Hope it's as minor as everyone is saying, I wouldn't be to thrilled at the thought of cutting up that knee again.
Stoudemire will have surgery to remove 'loose particle' in knee
Updated: October 1, 2007, 11:00 PM ET
Amare Stoudemire To Undergo Knee SurgeryPHOENIX -- Suns forward Amare Stoudemire will undergo minor arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday but is expected to be sidelined only two to three weeks.
The operation to remove a loose particle will be on the All-Star's right knee, not the left on which microfracture surgery was done two years ago. That operation forced him to miss virtually all of the 2005-06 season.
"It's a procedure that Raja [Bell] just went through just to clean it up," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said. "We have time to do it so we thought let's go ahead and get it done."
Team orthopedic surgeon Thomas Carter will perform the operation.
There was no mention of the impending surgery, by Stoudemire or anyone else, during the team's media day gathering on Monday. The plans were revealed in a news release issued by the team Monday evening.
The Suns, without Stoudemire, traveled by bus Monday to Tucson, where they begin a six-day training camp on Tuesday at the University of Arizona's McKale Center.
Stoudemire had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee while recovering from the microfracture procedure.
He was named first team all-NBA last season after averaging 20.4 points and 9.6 rebounds.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
