Amar'e Stoudemire is set to undergo yet another knee surgery that will keep him out of the New York Knicks lineup for the rest of the regular season, according to Ian Begley of ESPN.
Without question, the news is a huge blow to Stoudemire individually, as he's been plagued by injuries over the latter half of his career. Whatever you think of him as a player, it's unfortunate that he's had to endure such rotten luck in the health department.
For Stoudemire, this is, unequivocally, a bad break.
But as we're only a few weeks away from the postseason, it's worth discussing what his absence will mean for the Knicks' playoff prospects, too.
To do that, it's critical to establish exactly how valuable Stoudemire really is.
Evaluating STAT
Let's start at the beginning: The Knicks got out to a 21-9 start without Stoudemire and followed up that run with a mediocre 16-13 record after his return.
Simply looking at the record and concluding the Knicks are better without Stoudemire is a little shortsighted; the team shot the lights out in the first six weeks of the season, so it's hard to argue ...
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