http://www.nba.com/suns/news/stat_071001.html</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Phoenix Suns today announced that center Amaré Stoudemire will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee tomorrow, Tuesday, October 2.</p> 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.</p> 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.</p> 2007 Phoenix Suns training camp runs Oct. 2-7 at McKale Center on the campus of the University of Arizona.</div></p> I recall reading something about him needing another surgery a few years after 1st one just to clean things up.</p>
Turned out it was nothing this time. I was fearful.</p> link</p> TUCSON - Suns center Amaré Stoudemire was in such good spirits after his successful right knee surgery Tuesday that he used a Phoenix bird mythology reference to predict his return from the arthroscopic procedure that removed a floating particle from his knee joint. "Like I told you before, I will rise from the ashes and reincarnate myself," Stoudemire said, repeating a sentiment he shared after two previous knee surgeries. "I have no doubts about bouncing back. I bounced back from microfracture (on the left knee). I can bounce back from this." Tuesday's scope will sideline Stoudemire for only three weeks, if not less. He will spend today on crutches before joining his team in Tucson and starting rehabilitation</p> I just can't wait to fine-tune my skills," Stoudemire said. "I'll be back on track. It's just a minor speed bump." Stoudemire said he thought the discomfort and swelling that began in his right knee a week ago was due to a busy summer. A Sunday MRI exam showed a loose body in the same knee that needed debris removed in April 2006. "It was something that probably would've hampered him all year long," Suns General Manager Steve Kerr said.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GM3)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Good to hear.</p> It would really suck if the NBA lost another young big man.</p> </div></p> </p> Agreed. I was playing NBA Live, and realized that there is a serious lack of good, young big men in the league. Dwight Howard and Amare are a couple of the very few.</p>
Yeah, it's weird. Like the future of the NBA are all 6'7-6'9 wingmen, or undersized PFs. So many to come out last 4-5 yrs, ir seems than ever.</p>
That's because the NBA is emphasizing the one-on-one game more now than ever. Teams would rather pay a guy that can take someone off the dribble and dunk or shoot a fadeaway than a big man that can back you down and score in the post. The only reason Amare and Howard have had success is because despite their size, they are still very athletic.</p>
