Oct 22, 2009 8:02 PM EST

Suns center Amare Stoudemire has made "unbelievable strides" in his recovery from eye surgery earlier this year.

Stoudemire, who had both eyes operated on, was forced to lay down for a majority of the day immediately following the procedures.

"You can see he's making unbelievable strides," coach Alvin Gentry told the Arizona Republic. "He had some pop back.

"He's still got a way to go but he's getting there. As long as he's working as hard as he is right now, I don't have any doubt that he'll return back to his true form."

Stoudemire claims that his conditioning has fully returned.

Via Arizona Republic