Injury Updates: 01-03-14

[leeprettyp]

https://twitter.com/mcten/status/419180156045910016

Dave McMenamin @mcten
Update on the Lakers' injured corps: Blake will be reevaluated Feb. 1, Nash will make another trip to Vancouver during the Grammy's trip


Man I love everything Vitti has done for this franchise but man its time we put our whole medical staff on notice. This is a recurring theme with the misdiagnosis on the time frame players will be out. Makes things tougher on teammates and even the front office, we may have gotten a PG ALOT sooner before turning a recovering Kobe into the playmaker before he was ready. Blake was originally projected to be out 6weeks.

No Farmar, Kobe, Blake, Nash the injuries continue to pile up

[Tiesto_Lakers]

Bro the tank is officially on, I hope Nash and Blake take their sweet ole time.

[Slava]

Mamba shooting in the gym though!

[leeprettyp]

Mamba shooting in the gym though!

Do not allow that guy to play another game this season... Lets focus on next year

[myersia]

Mamba shooting in the gym though!

[ngcoolman]

Mamba shooting in the gym though!

Kobe needs to take it easy this time. Maybe he can come back after all-star game and play some nice team basketball and get closer to MJ's scoring record.

[Kilroy]

Nash:
http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/140103stevenash

If you read this article, it honestly sounds like Nash is done to me. He can't even practice 3 days in a row without his leg going numb...

Also, he's been working with the Trainer in Vancouver since his Phoenix days... So don't turn that into the Lakers doctors suck...

[TyCobb]

Keep milking it and ignoring the signs from your body Nash.

[Kilroy]

He goes to Vancouver, feels good for 2 practices, 3rd practice his leg goes numb... He's gone to Vancouver 3 times already...

I wonder if he doesn't already know he's done but won't say it because it's not in his financial interest to say it... I think he's just waiting for the FO to make the decision for him.

And I think it's about time. If they're truly committed to getting under the cap, and they don't want to add anymore players, it would seem and injured player who's doubtful for the rest of the season, might be the logical cut, if they can find a way...

Technically, he's only played 6 games and the last game was on 11/10, so we can file for a and injury exception on the 10th... That way Nash still gets paid but his salary doesn't count against the cap...

CBA Faq.

There is one exception whereby a player can continue to receive his salary, but the salary is excluded from team salary. This is when a player suffers a career-ending injury or illness. The team must waive the player, and can apply for this salary exclusion beginning:

If the player played 10 or more games1 in the current season, on the one-year anniversary of the player's last game.
If the player played fewer than 10 games1 in the current season, 60 days after his last game, or the one-year anniversary of his last game in the previous season, whichever is later.

Only the player's team at the time the injury or illness was discovered (or reasonably should have been discovered) can apply for this salary exclusion.

The determination as to whether an injury or illness is career ending is made by a physician jointly selected by the league and players association. The determination is based on whether the injury or illness will prevent the player from playing for the remainder of his career, or if it is severe enough that continuing to play constitutes a medically unacceptable risk.

If the injury exclusion is granted, the player's salary is removed from the team salary immediately.

If the player "proves the doctors wrong" and resumes his career, then his salary is returned to the team salary when he plays in his 25th game1 in any one season, for any team. This allows a player to attempt to resume his career without affecting his previous team unless his comeback is ultimately successful. If the 25th game was a playoff game, then the player's salary is returned to the cap effective on the date of the team's last regular season game (i.e., the returned salary counts toward the luxury tax).

There are a few additional nuances to the salary exclusion:

If the player resumes his career and his salary is returned to the team salary, the team can re-apply for the salary exclusion under the same rules (including the rules for the waiting period).
If a player retires, even for medical reasons, his team does not receive a salary cap exception to acquire a replacement player.
A team cannot apply for this salary exclusion if they have applied for a Disabled Player exception (see question number 25) that season, whether the exception was granted or not.
If this salary exclusion is granted, the team cannot re-sign or re-acquire the player at any time.
This salary exclusion can be used when a player dies while under contract.

1 They count only regular season and playoff games, and do not count preseason games. This was not specified prior to the 2011 CBA. During the 2008-09 season Darius Miles (whose salary was excluded from Portland's cap) played in 10 games for Boston and Memphis (the limit was 10 games at the time), which included preseason games. The league counted the preseason games toward the total, and returned Miles' salary to Portland's cap.

[Iamabeasttt]

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/433691159471202304

I don't get it, didn't he have just a bone bruise?

Lakers medical staff is horrible

[Kilroy]

https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/433691159471202304

I don't get it, didn't he have just a bone bruise?

Lakers medical staff is horrible

What was the mistake and who specifically made it?

Also when he was initially examined after the injury, they said he had some other issues with his knee and would reevaluate him later. They reevaluated him and said the issues were still there and would be cautious...
They never said what those issues were.