Is Melo out for a few games?

[DaVoiceMaster]

I guess Melo went out of the game tonight due to a sprained ankle. How many games does a player typically miss due to such an injury? This is a great opportunity for Portland to put a little distance between themselves and Denver. I'm sure he'll return February 4th, just in time to play the Blazers.

[Pinot love]

depends on the severity, sometimes a game or two, some times a week or two.

[Yadadimean]

^^^Thats creepy. I was about to type the exact same post, word for word...this must be what it feels like in "Travis-Out-There-Land"

[mojomarc]

I don't know--I kind of picture "Travis Out-There Land" as being a lot like the insights we get into Homer Simpson's brain when Marge is lecturing him. Something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sc6Uk-IJO8

[Pinot love]

hahaha

[Voodoo]

I don't know--I kind of picture "Travis Out-There Land" as being a lot like the insights we get into Homer Simpson's brain when Marge is lecturing him. Something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sc6Uk-IJO8

Hahah! Now every time Travis scores in the fourth thats what I will think of.

[Yadadimean]

LOL. I pictured it more like this...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cqi5F5MqqTQ

[Pinot love]

LOL. I pictured it more like this...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cqi5F5MqqTQ

That's the adventures of Mark Twain... hmm Outlaw a quasi-savant?

PS - that vid was never banned from anything.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088678/

[Mr Odd]

I thought I was off drugs.. .wait, im confused.. .

[Charcoal Filtered]

The ankle twist did not look good, but do not think he will be out for an extended stay. Think we beat the Nugs no matter in a few weeks.

[BlackMamba]

well, this could be a golden opportunity for the blazers to keep ahead of the division.

[Milkdud]

from the video it looked to be a fairly harsh spain. When a player is driving and steps on a foot most times its not that bad, but when a player like in Mello's case comes down from jumping those can be nasty. I did the in a rec ball game in college and was on crutches for over 2+ weeks (of course I dont have the medical professions working on me either)

[Tiggo Bitties]

from the video it looked to be a fairly harsh spain. When a player is driving and steps on a foot most times its not that bad, but when a player like in Mello's case comes down from jumping those can be nasty. I did the in a rec ball game in college and was on crutches for over 2+ weeks (of course I dont have the medical professions working on me either)

I feel your pain. Sprains can actually be worse then breaks sometimes. A sprained ankle is basically what ended Terrell Brandon's career in terms of being an all-star level player.

I sprained my ankle in a pick-up game out in NE against Arron Miles and like 4 of his friends from those great Jefferson teams. We were playing on a 8 foot rim and being the white boy that I am I tried to dunk with disastrous results. I threw it down just fine but landed on someones foot and really &^*%ed up my ankle.

I was able to play on it after about a month but it took at least a year to get full strength and not feel any pain on cuts. Since then my ankle has been more susceptible to sprains.

[Tiggo Bitties]

It looks like their hopeful that he'll play this weekend according to a quote from Karl on ESPN.

[Milkdud]

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I was able to play on it after about a month but it took at least a year to get full strength and not feel any pain on cuts. Since then my ankle has been more susceptible to sprains.

Thats pretty 100% on par with how my ankle went. I couldn't ball for at least a month later and it took about 6 months for it to feel normal. I really didn't give it nearly enough mind about treating it so I think it took longer to heal.

[Tim Lehrbach]

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We were playing on a 8 foot rim

ROFL

That's great.