blake griffin's progress (Blake to Practice this Week, Pg.2)

[PlinkingPanda]

i think it might be best for blake to come back after the allstar break. i know thats over a month away but i dont think the clippers wanna screw up his career. blake is a player ive been waiting all year to see. i can wait 1 more month if it means a fully 100% healthy blake griffin.

We've been patient with him. If he's ready towards the 2nd half of January then he should be ready. The original return date for him was in December, so it goes to show that no one is trying to rush his return.

[SportsFan215]

I agree that we should be patient with him, because he has a long, bright future in the NBA. Though, I can't wait to see him on the floor in a meaningful game!

[TheNewEra]

I'm with the idea if he is ready let him play we can't baby him at a certain point we have to get him going.

[PlinkingPanda]

Umm... So yeah.. Clipper season collapse?

First the main pipes, now this.

After experiencing some discomfort during his recently-accelerated rehabilitation program, Clippers’ forward Blake Griffin was examined Tuesday afternoon by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles.

As a result of that examination, it has been determined that the healing in his left patella area has not improved to the expected required level. Griffin will undergo a surgical procedure in the near future, with a recovery prognosis of four to six months. Team personnel will be made available to the media. Further details will be made available as events develop.

Previously on December 23rd, after undergoing a CT Scan and MRI Griffin had been cleared to increase his rehabilitation workload.

Griffin, the first overall selection in the 2009 NBA Draft, suffered a non-displaced stress fracture of his left patella during the Clippers’ last preseason game vs. the New Orleans Hornets on Friday, October 23rd.

RealGM Note: Greg Oden, the first overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, also missed his entire rookie season due to injury.

http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wireta ... or_season/