Suns Amare out at least 4 months

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Originally Posted by gospursgojas

I heard that its the same kind of surgery that Penny had and we all know what happend after that. That doesnt necessarly mean that its the same injury, but I heard its the same procedure that penny had

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Sorry if this was already posted...

Like I was saying earlier... Penny had seven knee surgeries prior to his microfracture procedure. He had absolutely zero cartilage in his knee. He had reconstructive knee surgery right before...

It's not fair to judge this procedure on Penny or anyone else, because while the surgery may be the same, the patient isn't, the injury isn't.

Amare had a minor cartilage lesion no bigger than 1 centimeter long in an out of the way area of his knee. It's a concern any time a player goes under the knife, but the Dr. who performed the surgery has said that Amare's knee was remarkably healthy, save for this cartilage tear.

Here's just one thing.

Penny had seven surgeries and could never stay on the court. After his microfracture surgery, this was never an issue again. True, he wasn't the same player, but perhaps the other surgeries have more to do with that?

Stephen Davis of the Caronlina Panthers just had this surgery done and he's a freakin' 3rd-down, goal-line RB, arguably thee toughest position on knees in all of sports.

Just about every player who's ever had microfracture has had it after other operations.