This is for the Suns players that are playing internationally this summer. Nash isn't going to play for Canada so he can get ready for the regular season. Amare won't play in the World Championships also because he is trying to get his knee ready for the season and because of the birth of his 2nd child.This is a post I saw on Diaw playing with France....<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>France vs Lithuania played last night with france winning 71-64 in a friendlyBoris- 17 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists in 27 minutesHe also had 14, 4 and 4 in 22 minutes the game before Vs Senegal</div>
I thought this would be about summer league, do the Suns have anyone on their summer league roster that could make the team?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Jul 23 2006, 06:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I thought this would be about summer league, do the Suns have anyone on their summer league roster that could make the team?</div>I doubt it. They were goin gto sign Romain Sato but he was bad in the summer leaues and I wanted Maciej Lampe to sign with us again but we got that Marks fella so I guess not. :no1: This is just how players do in the summer so you could talk about the summer league a little also I guess.
Now it seems like it'll be Marion sitting out with that knee thing while Amare may be playing on the US team.
He's getting there. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Bright forecast for this SunPeter MayBoston GlobeAug. 1, 2006 07:20 PMLAS VEGAS - You watch him and you are immediately guilty, guilty of expecting something that still cannot be. You wait for the explosive lift, the thunderous dunk, and, well, you continue to wait. And wait. You know it's there. But where is it?Amar? Stoudemire is out here in the desert, practicing with the US national basketball team for this month's World Championships in Japan. He still isn't close to being the destructive force that terrorized the NBA in 2004-05, when he threatened to supplant Shaquille O'Neal as the single most menacing, frightening force in the league.Right now, he's more like Amar? Stoudemire as he continues a rehabilitation from two surgeries, which forced him to miss all but three games of the 2005-06 season. He's handling the competition. He's handling the daily wear and tear. But no one can say when he will return to the Stoudemire of old. Everyone, however, uses the word "when" in discussing such a return, which sounds a lot better than "if." advertisementStoudemire made the list of 15 players who will practice here this week, then head to China, Korea, and Japan. He has to be considered a long shot to be among the final 12 for the actual World Championship roster for two reasons: His health issues and the fact that he is soon to become a father and he wants to miss no part of that."It's going to be tough for him," said USA Basketball boss Jerry Colangelo, who also is the Phoenix Suns CEO and thus has more than just a casual interest in Stoudemire's situation.Colangelo selected Stoudemire for the team last season, when the 23-year-old one-man wrecking crew was recovering from left knee microfracture surgery. A three-game return in March ended when he felt pain in his right knee. A second operation April 5 removed what's known as a Baker's cyst, a pocket of joint fluid that forms a lump behind the knee and causes swelling and discomfort. He had to start the rehab process anew.Stoudemire has been given a clean bill of health by all the doctors who've checked him out. Suns coach Mike D'Antoni, an assistant on the US team, said, "He just needs to get the rust off his game and get in shape. It's an uphill climb for him now. It's understandable."But we're really happy he's here. You need this kind of competition to spur you on a little bit and show you where you've got go. It's a long road back. He still gets stiff because he's not in the greatest shape and he still has a lot of work to do. Hopefully, by training camp, he'll be that much further ahead. But, it might be a half a year, it might be a while."Or, as Colangelo said, "The real question is, 'How long it will take?' And no one really knows."The Yanks won't get to see the Stoudemire that averaged 37 points a game in the 2005 Western Conference finals against the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs, a pretty strong defensive team. After that series, San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said, "We had no answers for him. And he knew it."If that Stoudemire had been on display at the Athens Olympics in 2004, who knows what would have happened? (The same might be said for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, who, like Stoudemire, were given limited roles by Larry Brown.) "I guess he thought we were too young," Stoudemire said.Stoudemire is still young, but he may have to wait until Beijing 2008 - when he'll be all of 25 - to show his stuff on the international stage."It was a great experience the last time at Athens but, this time, it's much more organized," Stoudemire said. "We have a set plan on what we're trying to accomplish. And we feel good about it."The training sessions here have been therapeutic for Stoudemire, who gets to play against the likes of Elton Brand, Dwight Howard, and Chris Bosh. Colangelo and D'Antoni both endorsed Stoudemire's participation in the sessions. To date, Stoudemire has a perfect attendance record, if not a perfect lower body."It's still rehab right know," he said, icing both knees after a recent practice at UNLV's Thomas and Mack Center. "It's all part of the process. I am looking forward to getting better."This is a big plus for me, playing against all these All-Stars. It puts me back in the class that I used to be in. I just need to elevate my game a little more, get more explosive, and become the player that I was. Or even better."In 2004-05, Stoudemire was fifth in the NBA in scoring, second in field goal percentage, 17th in rebounding, and 20th in blocked shots. He played in the All-Star Game. He was named second-team All-NBA. But then came the surgery from which some do not recover fully and then a year of endless rehab and one aborted comeback. Still, he looks exponentially better now than he did in March, when he played his three-game season."I had a Baker's cyst that slowed me down," he said. "That was the only setback I had when I came back. Now, that's gone. I'm able to play back-to-back days. And practice. There's still a lot of strengthening that needs to be going on. It's been hard. Really hard. I definitely have to get stronger in the legs to get the explosiveness back. That's the next step."It's a step the NBA in general and the Suns in particular can't wait to see. As for the Argentines, Spaniards, Italians, Serbs, and everyone else ticketed for Japan, they may catch a break. If they see Stoudemire at all, it likely will be the condensed version.</div>
