Amare Stoudemire Officially Out for the Season
March 5, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Injuries, NFL Player Analysis
According to the surgeon who operated on Amare Stoudemire’s eye to fix a detached retina, there is no way that Stoudemire will be able to return this season. In fact, his recovery could take months and there’s no guarantee that his eye will ever be 100% again.
Obviously, this is horrible news for Stoudemire, the Phoenix Suns and Stoudemire fantasy owners. Owners who had him in a redraft league can safely drop him. His dynasty value also takes a big hit.
Without Stoudemire, the Suns will have to get scoring and rebounding elsewhere. Shaquille O’Neal has been picking up the slack and …read more
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 …read more
