First, he was rumored to be on the trade block. Then, he was told he was staying. Lastly, he will be out for two months for his second eye surgery in the past year.
Yep, Amare Stoudemire, one of the most talented players in the NBA, is injured again and will need surgery to repair a detached retina suffered in the Phoenix Suns whooping of the Clippers Wednesday night, reports said.
The Suns were trying to trade the phenom for cap purposes, but when no good offers were available, GM Steve Kerr decided to keep Stoudemire and fire head coach Terry Porter. Two games into the Alvin Gentry era and the Suns were back to their old run-n-gun selves, averaging 141 points per game in two annihilations of the lowly Clippers.
But just as Suns fans like myself were optimistic once more, Stoudemire's injury has Phoenix fans looking toward the offseason. Unless Shaq plays like it's 1999, the Suns look like they will be the ninth team in an eight team playoff system. The blow might not be as crippling as John Paxson in the 1993 NBA Finals, but it still hurts considering the Cardinals made the Super Bowl before the Suns returned to the finals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMzY3n0S4-4
At least the NFL Draft is only a couple months away.
Zitzman
