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dtsnms
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Posted: 10/11/05 2:16 pm ::: Amare Out 4 Months |
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Just saw it, didn't get the link, but knee damage, out 4 months.
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peaceplease
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Posted: 10/11/05 5:03 pm ::: |
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Damn! So who will fill in for him?
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hoopladreams
Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 271 Location: Chicago
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Posted: 10/11/05 5:11 pm ::: |
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Did he know about the knee damage before he signed his new contract or was this an injury that occured in training camp?
From the articles, it seems as if he's had discomfort in his knee for several months, but maybe re-aggravated it in training camp or something. I'm not sure cuz its not very clear. But if he knew there was a problem all summer, why wait until preseason starts to do anything about it?
Anyhoo, its a shame cuz Amare is an amazing talent and I was looking forward to seeing if he was gonna come back even stronger this year. I guess we'll just have to wait a little longer to see him in action.
I hope he has a full recovery.
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hoopladreams
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Posted: 10/11/05 5:16 pm ::: |
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cheryleggleston wrote: |
Damn! So who will fill in for him? |
I've always like Brian Grant, but clearly he, nor anyone else, is gonna be able to replace Amare. Marion and The MVP are just gonna have to step up their games and do what they can to make the players around them better.
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dtsnms
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Posted: 10/12/05 9:05 am ::: |
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cheryleggleston wrote: |
Damn! So who will fill in for him? |
Kurt Thomas, with Grant off the bench.
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dtsnms
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Posted: 10/12/05 9:05 am ::: |
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hoopladreams wrote: |
Did he know about the knee damage before he signed his new contract or was this an injury that occured in training camp?
From the articles, it seems as if he's had discomfort in his knee for several months, but maybe re-aggravated it in training camp or something. I'm not sure cuz its not very clear. But if he knew there was a problem all summer, why wait until preseason starts to do anything about it?
Anyhoo, its a shame cuz Amare is an amazing talent and I was looking forward to seeing if he was gonna come back even stronger this year. I guess we'll just have to wait a little longer to see him in action.
I hope he has a full recovery. |
Yes and no I think. Remember they went in for a light exploratory, 4 week recovery, and found a problem. So I think they knew something was wrong, but not to the extent it actually is.
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hoopladreams
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Posted: 10/12/05 2:59 pm ::: |
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dtsnms wrote: |
Yes and no I think. Remember they went in for a light exploratory, 4 week recovery, and found a problem. So I think they knew something was wrong, but not to the extent it actually is. |
Ok, yeah, that makes sense. Its just a shame that they didn't look into it earlier.
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Kurt Thomas, with Grant off the bench. |
Hmmm...I didn't even know that Kurt Thomas was playing on Pheonix now. I thought he was still a Knick. Thanks for the heads up. I'd like to see an opening day starting line-up of:
pg: Steve Nash
sg: Jim Jackson
sf: Shawn Marion
pf: Kurt Thomas
c: Brian Grant
But I don't necessarily think that will happen. Like you said, Thomas will probably start at center and Marion at pf. However it shakes out, they're certainly not gonna be the exciting, high-flying act they were last year.
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dtsnms
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Posted: 10/12/05 3:14 pm ::: |
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Here's the current roster from the website:
10 Leandro Barbosa G
19 Raja Bell G
11 Pat Burke C-F
Dean Demopoulos LAC
3 Boris Diaw G
55 Brian Grant F-C
50 Eddie House G
21 Jim Jackson F-G
22 James Jones F
20 Anthony Lever-Pedroza G
31 Shawn Marion F
13 Steve Nash G
32 Amare Stoudemire C
40 Kurt Thomas F 6-9
1 Dijon Thompson G-F
99 Lucas Tischer
So it looks like Thomas, who wanted out of the Center position in NY will be stuck there again at least part time, unless Burke is something (doubtful).
Maybe they go Marion at 4, JJ at 3, and use Bell at the 2. It would be a tougher defensive team for sure. Maybe Diaw steps up too, or James Jones?
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hoopladreams
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CamrnCrz1974
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Posted: 10/12/05 4:52 pm ::: |
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sg: Bell, House, Barbosa or Diaw |
Barbosa and Diaw are being groomed as backup point guards (Barbosa was the backup point last year, though Joe Johnson played some when the team wanted more offense).
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BCBG25
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Posted: 10/12/05 8:25 pm ::: |
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I'll have to root for the Suns. 2 Brazilians on their roster is more than enough reason. Leandro did very well in the World Champs qualifying tourney, he has evolved into a great combo guard. Lucas I don't know much about, he's supposedly a project, I hope he sticks around.
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bballfan2005
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Posted: 10/17/05 2:40 pm ::: |
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dtsnms wrote: |
cheryleggleston wrote: |
Damn! So who will fill in for him? |
Kurt Thomas, with Grant off the bench. |
Oh man! Things seem to get worse and worse for Phoenix by the minute. No playoffs for Phoenix this season! No Amare + No Q-Rich + No JJ = long season in the desert for the Suns. They just "set" with that Amare info.
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