Carter may be heading for knee surgery

Mr. Sun · Post #1 » by **Mr. Sun** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:52 am

The stellar play of Grant Hill, Jared Dudley and Josh Childress is all the more important with the Suns and Carter considering arthroscopic surgery for Carter's troublesome left knee that could put him out for up to a month.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/ar ... l#comments#ixzz18j6B0rFj

Damn, damn and double damn.

DBrimstone · Post #2 » by **DBrimstone** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:54 am

Mr. Sun wrote:
The stellar play of Grant Hill, Jared Dudley and Josh Childress is all the more important with the Suns and Carter considering arthroscopic surgery for Carter's troublesome left knee that could put him out for up to a month.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/ar ... l#comments#ixzz18j6B0rFj

Damn, damn and double damn.

at least it makes the wing rotation easier to figure out. Once he's rehabbed it'll be nice to see what he brings though. Doesn't Pietrus have some sort of injury going on right now too?

Post #3 » by **rsavaj** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:58 am

We don't really seem to need him right now.

Moochiefried · Post #4 » by **Moochiefried** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:03 am

That would suck if it happens, I was really looking forward to seeing him play in our system. Oh well, might be just what he needs, hopefully he can bounce back and get some bounce back from this surgery.

DirtyDez · Post #5 » by **DirtyDez** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:06 am

We definitely need him to make a playoff push or it also kills his trade value.

gino_giode · Post #6 » by **gino_giode** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:07 am

The crazy thing is Magic medical staff brushed it off as sprained knee and had no idea of any loose bodies/structural damage.

DBrimstone · Post #7 » by **DBrimstone** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:09 am

gino_giode wrote:The crazy thing is Magic medical staff brushed it off as sprained knee and had no idea of any loose bodies/structural damage.

That's because they're not led by Father Nelson. The guys incredible. I expect Carter physically to be playing like he's 29-30 when he's fully recovered. Just like Grant and Steve pretend to be 5 years younger than they are (and Shaq back when he was here). Just needs to have his head in the right place and he'll be a big piece... If not he'll be a big expiring. Is there anything bad about this situation!?

BurningHeart · Post #8 » by **BurningHeart** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:25 am

Great, now we can't even trade him immediately.

YouTube · Post #9 » by **Kerrsed** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:28 am

That sucks, as i have been working on pic's for the Miami Gamethread.

gino_giode · Post #10 » by **gino_giode** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:30 am

The thing is, it's up to Vince. It's bothering him, but if he wants to he will still play.

IMO he should definitely get it done ASAP and start rehabbing. Probably be back after AS break. I think MP can definitely fill the void and chip in ~15-20 PPG. And Marc will be a legit double double.

Deadman15 · Post #11 » by **Deadman15** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:33 am

Damn this sucks! i really wanted to see his debut on thursday. :nonono:

RvM · Post #12 » by **RvM** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:33 am

Yeah guys, I'm pretty sure VC's going to test out the knee for a couple of games, and if he feels good he'll keep on playing.

I'm sure he'll play on thursday, but although I'd be sad to see Vince miss a month, it'd be better in the long run if this team needs an extra push as they race towards the playoffs.

DBrimstone · Post #13 » by **DBrimstone** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:41 am

RvM wrote:Yeah guys, I'm pretty sure VC's going to test out the knee for a couple of games, and if he feels good he'll keep on playing.

I'm sure he'll play on thursday, but although I'd be sad to see Vince miss a month, it'd be better in the long run if this team needs an extra push as they race towards the playoffs.

Honest non-threating question. Player fan? Or do you have a team? Not that it's a bad thing, just curious

gino_giode wrote:The thing is, it's up to Vince. It's bothering him, but if he wants to he will still play.

IMO he should definitely get it done ASAP and start rehabbing. Probably be back after AS break. I think MP can definitely fill the void and chip in ~15-20 PPG. And Marc will be a legit double double.

Pietrus has never averaged more than 11 a game in his entire career. 15-20 in what I assume will be 20 minutes off the bench isn't gonna happen. Marcin's double double might not happen due to sharing minutes with Lopez but on a per minute basis he'll probably be very very productive

RvM · Post #14 » by **RvM** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:44 am

DBrimstone wrote:
RvM wrote:Yeah guys, I'm pretty sure VC's going to test out the knee for a couple of games, and if he feels good he'll keep on playing.

I'm sure he'll play on thursday, but although I'd be sad to see Vince miss a month, it'd be better in the long run if this team needs an extra push as they race towards the playoffs.

Honest non-threating question. Player fan? Or do you have a team? Not that it's a bad thing, just curious

No worries, I'm a player fan. Not afraid to admit it. My family had moved alot throughout my life so I was never stuck in one place. I grew up as a NBA fan when VC started playing. Been following him ever since.

But, if it's alright, I'd now like to be called a sun's fan as well.

I really hope VC plays on Thursday. I think he will.

EH15 · Post #15 » by **EH15** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:47 am

Damn, the Suns medical team speaks for itself. They spend one day with Vince and this surfaces, but 2 months in Orlando and they didn't find squat.

gino_giode · Post #16 » by **gino_giode** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:52 am

E-H-1-5 wrote:Damn, the Suns medical team speaks for itself. They spend one day with Vince and this surfaces, but 2 months in Orlando and they didn't WANT TO find squat.

Fixed

I wonder if the trade would have still gone down if they knew about the knee ahead of time. Obviously there's a salary dump facet to the trade but I'm sure Phx FO thought Vince, MP, Gortat could collectively replace JRich/Hedo's scoring.

And just for Phx fans to know, Vince never once complained about it so it's quite a shock

YouTube · Post #17 » by **Kerrsed** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:57 am

RvM wrote:Yeah guys, I'm pretty sure VC's going to test out the knee for a couple of games, and if he feels good he'll keep on playing.

I'm sure he'll play on thursday, but although I'd be sad to see Vince miss a month, it'd be better in the long run if this team needs an extra push as they race towards the playoffs.

I agree with you. I think he will still play on Thursday, maybe a few games after, then they will take a second look.

OzzyAZ · Post #18 » by **OzzyAZ** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:02 am

gino_giode wrote:I wonder if the trade would have still gone down if they knew about the knee ahead of time. Obviously there's a salary dump facet to the trade but I'm sure Phx FO thought Vince, MP, Gortat could collectively replace JRich/Hedo's scoring.

pretty sure the suns could've nixed the trade since they found this injury during the physicals. vince definitely was not the key piece for the suns in this tr- woah, titties.

RvM · Post #19 » by **RvM** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:03 am

Kerrsed wrote:
RvM wrote:Yeah guys, I'm pretty sure VC's going to test out the knee for a couple of games, and if he feels good he'll keep on playing.

I'm sure he'll play on thursday, but although I'd be sad to see Vince miss a month, it'd be better in the long run if this team needs an extra push as they race towards the playoffs.

I agree with you. I think he will still play on Thursday, maybe a few games after, then they will take a second look.

Nice photoshop!

YouTube · Post #20 » by **Kerrsed** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:05 am

RvM wrote:
Nice photoshop!

Thank You.