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.”