Amar'e Stoudemire out 6-8 weeks

Updated: October 30, 2012, 10:13 PM ET

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- New York Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire will be sidelined approximately six to eight weeks after he has a surgical procedure to repair his injured left knee, the team announced Tuesday.

Stoudemire will undergo a debridement -- a procedure that cleans out dead tissue or foreign material -- for his troublesome left knee.

On Sunday, the team announced an MRI revealed Stoudemire had a ruptured popliteal cyst behind his left knee and would be out two to three weeks.

But ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard reported Monday night that after seeking a second opinion, it was determined Stoudemire would miss at least the first six weeks of the season.

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