Amare Stoudemire Injury Update – Fantasy Impact
February 20, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Injuries, NFL Player Analysis
Amare Stoudemire, the star forward for the Phoenix Suns, will miss up to eight weeks following surgery on his eye. Stoudemire suffered a detached retina and could very well miss the rest of the regular season.
If Stoudemire is out for the season, the Phoenix Suns will have a hard time making the playoffs. As it is, the Suns have looked good some games and other games have looked lottery bound. That said, they seem to have turned it around after replacing Terry Porter with Alvin Gentry.
With Stoudemire out, expect most of the bigman touches to go Shaq’s way. Shaquille O’Neal will have to step up and put up better stats that he’s averaging right now. In the fantasy world, O’Neal is a player to target if you can live with his free throw percentage and turnovers.
One player who could step in at power forward is Matt Barnes. If he starts at that position, like he did at times in Golden State, his fantasy stock would sky rocket. If the Suns want to go to a more conventional look, they may look at starting either Louis Amundson or Jared Dudley.
To pick up the scoring slack, also look for Steve Nash, Jason Richardson and Grant Hill to shoot more often.
Correction: first setence, “…star forward for the Boston Celtics…” should be Phoenix Suns.
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