(Amar’e) Stoudemire said the lockout will end “sooner than later.” He has arranged a mid-October informal training camp for his mates in Bradenton, Fla., but now isn’t sure they’ll need it. Training camps are scheduled for Oct. 2.

“I’m hearing good things about the lockout, that we’d be starting sooner than later,” Stoudemire said. “So that [Florida camp] would be offset. I’m not sure the change [in negotiating stance], but I do feel better about the fact we may start sooner than later. That’s a positive for us.”

Stoudemire is in constant communication with Knicks guard Roger Mason Jr., who is on the negotiating committee.

Mason tweeted yesterday, “Looking like a season. How u.” The tweet got major play until Mason deleted it and claimed his Twitter account was hacked. However, speculation is he sent it as a private message and hit the wrong button.

via Marc Berman of the New York Post