Amar'e Stoudemire Has Message For Knicks Fans: 'I Will Return'
There's plenty of speculation the oft-injured Stoudemire could be done for good. But the 30-year-old refuses to see it that way.
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There's plenty of speculation the oft-injured Stoudemire could be done for good. But the 30-year-old refuses to see it that way.
Carmelo Anthony says his troublesome right knee is "so-so."
The anticipated six week loss of Amar'e Stoudemire has been met with wide skepticism.
J.R. Smith scored 24 points and the New York Knicks shook off the absence of Carmelo Anthony and the shock of Amare Stoudemire needing more knee surgery to rout the slumping Utah Jazz 113-84 on Saturday night.
Amar'e Stoudemire will require knee surgery and will miss approximately six weeks.
Teammates attempted to calm down the big man, but that got the Staten Island native even more heated. In the midst of the chaos, he briefly strangled teammate Arwind Santos.
This was not a bad loss for the Knicks. They had no business even being in the game. It was, however, a brutal game for Mike Woodson.
The Kevin Durant-Carmelo Anthony duel was postponed, though J.R. Smith filled in nicely - for three quarters.
Knicks coach MIke Woodson is leaving it up to Carmelo Anthony to determine when the knee is ready: "If he tells me he wants to play, I'm going to play him."
Raymond Felton scored 26 points, and the New York Knicks pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons 87-77 on Wednesday night despite Carmelo Anthony's absence.
"We don't believe it's serious, no," the Knicks GM told WFAN radio. "We're trying to be smart, we're trying to take the long view here. We obviously need Melo if we're going to have a successful season."
The Knicks are an arrogant basketball team. It should have cost them a win on Monday night, and they were lucky it didn't. It could cost them this season if they don't figure it out soon.
In my dictionary, soreness is merely a mild level of pain, one that is not sharp or shooting but is often dull and persistent. It is of equal concern that if it's left undiagnosed or untreated, it could become more chronic and debilitating.
Exhale, Knicks fans. Carmelo Anthony insists his mysterious, nagging knee injury isn't all that serious.
Carmelo Anthony tripped, stumbled and fell. The New York Knicks picked themselves up and won without him.
