Amare Stoudemire expects to be in the lineup when the Suns open the season against the Lakers on Oct. 31.

"That's what I'm striving for," Stoudemire said Friday. "So far, so good. The past few weeks, it's been improvement, so if it can just keep improving, keep getting stronger, I should be 100 percent, no doubt about it, by the first game of the season."