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Luke will blog for nba.com this season

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:18 am
by dockingsched
http://my.nba.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5800011232

part about his ankle:
Decision to Have Surgery
Normally I would plan my offseason workout and what I am going to do to improve and this and that, but all of last season I was kind of dealing with ankle issues. So I talked to different doctors and had a bunch of pictures taken to decide whether or not to have surgery in the offseason or try to go through another season and hope it wouldn’t be as bad the next year. After my agent and I talked to enough people, we decided it would probably be best to at least try to clean it up. I had the surgery done in July on my right ankle. From July until just a few weeks ago I’ve just been rehabbing. Now I’m at the point where I’m trying to get ready for the preseason. I go to physical therapy pretty much five or six days a week.

Where I’m at Physically
I’m cleared as far as my ankle being healthy enough to start playing. I’m not going to re-injure it. It’s just now getting it strong enough, getting all the flexibility and range of motion back and all that stuff. We’re probably aiming at a week to two weeks into training camp before I can be 100 percent doing every activity. Right now I’m just mainly doing straight ahead running and exercises for the ankle. But as we all know, five on five basketball requires a lot more than just running.

Trying to be Smart About My Return
I was planning on working extremely hard this offseason on my game. I’m obviously behind schedule. I go into the practice facility in El Segundo every day and see my teammates playing five on five and that’s what I want to be doing. But because of the injury I’m not at that point yet. I know it’s a long season and it’s about being healthy throughout the season. I’ve come to realize that there is no point to rush it back to be at the first day of training camp when it might put my health in jeopardy.

Re: Luke will blog for nba.com this season

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:32 am
by Slava
Well.... he sucked on defense before and the ankle surely doesn't help. At least someone's got to on the IR to begin the season right!

Re: Luke will blog for nba.com this season

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:15 pm
by laduane1
Luke, you are your fathers son. Weak and brittle.

Re: Luke will blog for nba.com this season

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:26 pm
by 8'sReverse
More time for Ariza to shine at the start of the season.

Re: Luke will blog for nba.com this season

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:27 am
by iamworthy
Luke is one of the best low post players we have. His footwork is sick. I dont expect the world from luke, but if he can come back healthy I think he can play a big part for the lakers coming off the bench.

Re: Luke will blog for nba.com this season

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:48 am
by dockingsched
at his best, luke is the best sf the lakers have. unfortunately injuries limit him so much.

Re: Luke will blog for nba.com this season

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:23 am
by iamworthy
I agree Cash. I'll be the first to tell you that I called luke puke last year but I didnt know how much his injuries was bothering him. Phil Jackson expects his players to play hurt and the players dont talk about it. Plus because the media doesnt zero in on Luke because he is not a all-star type player its really hard to gauge how hurt he is. The fact that he got surgery this summer proves he was really hurt and was playing with all heart last year. When Healthly luke is a starter. If he can get back to form....oh boy.....watch out.