Brian Wheeler Taking Health-Related Break

Wizenheimer · Post #1 » by **Wizenheimer** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:35 pm

Brian Wheeler has announced he will miss at least the first 3 games because of a health issue, Scrotal Lymphedema. That's the same issue that had him miss games in 2013

http://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/portland-trail-blazers/blazers-radio-broadcaster-brian-wheeler-sidelined-health-issues

I guess the treatment is to diet and lose weight although I believe he's been trying to diet for years, with little lasting success

if you don't know much about Scrotal Lymphedema you can google it but I warn you, some of the pictures you see will make you run away screaming from your computer...and you'll be running hunched over as well

d-train · Post #2 » by **d-train** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 1:33 am

Without even googling, I can imagine what "scrotal" means.

PDXKnight · Post #3 » by **PDXKnight** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:16 am

When you really don't want to look something up but you do anyways...

Best of wishes to Wheels, that sounds pretty awful hopefully he can recover from this.

Norm2953 · Post #4 » by **Norm2953** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:18 am

One would if wheels is gone for some time, that Kevin Calabro would fill in after game 3.

Wizenheimer · Post #5 » by **Wizenheimer** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:33 am

Norm2953 wrote:One would if wheels is gone for some time, that Kevin Calabro would fill in after game 3.

what I'd like to see/hear is Callabro working with Antonio Harvey. That way I could gauge if Lamar Hurd is as bad as I think he is

jeffhardyfan52 · Post #6 » by **jeffhardyfan52** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 3:41 pm

Wizenheimer wrote:
Norm2953 wrote:One would if wheels is gone for some time, that Kevin Calabro would fill in after game 3.

what I'd like to see/hear is Callabro working with Antonio Harvey. That way I could gauge if Lamar Hurd is as bad as I think he is

Did they rehire Tone?

a_sensei · Post #7 » by **a_sensei** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 7:24 pm

jeffhardyfan52 wrote:
Wizenheimer wrote:
Norm2953 wrote:One would if wheels is gone for some time, that Kevin Calabro would fill in after game 3.

what I'd like to see/hear is Callabro working with Antonio Harvey. That way I could gauge if Lamar Hurd is as bad as I think he is

Did they rehire Tone?

No. Michael Holton is going to do radio commentary with Wheels at home games.

Post #8 » by **Moonbeam** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:11 am

All the best to Wheels. Before I had League Pass, I listened to his radio broadcasts to catch Blazer games "live" back in the late 00s. He has such a flare. Still love "The Natural" as a nickname for B-Roy.