Love re-fractures third metacarpal

zerogravity15 · Post #46 » by **zerogravity15** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 1:03 am

Well, I hope rubio's back doesn't keep him down too much longer. The team is really going to need him

moss_is_1 · Post #47 » by **moss_is_1** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 1:17 am

Ugh, this hurts. I really hope that Derrick can play well over this stretch to either become a good impact player for us, or to up his trade value. If rubio can come in and play well he and derrick have shown they have a good chemistry....hopefully we can still sneak into the playoffs.

Murphs56 · Post #48 » by **Murphs56** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 2:11 am

moss_is_1 wrote:Ugh, this hurts. I really hope that Derrick can play well over this stretch to either become a good impact player for us, or to up his trade value. If rubio can come in and play well he and derrick have shown they have a good chemistry....hopefully we can still sneak into the playoffs.

Derrick is lost. Don't think he's gonna find his way in sota

[RCG] · Post #49 » by **[RCG]** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 2:37 am

Derrick Williams is a beast. Now is his time to shine.

Post #50 » by **Basti** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 3:26 am

It took him a while to get going tonight but it was a promising start, at least. Not sure he'll keep it up, though.

Murphs56 · Post #51 » by **Murphs56** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 3:27 am

[RCG] wrote:Derrick Williams is a beast. Now is his time to shine.

He's so off and on. Even when he played great tonight, he still made decisions that leave u scratching your head

lewdog · Post #52 » by **lewdog** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 3:39 am

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Post #53 » by **Basti** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 3:52 am

No, thanks. I'd rather not jeopardize our locker room.

Post #54 » by **C.lupus** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 3:58 am

That dude is toxic waste. No way in hell. We still need a scoring guard more anyway.

lewdog · Post #55 » by **lewdog** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 4:09 am

Basti wrote:No, thanks. I'd rather no jeopardize our locker room.

To be fair to Royce, it's hard to jeopardize a NBA locker room when you've never been in one.

LordBaldric · Post #56 » by **LordBaldric** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 4:13 am

lewdog wrote:
Basti wrote:No, thanks. I'd rather no jeopardize our locker room.

To be fair to Royce, it's hard to jeopardize a NBA locker room when you've never been in one.

He might jeopardize our laptops though.

lewdog · Post #57 » by **lewdog** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 4:23 am

LordBaldric wrote:
lewdog wrote:
Basti wrote:No, thanks. I'd rather no jeopardize our locker room.

To be fair to Royce, it's hard to jeopardize a NBA locker room when you've never been in one.

He might jeopardize our laptops though.

Good point.

Peezo · Post #58 » by **Peezo** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 6:27 am

Murphs56 wrote:
moss_is_1 wrote:Ugh, this hurts. I really hope that Derrick can play well over this stretch to either become a good impact player for us, or to up his trade value. If rubio can come in and play well he and derrick have shown they have a good chemistry....hopefully we can still sneak into the playoffs.

Derrick is lost. Don't think he's gonna find his way in sota

One good game for Derrick tonight. I hope he can build on this.

Peezo · Post #59 » by **Peezo** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 6:30 am

Klomp wrote:
“@JerryZgoda: I asked Adelman about this growing fan refrain that team is better without Love: "Yeah, right. You don't replace a guy like that."”

Adelman is a great coach and he knows exactly how a coach is to respond to that. However I wonder if we could get for a Kevin Love if there is any coach more apt to turn pieces into wins. I like this guy a lot and I think we need to give him more depth to work with. Adelman needs players.

Grits n Gravy · Post #60 » by **Grits n Gravy** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 11:19 am

well ****...adelman is cursed.

Post #61 » by **C.lupus** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 2:58 pm

Peezo wrote:
Klomp wrote:
“@JerryZgoda: I asked Adelman about this growing fan refrain that team is better without Love: "Yeah, right. You don't replace a guy like that."”

Adelman is a great coach and he knows exactly how a coach is to respond to that. However I wonder if we could get for a Kevin Love if there is any coach more apt to turn pieces into wins. I like this guy a lot and I think we need to give him more depth to work with. Adelman needs players.

Love was one of the main reasons Adelman came here. I don't think it would sit too well with him to trade Love. Kahn definitely needs to get another player here though.

Post #62 » by **Basti** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 6:12 pm

It wouldn't make sense to trade Love right now anyway. His value must be the lowest since his rookie season.

theGreatRC · Post #63 » by **theGreatRC** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 8:03 pm

Last time, Love fracutred his third and fourth metacarpal.

I did some quick googling (Which automatically makes me an expert on the subject and i'm a qualified hand specialist, obviously) and I came across this:

These fractures must heal properly to maintain good hand mechanics. This is especially true of the second and third metacarpals (index and middle finger), which act as anchors for the others.

So the third and second metacarpals are basically what holds the hand together for smooth mechanics.

Any way Love tapes his middle finger to his index finger and wears that protective cast and still plays? Obviously he wouldn't be able to shoot 3s that much, but it keeps him in shape and he can still grab boards and be a hustle player.

Post #64 » by **C.lupus** » Sun Jan 6, 2013 8:17 pm

I think you answered your own question.

These fractures must heal properly to maintain good hand mechanics.

Mattya · Post #65 » by **Mattya** » Mon Jan 7, 2013 12:47 am

He should be taking the full 8 weeks to heal this time.