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I hope he goes get back to being fully healthy before he makes his return.
this is just one year, he has his future to look forward to.
Call it a year
It's too early to make any binding conclusions, but insiders in Phoenix are betting that Amare Stoudemire won't play at all this season. For one thing, the micro-fracture surgery is serious, even for a strong and healthy 22-year-old. Second, Stoudemire is in no mood to rush back.
"Four months is the minimum time frame," he said. "But in my mind, I want to make sure I'm 115 percent before I'm looking to get out there. It's all about the healing process. I want to come back healthy and better than ever. No matter how long it takes, that's what we're going to do."
When pressed on whether he expects to play this season, he said, "It's possible. If I can heal up the way we're expecting, then I probably will play this year. If not, then probably not. I want to make sure I'm me before I play."
But even as he's waving off some of the doomsday prognostications, he keeps extending the time frame on his return.
He was told that Chris Webber, a micro-fracture returnee, warned that it would take two full years before the knee felt normal again.
"I don't listen to that stuff," Stoudemire said. "My body is totally different than everyone else's. Webber and those other guys had surgery later in their careers. It was more intense because of the area the lesion was in. My problem wasn't that bad, but it was something we wanted to take care of and come back in four to six months."
Do the math: The 2006 NBA playoffs begin six months from this week.
I hope he goes get back to being fully healthy before he makes his return.
this is just one year, he has his future to look forward to.
This is just a big loss for the NBA, Amare is one of the great young players in the league. He and Lebron are really carrying the torch for the young elite in the NBA. I say no doubt sit it out the rest of the year and get back hopefully healthy next year. A great storyline for the NBA next year hopefully will be Amare back to being the stud of a player he was before the injury.
Ouch. That sucks.
I agree.
He's so young. I 'd hate to see his career ruined becasue he was rushed back on the court before he was ready.
PLus- I want him to be 115% when we kick the Sun's ass!
j/k truthfully - he's one of the few players in the NBA that inspires fear in me as a Spurs fan.
Should take a year off seriously.
He doesnt wanna come back and down the track could reinjure it...
Webber finally looks somewhere close to normal this pre-season and hasn't it been over 1 1/2 years.
Really too bad for the Suns, just when they thought the were getting it together.
ha ha ha ha ha ha thats what they get for thinking they could hang with the Spurs....i hope mike d'antoni realizes his dream is over
I don't think Webber has been anywhere close his pre-surgery self. He used to be one of the top 10 PFs in the league, maybe top 3 or 5.
I don't think Amare's prognosis will be as dire, because he's younger. But you never know.
It's a terrible break for a great talent, but he's doing the right thing to take his time with this.
But I suspect that any second thoughts Finley had about deciding against going to Phoenix have been resolved now.
"ha ha ha ha ha ha thats what they get for thinking they could hang with the Spurs....i hope mike d'antoni realizes his dream is over"
I surely hope the above is rarest of opinion of Spurs fans, it sure does not represent mine, as I never wish any player or organization to suffer due to injuries.
Congrats'!!!! You've made the worst post of the day.
Hopefully he heals quickly enough to play some this year, but as others have mentioned, he's too good of a player at such a young age to risk his entire career.
Not cool.
Do you have a link?
This sucks for him and Phoenix, but I have to say I am so glad he's not pushing it. Too much talent there to waste because someone is impatient. Here's hoping he fully recovers!
Here's hoping you break a leg.
BTW, this story was in the a local paper about a week ago. Amare says he'll be back when he's ready. Nice of them to credit the source.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=51439
The guy is amazing. I have watched many times some of his games and I still can't believe he gets to the basket from where he starts on the court so quickly and as if there were no defenders on the court. He is something else.
I've always liked Amare, and it just sucks for him and Phoenix for this to happen just when things started to look great. I just hope he can be the same dynamic player like he was in the WCF last year when he comes back.
That sucks, but I'd rather he miss a year and come back completely healthy. This year will just be a blip. The Suns are probably wishing they'd kept Johnson and Hunter right about now.
lets hope for his sake he doesnt get all outta shape they always had concerns of him getting too fat in the off season will he be another shawn kemp, we'll see
Is he already extended or still in rookie contract?
Losing Amare and JJ is real challenge for Mike this year.
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