**The Official Karl-Anthony Towns Thread: Part Two**

[shangrila]

Too lazy to read back, sorry. Are they removing his meniscus completely that he will be back to basketball activities so fast?

I don't think they ever remove anyone's meniscus entirely. They are shaving some off, which leads to the faster turnaround.

[Movics]

Too lazy to read back, sorry. Are they removing his meniscus completely that he will be back to basketball activities so fast?

I don't think they ever remove anyone's meniscus entirely. They are shaving some off, which leads to the faster turnaround.

I was only saying it only because of a traumatologist friend of mine who said it is a possibility to remove the meniscus and just continuously treat it.
Said friend also thinks shaving off a part of it and reattaching it has to be repeated every so often, otherwise it would just tear again.

[winforlose]

Too lazy to read back, sorry. Are they removing his meniscus completely that he will be back to basketball activities so fast?

I don't think they ever remove anyone's meniscus entirely. They are shaving some off, which leads to the faster turnaround.

I was only saying it only because of a traumatologist friend of mine who said it is a possibility to remove the meniscus and just continuously threatening it.
Said friend also thinks shaving off a part of it and reattaching it has to be repeated every so often, otherwise it would just tear again.

I don’t know if that is universally true. I do know that removing the whole thing would have a lot of consequences including a high likelihood of developing arthritis. Without the membrane you get a lot of bone on bone. I also think it depends on the positioning and extent of the tear. A very small tear might be easy to remove the effected area with few if any long term consequences. A larger or poorly positioned tear could be more problematic. This is just based on causal reading.

[shangrila]

Too lazy to read back, sorry. Are they removing his meniscus completely that he will be back to basketball activities so fast?

I don't think they ever remove anyone's meniscus entirely. They are shaving some off, which leads to the faster turnaround.

I was only saying it only because of a traumatologist friend of mine who said it is a possibility to remove the meniscus and just continuously threatening it.
Said friend also thinks shaving off a part of it and reattaching it has to be repeated every so often, otherwise it would just tear again.

I'm no doctor so if your friend is I'd defer to their opinion.

[thinktank]

Regarding the lineup conversation:

I want Finch to play NAW more.

I’m in favor of the slide down.

Use Anderson against more bench.

On O this will help us space the floor and attack close outs with McDaniels, as opposed to Anderson.

On D we’d have a lot of versatility with NAW and McD.

[winforlose]

Regarding the lineup conversation:

I want Finch to play NAW more.

I’m in favor of the slide down.

Use Anderson against more bench.

On O this will help us space the floor and attack close outs with McDaniels, as opposed to Anderson.

On D we’d have a lot of versatility with NAW and McD.

This, plus, I think Kyle must not play with Rudy. Like the moment you sub Rudy in unless Kyle is shooting free throws, he immediately comes out. The defense can just lock down the paint and force us into bad shots when they are together.

[MN7725]

Regarding the lineup conversation:

I want Finch to play NAW more.

I’m in favor of the slide down.

Use Anderson against more bench.

On O this will help us space the floor and attack close outs with McDaniels, as opposed to Anderson.

On D we’d have a lot of versatility with NAW and McD.

Zach Lowe was talking on his last podcast that Wolves do have a pretty easy blueprint to follow of the Gobert Jazz
which was heavy spread pick/roll (I think they led the league every year with this action) with 4 perimeter players/shooters to juice the offense, at the expense of some rebounding/rim protection

and they can do that with Reid/Warren/NAW in the KAT place

I simply don't think Wolves will do it, and instead will play KA/Gobert which is strong defensively, but forces ANT to have superhero games like he did with Pacers for the offense to not be horrific

if they can sign Marcus Morris, Warren/Morris and some Reid at the PF position isn't too bad

But again, don't think Wolves are going to go that way

[Movics]

I don't think they ever remove anyone's meniscus entirely. They are shaving some off, which leads to the faster turnaround.

I was only saying it only because of a traumatologist friend of mine who said it is a possibility to remove the meniscus and just continuously threatening it.
Said friend also thinks shaving off a part of it and reattaching it has to be repeated every so often, otherwise it would just tear again.

I'm no doctor so if your friend is I'd defer to their opinion.

Neither am I, and whenever I ask him about an injury, he goes in-depth so much so, that even in my native language I can’t understand what he means sometimes.

Winsforlose seems way more knowledgeable than either of us, so we’ll get back to it when there are more details revealed of the degree of injury.

[winforlose]

I was only saying it only because of a traumatologist friend of mine who said it is a possibility to remove the meniscus and just continuously threatening it.
Said friend also thinks shaving off a part of it and reattaching it has to be repeated every so often, otherwise it would just tear again.

I'm no doctor so if your friend is I'd defer to their opinion.

Neither am I, and whenever I ask him about an injury, he goes in-depth so much so, that even in my native language I can’t understand what he means sometimes.

Winsforlose seems way more knowledgeable than either of us, so we’ll get back to it when there are more details revealed of the degree of injury.

I am not a doctor and I don’t even play one on TV. I just did some reading on the Meniscus and how it functions (mostly around the time Embiid was hurt, and I reviewed again when KAT tore his.) Basically I think of it as like a play dough or children’s slime toy. It it this squishy and wiggly thing that keeps bones from rubbing together. If you remove it, then there is nothing to protect against that. Moreover, it seems there are very limited medical options to deal with it. It sounds like Karl is getting a small piece removed, but I wouldn’t pretend to know more than that.

[TimberKat]

I'm no doctor so if your friend is I'd defer to their opinion.

Neither am I, and whenever I ask him about an injury, he goes in-depth so much so, that even in my native language I can’t understand what he means sometimes.

Winsforlose seems way more knowledgeable than either of us, so we’ll get back to it when there are more details revealed of the degree of injury.

I am not a doctor and I don’t even play one on TV. I just did some reading on the Meniscus and how it functions (mostly around the time Embiid was hurt, and I reviewed again when KAT tore his.) Basically I think of it as like a play dough or children’s slime toy. It it this squishy and wiggly thing that keeps bones from rubbing together. If you remove it, then there is nothing to protect against that. Moreover, it seems there are very limited medical options to deal with it. It sounds like Karl is getting a small piece removed, but I wouldn’t pretend to know more than that.

I pretend to be one. It must be a very small tear, like a little chip that causes irritation and continue to tear more with extreme sports. That is why he was able to play with it. In his case shaving the meniscus down a little is fine so it doesn't continue to tear. If he wasn't a professional athlete, he can just leave it alone, don't do any running and it will eventually heal.

[minimus]

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KAT has definitely been improving as part of offensive system, and particularly as movement shooter.

[TimberKat]

I see Towns already at Twolves games sideline. Is he actually can walk, maybe even jog already after the surgery?

[Guest84]

I see Towns already at Twolves games sideline. Is he actually can walk, maybe even jog already after the surgery?

He's been on the bench a few games already since the injury. Didn't even seem in pain or discomfort. I was wondering why he'd be on the bench at this point...

Maybe the wolves are pulling a fast one and just "resting" him??

[BlacJacMac]

It’s common to resume normal activities within a week of a Debridement. If he was immobile or on crutches we should be worried.

But “normal activities” are worlds away from playing professional basketball.

[winforlose]

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Key moment is when Glen says Karl is ahead of schedule.

[Klomp]

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[shrink]

It would be great to get Towns back before the end of the season, but we’ll have a break while the Play In tournament is going on, if we need it.

[cmoss84]

Would it be smart to have KAT come off the bench in playoffs??

[FrenchMinnyFan]

Would it be smart to have KAT come off the bench in playoffs??

I think so. Specially if the can come back at 1st round. He will need times to find his game and his TO may be costly. LEt him play against second unit may help him and the team.

[winforlose]

Would it be smart to have KAT come off the bench in playoffs??

I think that is more likely in the regular season. If Karl is back on the 10th maybe he starts to guard Joker. But on the 12th and 14th maybe he comes off the bench.