Stoudemire Sprains Ankle

Newsday is reporting that Amar'e Stoudemire sprained his ankle in last night's loss to the Lakers. It is unclear how much, if any, time he'll miss.

It will be interesting to see how this affects the Knicks on offense. Frankly, Amar'e has looked lost on offense this year, too often settling for a jumper that is not falling like it normally does (unless he's behind the arc -- 3 for 3!). New York was only a .500 team following the Anthony trade last year and at times it appeared that Anthony and Stoudemire were redundant players who didn't know how to compliment each other's skills. With the addition of Tyson Chandler clogging up the lane, the problem seems to be exaggerated for Stoudemire this year who has shot a combined 9 for 31 (29%) from the field in the Knicks' two losses.

I'm not saying that the Knicks will be better on offense without Amar'e, but it will be interesting to see if this opens up space for Anthony to operate and for Chandler to start diving to the basket for some easy lobs (although a competent point guard would probably help more than having Stoudemire out). Either way, this is more bad news for a Knicks team that has looked totally out of sorts the last two nights.