Suns' big man Amare Stoudemire was poked in the eye by Boris Diaw during training camp and will be out of action until Friday at the earliest with a partially torn iris, the East Valley Tribune is reporting.

Stoudemire may have to wear goggles when he returns. Suns trainer Aaron Nelson said Stoudemire has talked to him in the past about wearing goggles full time to avoid these types of injury.

Nelson said former Suns forward Bo Outlaw had almost the same thing happen to him and he wore goggles for the rest of his career.