Amare out six weeks with knee procedure

[niko]

Yep.

[shady6121]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn1g6fHT488

:banghead: :(

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

I don't get it ... :confusedshrug:

[Mr. Incredible]

Damn, I feel bad for him and you guys. Get well soon Amare.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Niko, who do you expect to step up tonight being without Amare and Melo? (JR and Chanlder asidE)

[1987_Lakers]

tough break

[InspiredLebowski]

Knicks ever use their amnesty clause?

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

I don't get it ... :confusedshrug:
This dude loves attention. Load up google, type in Amare, stop posting here.

[imnew09]

What happened? Wasn't he playing against OKC the other day?

[shady6121]

Knicks ever use their amnesty clause?

They used it on Chauncey Billups.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Knicks ever use their amnesty clause?
billlllllups

[niko]

Knicks ever use their amnesty clause?
Yes. It doesnt matter anyway because not having him would free up salary but not cap space.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

What happened? Wasn't he playing against OKC the other day?
pretty sure he played last night..

[niko]

Niko, who do you expect to step up tonight being without Amare and Melo? (JR and Chanlder asidE)
If someone does Felton

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

gotta be a gem on that knicks bench to add to my fantasy team! novak?

[InspiredLebowski]

Yes. It doesnt matter anyway because not having him would free up salary but not cap space.Sure, but it could've saved em a helluva lotta cash and gotten them in a better position to have cap space eventually. But they used it, so moot.

[bagelred]

I thought this was a bump of an old thread. I can't believe this.......

[InspiredLebowski]

gotta be a gem on that knicks bench to add to my fantasy team! novak?Copeland. I honestly have no idea if this'll effect him, but that guy can play.

[imnew09]

pretty sure he played last night..

Pretty sure he didn't play last night...


Dam, it's that left knee again :eek:
Hope he get well soon.

[Scoooter]

He should have just had both knees done back in October.

[bagelred]

This really sucks....unbelievable.

Knicks have got to pick someone up for the playoffs. They're going to need to dump Rasheed (the chances of returning are so slim), and pick up another forward off waiver or something....ugh.....

Kenyon Martin....time to step up.

[Clifton]

Time to retire. Some guys don't get to have a career; Amare is one of them. May as well accept it and stop giving teams false hope when injury is not likely but certain.

[Patrick Chewing]

Woody needs to play Cope and hopefully Knicks brass can cut Sheed and sign someone. Ridiculous our luck.

[Burgz V2]

Pretty sure he didn't play last night...


Dam, it's that left knee again :eek:
Hope he get well soon.

no its his right knee

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/226601/Stoudemire-Out-Six-Weeks-With-Knee-Surgery


Amar'e Stoudemire will undergo surgery on his right knee and miss about six weeks.

Stoudemire has recently been dealing with soreness in his knees

[Burgz V2]

Woody needs to play Cope and hopefully Knicks brass can cut Sheed and sign someone. Ridiculous our luck.

pretty unlikely tbh, they should roll on with what they have and hope Cope gives them enough instead of trying to incorporate another player, on top of Kenyon, to the team/rotation.

[imnew09]

no its his right knee

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/226601/Stoudemire-Out-Six-Weeks-With-Knee-Surgery

Ooh thanks for clarifying.

Hopefully Martin steps up!

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

I actually thought this was a troll attempt. :oldlol: Guy also had knee surgery just before the season began AND was out 6-8 weeks. Crazy. What a blow for the Knicks.

[bagelred]

Since the trade deadline is over, you'll start to see guys get waived on non playoff teams. Hopefully someone springs free Knicks can use.

How bout Jorts? Isn't he a free agent?

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

This dude loves attention. Load up google, type in Amare, stop posting here.

http://synthesis.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/lolwut.jpg

[Burgz V2]

Since the trade deadline is over, you'll start to see guys get waived on non playoff teams. Hopefully someone springs free Knicks can use.

How bout Jorts? Isn't he a free agent?

he's playing in Puerto Rico right now, not sure if he would be able to come back unless his contract is rescinded/league finishes

Amundson is on a 10-day with the Bulls, might get a second one, but it's only if Taj stays out. If he comes back before the second one is done, Amundson will probably be let go.

[Real Men Wear Green]

If Melo returns soon NY can maintain the season win percentage. But if he isn't right by the postseason they aren't getting past the first round.

[no pun intended]

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[ShaqAttack3234]

You gotta be ****ing kidding me. :facepalm He's been looking really good for quite a while. Thought he was finally healthy.

[ClutchOver9000]

http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/wsg/image/1339/18/1339188551986.gif

[Blue&Orange]

http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/wsg/image/1339/18/1339188551986.gif

[ZHAKIDD532]

Yes. It doesnt matter anyway because not having him would free up salary but not cap space.
Yes it would've.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Yes it would've.
we're fans and don't really care what kind of money the owners are saving. so..no, it doesn't.

[iDunk]

I'm so disgusted right now it's ridiculous...

I'm just waiting for the real news about Melo's knee to come out.

[Clutch]

I definitely saw it coming. EVERY F*CKING PLAYOFFS.

2011 playoffs - injures his back in game 2,miss the rest of the series
2012 playoffs - injures himself before the playoffs,comes back with like 5 regular season games left and then punches a fire extinguisher in game 2,misses game 3
2013 playoffs - injured for the rest of the regular season,will probably miss the 1st round

Just trade the guy for anything. Get a pick or something.

[willds09]

:facepalm damn but we still going to win it all regardless, go NY go NY go:cheers:

[ClutchOver9000]

I'm just waiting for the real news about Melo's knee to come out.

http://replygif.net/i/372

[Y2Gezee]

Wow. So guess it'll be Melo's flaws as a perennial loser as to why the Knicks struggle from now on.

It's always something with Amare. That's 4 major surgeries for him since 2011. 2 on his back, 2 on his knees. And this one after he has basically been held to 20 minutes a night.

Crazy.

[Noob Saibot]

Amare = The power forward Grant Hill. :cry:

[d.bball.guy]

Wow. Talk about a bad break. I feel you, Knicks fans.

Get well, Amare! Hope you come back strong!

[Burgz V2]

Antonio McDyess = The power forward Grant Hill. :cry:

fixed.

[willds09]

:lol wrong player man
fixed.

[boozehound]

Since the trade deadline is over, you'll start to see guys get waived on non playoff teams. Hopefully someone springs free Knicks can use.

How bout Jorts? Isn't he a free agent?
Whats the deadline for the playoff roster?

Sorry knicks fans, but at least know you dont have to worry about melo and stat trying to co-exist. :D

[Kobe 4 The Win]

Amare missing games with an injury? Who would have thought.

[UtahJazzFan88]

I think it's time for the Knicks to amnesty him, or trade him for another player on a bad contract that would fit the Knicks a little bit better than Amare/Melo. The Knicks haven't looked worse without Amare when Melo plays.

[Noob Saibot]

fixed.

lol. McDyess? I like McDyess too btw, but wasn't as talented as Amare was as a big.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

I think it's time for the Knicks to amnesty him, or trade him for another player on a bad contract that would fit the Knicks a little bit better than Amare/Melo. The Knicks haven't looked worse without Amare when Melo plays.
what do they do about billups tho? go back and unamnesty him? tell the clippers it was all a mistake and billups is still under contract with the knicks? how the hell would this work!? has it ever even happened before?

[boozehound]

lol. McDyess? I like McDyess too btw, but wasn't as talented as Amare was as a big.
this is because you are young. Dice was at least as athletic and definitely more talented than amare.

[boozehound]

I think it's time for the Knicks to amnesty him, or trade him for another player on a bad contract that would fit the Knicks a little bit better than Amare/Melo. The Knicks haven't looked worse without Amare when Melo plays.
very untradeable and they do not have an amnesty to use. He is uninsureable and makes massive money. Go look at simmons article from friday about the worst contracts. hes #1.

[willds09]

this is because you are young. Dice was at least as athletic and definitely more talented than amare.
U buggin now:roll:

[imdaman99]

what the fckin fck! shadys right, knicks be cursed yo

[Y2Gezee]

Amare making me look bad. I still feel like they have the best roster on paper. They can't ****ing stay healthy.

Not even close. Amare's basically going to be a shell at least until maybe midway through the 2nd round if they get that far. And I think they will still But, who knows how he'll return, or if he will at all.

Freakin sucks.

[Derka]

Might as well dump $20 million a year in the sewer for all this bum is worth.

[Real Men Wear Green]

After 1quarter not missing him vs. Utah...doesn't mean much but who would be shocked to see them be ok in the regular season without him?

[boozehound]

U buggin now:roll:
on which part? Hes definitely more talented (amare cant play half the game for shit). Hes pretty damn athletic in his pre-injury days. I would say as athletic as amare, but of course its endlessly debatable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQC5g7yezgs

[Noob Saibot]

this is because you are young. Dice was at least as athletic and definitely more talented than amare.

no. i remember McDyess, he was a great player early on. one of the better players in the 2000 olympic team. i still don't feel he was as talented as amare.

[Nash]

Here is the thing with Amare, he's content with it all. He has secured himself the big contract, he's playing in a big market and he gets to live in the most famous city in the world. If he wanted out he could end up in a shitty team, outside of the spotlight getting to live in a non glamorous city. Amare will take the coming off the bench deal all day.

[ProfessorMurder]

no. i remember McDyess, he was a great player early on. one of the better players in the 2000 olympic team. i still don't feel he was as talented as amare.

McDyess was as athletic, far better on defense, and maybe 2/3rds of Amar'e level on offense.

He could've easily been the better player if they both had full careers.

[Blue&Orange]

Why didn't Amare had this procedure start of the season? It's just basically to clean the knee, it's not to fix an injury, so why when you're a going to clean a knee (left), why don't you clean the right too? A season lost to cleaning knees.

I've been goggling and 6 weeks might be on the safe side, but it doesn't matter, after all this weeks he was still rusty, even if he comes back right before the playoffs he will be almost a non-factor, a bench player nothing more, if he had six more weeks of gametime, he would have been a incredible asset, even more now that he became an more than adequate
defender.

[Noob Saibot]

McDyess was as athletic, far better on defense, and maybe 2/3rds of Amar'e level on offense.

He could've easily been the better player if they both had full careers.

perhaps. now that i've seen Dyess's stats his blocks per game are more impressive. Sounds like more of a hustle player than anything.

[Teanett]

this season is basically meaningless now.
my favourite player out. knicks have no shot without him.
:cry:

[iDunk]

Maybe this is a blessing in disguise?

[Patrick Chewing]

Maybe this is a blessing in disguise?

Knicks were a three-point machine before Amar'e and they were dominating fools. They are going to have to get back to that in order to make this work.

The Knicks can beat any team this year and it's going to take effort and intelligence to get it done in the playoffs.

[hawkfan]

I think Hakim Warrick got waived and is available.

[bagelred]

Whats the deadline for the playoff roster?



Well, that deadline isn't for a while. Close to when playoffs start.

However, players on rosters right now, have to be waived by a certain date, in order to be eligible to join teams for playoffs. I don't know what that date is but probably late March....you'll start to see guys getting waived soon from teams so they are playoff eligible.

[willds09]

this season is basically meaningless now.
my favourite player out. knicks have no shot without him.
:cry:
Come on bro dont give up we still nice:no:

[iDunk]

I think Hakim Warrick got waived and is available.
OH SHIT.

You're right, that'd be a great replacement & insurance.

[willds09]

I whish Iverson was still playing:facepalm

[9512]

With his micro surgery in 2006, it's a miracle he got that max contract in 2010 with the Knicks.

Whoever negotiated Amar'e's contract deserved major props.

He's getting superstar money while being cared for by his employers. He's living the life.

[schism206]

I feel for the guy, he had a good attitude about accepting a bench role/limited minutes, and was just starting to look like the Amare of old.

[Patrick Chewing]

Most likely that he could have kept playing on that knee for the rest of the way, but I'm guessing they wanted him fresh for the playoffs. Had this been later in the season, no way he gets the surgery.

[Lebron23]

Knicks needs to hire the Suns Medical Staff.

[JMT]

McDyess was as athletic, far better on defense, and maybe 2/3rds of Amar'e level on offense.

He could've easily been the better player if they both had full careers.


Add in that McDyess came back from terrible injury and reinvented himself as exactly the type of rolel player that teams need. Did the dirty work, rebounded, defended.

But Amare used to be ale to jump really high and dunk!!!

[JMT]

With his micro surgery in 2006, it's a miracle he got that max contract in 2010 with the Knicks.

Whoever negotiated Amar'e's contract deserved major props.

He's getting superstar money while being cared for by his employers. He's living the life.

This.

Knicks fans will cry that it's bad luck, but it isn't.

It's a bad management that spent good money on a guy tht was a bad risk, both physically and mentally.

It's a tip: when a player with his resume' leaves a team destined for mediocrity (PHX) and nobody in the organization is upset about it, that's not a great guy to have around.

[Rubio2Gasol]

If he's back in time to play a minor role in the playoffs they'll be alright.

I think K-Mart is a fantastic compliment to Melo, if he can indeed be K-Mart.

[Y2Gezee]

If he's back in time to play a minor role in the playoffs they'll be alright.

I think K-Mart is a fantastic compliment to Melo, if he can indeed be K-Mart.

Depending on their matchups though they may actually have needed him to play a major role.

I think he's going to come back for the first round, but try to go all out...screw a minutes limit trying to preserve him (just enough to not make him hurt), because what are you preserving him for? Let him have his 5th and 6th major surgeries in the offseason if needed.

I'd prefer him needing nothing more than to get into game shape, than to have him in and out of effectiveness like Wade last year who needed the same thing.