While the Suns take Monday off after along week of two-a-day practices, but Amare Stoudemire will have his five-day checkup on the torn iris in his right eye, to check the progress and see how quickly he can return to practice.

 Stoudemire said there was more improvement in the eye Sunday but there was still some blurriness. And a few minutes after he was introduced with his teammates at the public scrimmage at U.S. Airways Center, the bright lights started bothering his eyes, forcing him to put his sunglasses back on.

 It’s hard to imagine Stoudemire being back at practice on Tuesday, and the Suns begin preseason with a home game Wednesday against Atlanta and a road game at Utah Thursday. They don’t practice on Friday and then play the outdoor game against Denver Saturday in Palm Springs before taking next Sunday off.

 That means it could be a full week before Stoudemire gets into a full practice, and GM Steve Kerr said it would be 1-2 weeks before Stoudemire would be able to get back in basketball shape — not to mention all the time he’s missed learning Terry Porter’s offensive and defensive schemes. That means it could be the final week of the preseason before Stoudemire is on the floor getting steady minutes.

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