Knicks Hold Stoudemire Out of Exhibition Game HARTFORD - Amar'e Stoudemire will not play in Saturday night's preseason game against the Boston Celtics. The Knicks, in a precautionary move, did not have Stoudemire travel with the team for the game. Stoudemire, who has a left knee bruise, did not play in the Knicks' preseason opener, a victory over the Washington Wizards. Kurt Thomas will start in his place at power forward. Coach Mike Woodson said Stoudemire felt good in participating in the team's walkthrough Saturday morning at the team's training facility in Greenburgh, N.Y. At this point, the Knicks' see no risk in keeping Stoudemire out with more than two weeks left before the regular season starts. "He'll probably play in the next game, but I don't know," Woodson said before Saturday's game. We just have to monitor him tomorrow and get ready for Monday's practice and see where he is then. The Knicks' next preseason game is against the Toronto Raptors on Thursday in Montreal. J.R. Smith, who had 20 points in Thursday's win, will also not play because of a sore left ankle. Marcus Camby (strained left calf) and Rasheed Wallace (conditioning) didn't make the trip here. Wallace, who has been retired for the last two years, has yet to scrimmage with the team. Woodson is hoping that will change next week. "He's been going at it hard and he's starting to look good," Woodson said. We'll evaluate him next week as well and see where he is. James White will start at shooting guard after missing Thursday's game with a sore right hamstring. The Knicks are without Iman Shumpert and Ronnie Brewer, who are both rehabilitating from knee surgeries. "Before he went down with the hamstring, he was playing pretty well," Woodson said of White. He practiced yesterday. He's ready to go and I'm going to give him a shot to see what he looks like.