Ant’s Knee Tendonopathy - not tendonitis
Posted: Thu Mar 3, 2022 10:09 pm
This may be unsourced info, but the decision on what to do with Ant is so big, I thought it would merit it’s own thread.
On today’s Dane Moore show, we got this:
Now, keep in mind this is just a friend of Dane’s who hasn’t reviewed Ant personally, and this hasn’t been confirmed by the Timberwolves. But if this is true, do you shut Ant down until next year? He is the franchise, for multiple years in the future. Or with only 20 games left before the playoffs, do you let him play, or play with off days, or what?
On today’s Dane Moore show, we got this:
I was talking with my friend who is an athletic trainer today. He texted me and said, “make sure you call it tendonpathy, and not tendinitis…. And he said that’s important because tendinitis is this inflammation in the knee, and tendonopathy is collagen degeneration in the knee… It sounds worse, but it isn’t something necessarily that, it’s not like a critical deterioration like Brandon Roy-style, but it takes a long time for that to regenerate, is what he’s saying.
He has what we call “jumper’s knee.” Like 45% of jumping athletes get it at some point. But 50% return pain-free, to their prior level, within 12 months. 30% take six months to return, so it lingers.
Now, keep in mind this is just a friend of Dane’s who hasn’t reviewed Ant personally, and this hasn’t been confirmed by the Timberwolves. But if this is true, do you shut Ant down until next year? He is the franchise, for multiple years in the future. Or with only 20 games left before the playoffs, do you let him play, or play with off days, or what?