Amar'e Stoudemire appears to be healed from the back injury that ended his 10-11 season.

“He looks great,” Isiah Thomas said on Wednesday about Stoudemire. “He is in awesome shape. He’s been working very hard. You hear these stories about how (former NFL receiver) Jerry Rice used to work out. You can say the same about Amar’e.” 

“Amar’e is ready to start the season,” agent Happy Walters said on Wednesday. “Earlier in the summer he had some issues with his back but he didn’t have any problems after playing that charity game in early October.”

Tony Parker has a right shoulder injury and received an injection last Saturday.

Parker has felt pain in the shoulder for three months and forced him to sit out of Tuesday's game. Parker will also sit out ASVEL's next domestic league game.

Amar'e Stoudemire did not play in Drew Gooden's charity game near San Francisco on Sunday due to a back injury, according to game officials.

Happy Walters, Stoudemire's agent, on Monday said Stoudemire is not injured.

"He is fine," Walters said. "He's working out."

J.R. Smith was carried off the floor in his Chinese Basketball Association debut.

Smith's father Earl said that his son would soon be undergoing an MRI, but that he was "walking around and just sore."

Smith signed a $3 million contract in September.

Andrei Kirilenko broke his nose in a domestic league game on Saturday.

CSKA issued a statement saying that in addition to the broken nose, Kirilenko received stitches for the cut, but apparently did not suffer a concussion. 

Stephen Curry was in a two-car accident last week in Charlotte.

Curry wasn't injured and walked away from the crash.

"He's fine,'' Dell Curry told the Observer Tuesday night. "He ran into the back of someone who stopped short.''