Coby to miss, at least, the first 6 games.

[sco]

The Bulls always lie about injuries. I'm almost expecting the 2 week update to be that he's out for 3-4 months.

My money is on failing to accurately diagnose/predict than on lying, but in any event, yes, they have a track record for under-reporting the severity of player injuries.

As to this specific injury, given how sometimes "calf strain" means "Achilles issue" and seeing what happens when guys try to play through that, I wonder to what extent Coby might just be wanting to be super cautious in a contract year. If he goes out and snaps an Achilles, the impact on him financially would be massive.

I agree. Also, it seems like he had some sort of a set back during his last practice that had the medical staff ease off his return. I blame this board. If people weren't so positive in the 32 win thread, vegas wouldn't have used their magic for his setback.

[sco]

This is Ayo's shot to step up. Not sure he can, but it would be great if somehow he found his mojo again.

[Chi town]

The Bulls always lie about injuries. I'm almost expecting the 2 week update to be that he's out for 3-4 months.

My money is on failing to accurately diagnose/predict than on lying, but in any event, yes, they have a track record for under-reporting the severity of player injuries.

As to this specific injury, given how sometimes "calf strain" means "Achilles issue" and seeing what happens when guys try to play through that, I wonder to what extent Coby might just be wanting to be super cautious in a contract year. If he goes out and snaps an Achilles, the impact on him financially would be massive.

I agree. Also, it seems like he had some sort of a set back during his last practice that had the medical staff ease off his return. I blame this board. If people weren't so positive in the 32 win thread, vegas wouldn't have used their magic for his setback.

He clearly had a set back and needs more time to ramp up.

I also think medical staff is taking a much more cautious approach to all injuries now and believe depth will be key to how they want to play.

[Chi town]

This is Ayo's shot to step up. Not sure he can, but it would be great if somehow he found his mojo again.

I believe he will.

Huerter will play a lot too because we need his shooting.

[MikeDC]

Could be a blessing in disguise though. The team will learn how to get offense without having Coby bailing them out with shot creation shotmaking

Like the time I learned how to run 60mph when I didn't have my car bailing me out of getting to work!

[CROBulls]

The Bulls always lie about injuries. I'm almost expecting the 2 week update to be that he's out for 3-4 months.

I don't get it. What is their motivation in lying?

Season tickets sells. Day tickets sells. Translated money. Bulls dont have much talent on court, or coach to make up for that. We are barely play in team. Announcing long term injuries saps excitement for those who are on verge of yes or no buying tickets. They most likely wont buy it now.

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[GoBlue72391]

The Bulls always lie about injuries. I'm almost expecting the 2 week update to be that he's out for 3-4 months.

I don't get it. What is their motivation in lying?

How should we know what their motivations are?

What's indisputable is that they've seemingly downplayed the extent of injuries, initially gave them short-ish timetables to return/reevaluate, only for it to later come out that the player in question is out much longer than initially stated.

If it happened once or twice you could chalk it up to the random, unpredictable nature of injuries, but this is a routine and expected outcome for the Bulls at this point.

Coby probably won't end up out for 6-8 weeks, but it also wouldn't surprise me and certainly wouldn't be the first time.

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How is reaggravating it not a setback?

[kulaz3000]

This could be a blessing in disguise.

Get in a massive hole to start the season, regather, then play well in the last stretch to get excited. High lottery pick. Franchise player. Boom.

[GoBlue72391]

The Bulls always lie about injuries. I'm almost expecting the 2 week update to be that he's out for 3-4 months.

My money is on failing to accurately diagnose/predict than on lying, but in any event, yes, they have a track record for under-reporting the severity of player injuries.

As to this specific injury, given how sometimes "calf strain" means "Achilles issue" and seeing what happens when guys try to play through that, I wonder to what extent Coby might just be wanting to be super cautious in a contract year. If he goes out and snaps an Achilles, the impact on him financially would be massive.

I'm not saying they're lying when simple incompetence is much more likely, but either way we're beyond the point of taking their words at face value when it comes to injuries.

[Chi town]

This could be a blessing in disguise.

Get in a massive hole to start the season, regather, then play well in the last stretch to get excited. High lottery pick. Franchise player. Boom.

That’s the primary benefit.

DP would make us contenders!

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How is reaggravating it not a setback?

Tightness can be a warning sign that reaggravation can occur soon.

[jnrjr79]

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How is reaggravating it not a setback?

Tightness can be a warning sign that reaggravation can occur soon.

I'm an annoying pedant, but this is one of my big bugaboos. There is no such thing as "reaggravation." It's aggravation. First, you sustain an injury. Then, if you re-injure it, you aggravate it, not "reaggravate" it.

Ok, I'll stop being a bore now.

[Evil_Headband]

The Bulls always lie about injuries. I'm almost expecting the 2 week update to be that he's out for 3-4 months.

I don't get it. What is their motivation in lying?

How should we know what their motivations are?

What's indisputable is that they've seemingly downplayed the extent of injuries, initially gave them short-ish timetables to return/reevaluate, only for it to later come out that the player in question is out much longer than initially stated.

If it happened once or twice you could chalk it up to the random, unpredictable nature of injuries, but this is a routine and expected outcome for the Bulls at this point.

Coby probably won't end up out for 6-8 weeks, but it also wouldn't surprise me and certainly wouldn't be the first time.

He was ramping up, felt tightness, and now giving it more time so that things don't get worse. Of course, this could all be a conspiracy but I don't personally have reason to not take them at their word. You guys can believe whatever you want though.

Have you ever had a calf injury before? They can be tricky. Medical science isn't at the point that we can always know exactly what will happen and how long it will take to recover.

[Evil_Headband]

nevermind

[drosestruts]

This board so quickly delves into conspiracy theories it's concerning.

There's no crystal ball. Coby had an injury and there was plan to reevaluate and test that injury in a communicated amount of time. Upon doing that they've prescribed more rest and rehab before a full return.

There's nothing malicious going on here, and I'm sure if you followed other teams as closely as you followed the Bulls, you'd find similar anedotes and stories.

[jordanwilliams6]

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How is reaggravating it not a setback?

Tightness can be a warning sign that reaggravation can occur soon.

Calf injuries can be notoriously difficult to come back from. There’s a high rate of re-injury if you don’t get it right the first time.

[MikeDC]

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How is reaggravating it not a setback?

I mean, clearly, it's more of a roadblock. What's wrong with you?

[PaKii94]

Could be a blessing in disguise though. The team will learn how to get offense without having Coby bailing them out with shot creation shotmaking

Like the time I learned how to run 60mph when I didn't have my car bailing me out of getting to work!

It's more like learning to drive a car without NOS so that you can control and perform better once you get the NOS