Veteran guard Jason Kidd, who once played with Martin in New Jersey, said the 35-year-old has been an invaluable addition following injuries to big men Amare Stoudemire (right knee), Tyson Chandler (neck), Kurt Thomas (right foot) and Rasheed Wallace (left foot).
Having spent the last few weeks sidelined with a knee injury, the big number nine was an ominous presence for his former side on the Liverpool bench and sparked an entertaining vocal war of attrition between opposing fans every time he appeared on the touchline for a warm-up and during his late cameo.
Doctors now and women are really - they have a kind of a knee-jerk response to the big estrogen study that was conducted a couple of years ago, and estrogen comes off sounding like toxic waste - estrogen replacement therapy.
The news is a devastating blow for both the team, as it makes its playoff push, and the 6-foot-11 big man, who has a long history of knee troubles and missed the first two months of the season with a separate surgery on his left knee.
In addition to being seen on the big screen with Matt Prior's wife Emily on his knee he wandered into the England dressing-room unannounced, while the surfaces at his plush stadium often produced inconsistent bounce.
The Knicks are still without several other key big men, such as Amar'e Stoudemire (right knee debridement), Marcus Camby (left plantar fasciitis), Rasheed Wallace (fractured let fifth metatarsal) and Kurt Thomas (right foot acute stress reaction), which is why Woodson has had to rely more on the 6-foot-10 Novak and 6-foot-8 Copeland, who aren't nearly as capable defensively.
"Even through his knee injuries, he found a way to always get big hits for the New York Yankees, " Girardi said.
To take one example, at Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the last big battle with the Indians in 1890, where almost 200 Sioux were killed, there was a rich haul of artifacts.
Stoudemire could become an option to get big man minutes later in the series if he's cleared to return from right knee surgery.
Livesey, 24, has patella tendonitis - a disease in the tendon that causes inflammation in the knee while Bridge Wilkinson is recovering from an operation to remove floating bone in his big toe.
Slipping in under the radar of the big-hospital industry, the Fresno Surgery Center became the best place in the city to get knee or hip surgery, according to HealthGrades' research.
And if Rivera's knee gives him trouble, or another injury strikes, Chamberlain says he would push hard for the big job: Yankee closer.
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