Sources: Ivey Broke his Fibula

ComboGuardCity · Post #1 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 7:14 pm

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43260056/sources-pistons-jaden-ivey-broken-fibula-left-leg

Really feel for the kid. Bone break is usually better for a full recovery but gruesome and unfortunate nonetheless.

VicVinegar · Post #2 » by **VicVinegar** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 7:23 pm

Ovechkin was out for five weeks with a broken fibula, so we'll see you in February, Ivey!

In all seriousness, likely out for the season, but it sounds like things could have been a lot worse. Get better soon. Maybe throw some eggs at Monty Williams' house in the meantime.

Post #3 » by **theBigLip** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 9:04 pm

Broken bone sounds like the best case scenario. Should heal 100% and he should be back this season.

Post #4 » by **Snakebites** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 9:35 pm

What makes it tough is that he really was on the right track.

Three straight lotto picks have had season ending maladies during their rookie deals.

Fortune has not smiled on this franchise in recent years.

Skybox · Post #5 » by **Skybox** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 9:53 pm

Glad to hear Fibula...he'll be okay. That looked bad. Sucks - glad to see how he's come around. I've always been a fan (ie...tried to steal him before he, inevitably, broke out :lol:

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MotownMadness · Post #6 » by **MotownMadness** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 9:55 pm

theBigLip wrote:Broken bone sounds like the best case scenario. Should heal 100% and he should be back this season.

This season? Is that likely?

DBC10 · Post #7 » by **DBC10** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 10:15 pm

MotownMadness wrote:
theBigLip wrote:Broken bone sounds like the best case scenario. Should heal 100% and he should be back this season.

This season? Is that likely?

Really depends on the mental recovery too. When breaks or tears happen, lots of players tend to not trust fully to the broken side and usually can't play 100% just due to that. And possible injury to the other side for leaning too much into it

It wouldn't surprise me if he's out for a longer period

MotownMadness · Post #8 » by **MotownMadness** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 10:21 pm

DBC10 wrote:
MotownMadness wrote:
theBigLip wrote:Broken bone sounds like the best case scenario. Should heal 100% and he should be back this season.

This season? Is that likely?

Really depends on the mental recovery too. When breaks or tears happen, lots of players tend to not trust fully to the broken side and usually can't play 100% just due to that. And possible injury to the other side for leaning too much into it

It wouldn't surprise me if he's out for a longer period

I wonder how his mental side holds up once he’s back. Might be hesitant attacking the rim or something.

GreekAlex · Post #9 » by **GreekAlex** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 10:26 pm

MotownMadness wrote:
DBC10 wrote:
MotownMadness wrote:This season? Is that likely?

Really depends on the mental recovery too. When breaks or tears happen, lots of players tend to not trust fully to the broken side and usually can't play 100% just due to that. And possible injury to the other side for leaning too much into it

It wouldn't surprise me if he's out for a longer period

I wonder how his mental side holds up once he’s back. Might be hesitant attacking the rim or something.

Yeah, he plays hard and down hill a lot.

I’d shut him down as a precaution.

Imagine this causes us to win the draft lottery and we come back next year at full strength.

MotownMadness · Post #10 » by **MotownMadness** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 10:32 pm

I’m still so pissed about this. This season was going great for his development and now this.

Post #11 » by **Snakebites** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 10:33 pm

The current reporting is that he'll miss this season.

Should proceed from the assumption that is correct.

DetroitSho · Post #12 » by **DetroitSho** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 10:44 pm

Where in tf did all these Jaden Ivey supporters come from? These can't be some of same people ready to sell him for pennies on the dollar last year is it? I'm genuinely shocked to see all this support as much as people s*****d on him last year.

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DBC10 · Post #13 » by **DBC10** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 11:21 pm

DetroitSho wrote:Where in tf did all these Jaden Ivey supporters come from? These can't be some of same people ready to sell him for pennies on the dollar last year is it? I'm genuinely shocked to see all this support as much as people s*****d on him last year.

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Too many on here ready to throw him away for the likes of Dejounte M and Lavine

VicVinegar · Post #14 » by **VicVinegar** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 11:27 pm

Yeah people wanted Ivey++ for an expiring Ingram before the season started. People were just terrified we'd lose him for nothing if we didn't trade him, like Killian Hayes. Except Killian it was always very obvious he was a terrible player with a low ceiling. It's the same now with Duren - there's no need to trade such a young player (who's been through 3 coaches) for a washing machine. I'd much rather just hold out and hope for the best, and if it doesn't work, so be it. Not like a late first or seconds are likely to work out anyway. Glad the Pistons didn't give up on Ivey. His biggest weaknesses coming in were shooting and turnovers. Still needs a lot of work on turnovers, but pretty crazy he's shot over 40% from three this season.

DetroitSho · Post #15 » by **DetroitSho** » Thu Jan 2, 2025 11:41 pm

VicVinegar wrote:Yeah people wanted Ivey++ for an expiring Ingram before the season started. People were just terrified we'd lose him for nothing if we didn't trade him, like Killian Hayes. Except Killian it was always very obvious he was a terrible player with a low ceiling. It's the same now with Duren - there's no need to trade such a young player (who's been through 3 coaches) for a washing machine. I'd much rather just hold out and hope for the best, and if it doesn't work, so be it. Not like a late first or seconds are likely to work out anyway. Glad the Pistons didn't give up on Ivey. His biggest weaknesses coming in were shooting and turnovers. Still needs a lot of work on turnovers, but pretty crazy he's shot over 40% from three this season.

To be fair, trading him for Ingram or the aforementioned Murray wouldn't have been necessarily insulting. But there were people that were wanting to get rid of him at ANY cost. Or they were ok with him being limited to being a bench player and, even worse, ok with Killian effing Hayes getting minutes over him. That's why it's so hard to stick around this board sometimes.

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JohnReese · Post #16 » by **JohnReese** » Fri Jan 3, 2025 12:16 am

It is a 3 months injury for soccer players and they receive way more impact than basketball players. He will be fine, the problem is when you break it along with the tibia.

MotownMadness · Post #17 » by **MotownMadness** » Fri Jan 3, 2025 1:21 am

JohnReese wrote:It is a 3 months injury for soccer players and they receive way more impact than basketball players. He will be fine, the problem is when you break it along with the tibia.

I keep reading it’s pretty much best case scenario in a bad situation

ComboGuardCity · Post #18 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Fri Jan 3, 2025 2:19 am

JohnReese wrote:It is a 3 months injury for soccer players and they receive way more impact than basketball players. He will be fine, the problem is when you break it along with the tibia.

Is it more impact though? I feel like you’re constantly sprinting, jumping and cutting when playing basketball moreso than any other sport.

Canadafan · Post #19 » by **Canadafan** » Fri Jan 3, 2025 3:02 am

https://hartfordhealthcare.org/about-us/news-press/news-detail?articleId=9789&publicid=395

I'm happy for ivey that this shouldn't have any long term effects on his career. Sounds like it'll likely keep him out till may so he'll have all summer to come back next year and kick ass.
I had concerns at start of season but he has surprised me with his improvement. Him and Cade look to be good for our future

whitehops · Post #20 » by **whitehops** » Fri Jan 3, 2025 4:12 am

ComboGuardCity wrote:
JohnReese wrote:It is a 3 months injury for soccer players and they receive way more impact than basketball players. He will be fine, the problem is when you break it along with the tibia.

Is it more impact though? I feel like you’re constantly sprinting, jumping and cutting when playing basketball moreso than any other sport.

it's a different kind of impact. neither sports have any kind of real protective equipment but soccer players are running for pretty much 90 minutes straight, which includes full-on sprints, cutting, running backwards, etc. there's also contact with normal tackles and they can also get slide tackled. planting your foot for a shot and the torsion/force that goes into it is also pretty physically taxing, kind of like why MLB pitchers have pitch counts.

just like the nba soccer is known for flopping but that doesn't diminish the physical requirements to play the sport.