoffs.

Hemotivo

10-01-2007, 10:57 PM

No Amaré
No Kurt Thomas
Ouch

KIWI!!!!!

ducks

10-01-2007, 11:01 PM

I hope they remind amare after he comes back he can not leave the bench dring an altercation
since suns only remind players the first day of training camp

BushDynasty

10-01-2007, 11:02 PM

If that Amaré fella can't play in the NBA any more, there's always a spot for him in my administration.

ducks

10-01-2007, 11:05 PM

If that Amaré fella can't play in the NBA any more, there's always a spot for him in my administration.
I am sure he will be thrilled knowing that

ShoogarBear

10-01-2007, 11:07 PM

I hope they remind amare after he comes back he can not leave the bench dring an altercation
since suns only remind players the first day of training camp

ducks, what the hell? This lameness is splashing up on my wit.

Walter Craparita

10-02-2007, 02:28 PM

should have stayed on the bench and rested that knee.

hater

10-02-2007, 03:36 PM

the dirty Spurs have to be behind this somehow

Scola Trade

10-02-2007, 03:54 PM

i've been telling you guys that Stoudmire has many premature-aging-like features, injury-prone being one of them

ancestron

10-02-2007, 04:27 PM

Spurs Brazil

10-02-2007, 04:44 PM

Stoudemire has successful minor surgery on right knee
Associated Press

Updated: October 2, 2007, 5:33 PM ET
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PHOENIX -- Phoenix Suns center Amare Stoudemire underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Tuesday.

Team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas Carter performed the surgery at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital. As expected, a loose body was removed from Stoudemire's right knee.

The two-time All-Star is expected to resume basketball activities in two to three weeks. The Suns opened training camp on Tuesday in Tucson.

Stoudemire had microfracture surgery on his left knee two years ago, forcing him to miss nearly all of the 2005-06 season.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3046779

ZStomp

10-02-2007, 05:45 PM

I didn't read any of the posts but why did he wait until now to have this surgery??? Why not have it done in the middle of the summer? He did have a longer summer than us..:lol

da_suns_fan__

10-02-2007, 05:57 PM

I really liked Amare Stoudemire until these most recent playoffs when he had to start "the Spurs is dirty!" drama. Now I just don't really care about him. I thought he was better than that. Still don't like to see anyone get hurt, and it is still more exciting to see the Suns have him out there.

Amare got in trouble for writing "NBA" on the wall with a crayon when he was 5 years old. True story.

Uh...so youre angry at Amare for calling the Spurs dirty, but not at Horry for hip-checking Nash into a scorers table?

:rolleyes

You cheer for the laundry, right?

No matter what it stands for.

ShoogarBear

10-02-2007, 06:42 PM

As expected, a loose body was removed from Stoudemire's right knee.Doctors were unable to say exactly how Britney got in there.

ancestron

10-03-2007, 12:05 PM

Uh...so youre angry at Amare for calling the Spurs dirty, but not at Horry for hip-checking Nash into a scorers table?

:rolleyes

You cheer for the laundry, right?

No matter what it stands for.

We are not having this conversation again. I get so tired of telling Suns fans what I think of the Horry foul.
It was a hard foul. End of story. Did Nash get hurt? no. He sure acted like it though.
Speaking of hard fouls, did you watch much basketball in the 90's or did you just jump on the Suns bandwagon when lil Stevey brought his behind-the-back to town?

saporvida

10-03-2007, 03:11 PM