The NBA has canceled the Brooklyn Nets' regular season opener on Thursday due to Hurricane Sandy.

The game was set to be the Nets' first game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

No makeup date hase been set.

Amar'e Stoudemire is likely to miss at least the first six weeks of the 12-13 season after re-injuring his surgically repaired right knee, according to sources.

The Knicks were expecting Stoudemire to return within two to three weeks after rupturing a popliteal cyst behind his knee.

Stoudemire received a second opinion over the weekend from the doctor that performed his 2005 microfracture surgery.

The Knicks were unable to insure Stoudemire's five-year, $100 million contract due to the condition of his knees.

The New York Knicks announced the waivers of Oscar Bellfield, John Shurna, Mychel Thompson and Henry Sims.

Chris Copeland and Rasheed Wallace are expected to fill the Knicks' final two guaranteed roster spots.

The New York Knicks have waived Chris Smith.

Smith, 6-2, 195-pounds, did not appear in any preseason games after undergoing left patella tendon surgery.

The Knicks' roster stands at 19 players.

Amar'e Stoudemire will receive a second opinion on the severity of his left knee injury.

Stoudemire could miss the first month of the regular season.

Stoudemire is consulting with Phoenix Suns orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas Carter, according to a Suns source.

Carter performed Stoudemire's 2005 microfracture surgery.

Tyson Chandler is listed by the New York Knicks as day-to-day with a bone bruise in his knee.

Chandler underwent an MRI on Thursday.

The Knicks are optimistic that Chandler will be ready for the regular season opener against the Nets, but will likely be conservative.

"The only injury we are concerned about right now is Amar'e's," Carmelo Anthony said. "We know Tyson's is not that bad. We have a week to get him back."

Tyson Chandler suffered a right knee injury during the New York Knicks' first minute of overtime on Wednesday.

Chandler believes the injury is a sprain.

“I stretched my knee out a little and it was awkward,” Chandler said. “I’m taking precautions until I get an MRI so I will be on crutches. I do not want it to get worse. They tell me to stay off my knee until I get an MRI.”

The Knicks are already thin in the frontcourt due to injuries to Amar'e Stoudemire, Marcus Camby and Rasheed Wallace.

Amar'e Stoudemire will be out two to three weeks after an MRI revealed a ruptured poplieal cyst on his knee.

Stoudemire won't need surgery, as the injury requires rest and treatment.

Carmelo Anthony could start for the New York Knicks at power forward until Stoudemire returns.

William Wesley informed New York Knicks' owner James Dolan that Carmelo Anthony was unhappy with the direction of the team under Mike D'Antonio shortly before he stepped down as head coach, according to a source.

A source says Dolan was easily swayed by Wesley.

When Anthony returned from injury in mid-February, the Knicks had been transformed due to the emergence of Jeremy Lin.

"Lin was getting what Carmelo was promised," says a source close to the Knicks. "And Carmelo thought D'Antoni was going to favor Jeremy, so he had to get D'Antoni out of there.

"It works out perfect for Carmelo. There's little if any of his DNA on there."

Anthony has played his best basketball during Team USA games where he could take a secondary role and focus on scoring. But Anthony couldn't see himself sharing lead time with a Lin.

"He's not an alpha dog. He might think he is, but he's not," says a source close to the Knicks. "He needs to be around someone who is feared, someone who could tell him what to do. He just couldn't see Jeremy Lin that way. He could see Kobe and LeBron that way in the Olympics, sure, but not Jeremy Lin. Carmelo's whole thing is perception."

Anthony rebelled against D'Antoni's offense with the Knicks, but the former coach largely orchestrated Team USA's offense.

"It's the ultimate irony of this whole thing," the source says. "Carmelo was at his best and most efficient running that offense. It couldn't be more obvious to him, and he couldn't be more oblivious to it."

The New York Knicks have exercised its third-year option on guard Iman Shumpert.

Shumpert, 6-5, 220-pounds, averaged 9.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.71 steals (seventh in NBA) over 28.9 minutes in 59 games (35 starts) last season en route to being named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He was selected in first round (17th overall) in 2011 NBA Draft.