Amare's right knee is not a serious problem. I hope Amare will come back healthy next season but I dont think he will be the same.
From teh sequential report about the Amare rehab drama, I got the impression that the Suns are pressured to let Amare back on the court.
Every kid wants to come back and play to early -- indeed the responsibility lies with the Sun's doctors and management to say 'no, it's not safe to go 100% on yet -- even in practice.' I think this is something people are not realizing -- they have been letting him fully practice with the team for a while now and the knee was swelling just from practice. Dumb, dumb, dumb...
Colangelo, Amare got back on the floor after a talk with him. Now, what does Colangelo care about the Suns now.
Amare's career isn't over. Webber came back from microfracture and has played pretty well for an aging player. And Amare's got 10-12 years to adapt and re-establish his game. All that talk about him being a transcendent superstar for the ages is probably done however.
I think this is probably true, Amare is much younger than webber so he'll heal faster, but if he has chronic knee problems he will never get to that ultra superstar status everyone thought he would reach.
Webber coming out of High-school had already twice the feel-for-the-game as Amare right now though. But sure, Amare would have to adapt his game.
Amare does not have Webber's skills and he relied exclusively on his athleticism to overpower the opposing players.
Not true. He's improved his mid-range jumper a lot since he's come into the league. Offensively I could see Amare having success similar to Elton Brand, who relies almost exclusively on face up jumpers instead of back to the basket moves.
It's unlikely that he's done. But it's more likely that he will struggle to have a long career. He could be hanging them up at 30 with bone-on-bone knees...I hope that he proves me wrong. Fun to watch. Evan
you guys are pathetic. first of all nobody here is a doctor (or if they are they should have said so), so how do any of you know what his prognosis will be? second, it does seem that many of you are taking a little too much joy from his misfortune. did the guy make a mistake? yes. is he ever going to be the same? who knows. but you guys are acting like he's done and are taking pride in that fact. that's amazingly low, even for the psoters here.
It's a baker's cyst. From what I've read, at worst its caused by a meniscus tear. This one shouldn't be a big deal.
i have some questions about this. when was it first found out that he had knee problems? when was it then found out that he required the surgery? when did the suns know about it? it just seems to me that the most likely scenarion is that the suns are only saying it to avoid looking stupid and duped by amare. the way i see it, amare found out about his knee probs, asked for opinions outside of suns team, waited for camp and contract extension, then had surgery. a bit unethical, but cant really blame the guy for wanting security.
Im no doctor, but I am in dental school and we do cover everything med students cover, so I have at least had exposure to the clinical sciences. The problem with the situation is that Amare is experiencing these problems at an early age. Yes, he can come back from them and be an effective NBA player. The problem is the longetivity of his career. If he is having issues at such an early stage of his career, it does not bode well for him and his future. 5 years from now, he will most likely be experiencing problems with his knees that no 28 year old should be experiencing. Its an unfortunate situation. I dont think it really would have mattered or not if Amare hadnt come back and tried to play. Its just looking like his knees are giving him a brief window of opportunity to play basketball at a high level. No doubt he has to completely change his approach and style of play to lengthen his career. Last year, it was looking like he'd be a superstar for a decade or more...its sad to say that the fairy tale probably wont end like that. I hope the best for him.
