Indomitable wrote:johnnyvann840 wrote:Indomitable wrote:Michael Porter had a better chance of playing last year.
Oladipo will not be back until at least February. People make light of that injury but it is a terrible one to have. Especially for a player depends on the ability to run and jump.
https://okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2018/08/16/nba-players-patellar-tendon-rupture-injury-recovery-time-andre-roberson/
Roberson still has not returned. Tony Parker was a ghost of himself. With this injury they have to open you up to repair. Oladipo being who he was remains a big question marker.
Antonio McDyess went from a 20pt high flyer to a bench player. He never regain his explosiveness.
Caron Butler averaged 19 points per game before the injury, and 9.2 points per game after the injury.
Jeremy Lin went from being a solid NBA before the injury to a guy who over maybe playing over seas.
I have not found one player who ever came back to be who he was prior to the injury.
Roberson has yet to play and no one has comeback the same.
From my personal experience you never regain the strength in the leg you once had.
Indy will win at most 40 games.
I may be wrong but I think Roberson's injury is a little different.. he ruptured his patellar tendon.. it's different than Dipo's injury. Dipo's might by worse. The doctor in the below article says he thinks his injury is a little worse than an ACL, but he thinks Dipo can make a full recovery. Dipo's injury is very rare for an NBA player, especially a young one. Most of the players who this took our were much older guys like Parker and Barkley when it happened to him. Here is an interesting article on it with his doctor talking about the injury...
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/why-one-knee-doctor-says-victor-oladipos-ruptured-quadriceps-tendon-is-worse-than-an-acl-tear/CBS SPORTS: Bottom line, do you expect Oladipo to make a full recovery?
DR. BENNER: The hard part is even if you get full range of motion back, even if you get all the strength back, there is that unknown part of the equation. Professional athletes have to put incredible stress on that muscle and tendon, whereas a normal person who sustains this injury, they're just looking to restore continuity of the muscle and get as much of the motion and function back as they can. They want to walk normal. Things like that. Victor Oladipo is an incredibly explosive and dynamic athlete. That's one of the things that makes him so special. So he has loftier expectations, or a higher bar if you will, for his recovery.
From a medical standpoint, the tendon is going to heal. If he is able to get his full motion and all the strength in his muscle back, he will be able to return to the explosive athlete he's been. But the thing is: it's hard to recover all that. There is no question that there are some aspects of an injury that might be insurmountable. Results differ from person to person, surgeon to surgeon, athletic trainer to athletic trainer. You just don't know until you get into the rehab and see how the athlete responds, and really, once he's back out there competing and being explosive and athletic.
Also, for the athlete, getting back the same level of strength and range of motion and all those things isn't the only hurdle with an injury like this. It's the mental part, the confidence to jump and land and explode the way an athlete like Oladipo is used to doing. Now, Victor Oladipo seems to be hard working and a really mentally strong guy, so I would say all indications would point to him being able to make a full recovery. But there is an unknown factor with an injury like this.
CBS SPORTS: OK, if you think a full recovery is likely, what about a timetable for his return to the court?
DR. BENNER: I think the goal would be to have him ready for the beginning of the [2019-20] regular season. I think that's a reasonable goal to try to hit. As doctors, we're always trying to set expectations for athletes that are lofty, that will keep the athlete motivated to do better and keep the recovery aggressive, but that are also realistic. You can't just expect that the recovery is going to go all according to plan, so you find that middle ground. October, to me, is a good middle ground. If I was Oladipo's doctor, I would tell him let's shoot for game one to start next season. If we get there, great, and if we don't, it shouldn't be long after.
I've heard that Dipo is going hard at his rehab and could be back sometime in December. A couple weeks ago there was footage of him running sprints. He seems to think he is going to come back stronger than he was. Maybe he doesn't make it back to where he was but I tend to agree with this guy...
https://clutchpoints.com/victor-oladipo-3-bold-predictions-for-the-pacers-star-in-2019-20/
Even without Oladipo, Indy has a really strong roster (better than ours, IMO). They have some of the best shooters in the league in Brogdon and Warren and they have Dougie on the bench. Even if Dipo never came back, that team is still winning more than 40 games, IMO. They need Oladipo back near full strength to compete for the ECF's but if he comes back full strength than watch out for the Pacers.
I am willing bet you on that. Without Oladipo they are worst or at best even.
Turner vs Wendell
Sabonis vs Lauri
Warren vs Otto
Lamb vs Lavine
Brogdon vs Tomas
Benches
McDermott vs Valentine
Tj Leaf vs Young
Holiday vs Dunn
There is nothing special about this squad.
I don't want to bet against my team, but if I had to bet $1000 right now on better record Pacers vs. Bulls this season, I would take the Pacers and be pretty confident on winning a grand.
I hope the Bulls are better. I'm just not confident they will be.
