Scraptor wrote:Back on topic...
I think some hard questions need to be asked about whether Bayless was initially misdiagnosed. He should not have been playing with a torn oblique. Combine this with the Bargnani re-injury and something does not smell right at all.
Bargnani's re-injury smacked of over-use by Casey. And an injury like an oblique tear isn't going to show up unless you go do an MRI, and you wouldn't do an MRI until what is thought to be a hip pointer isn't healing right.
I love it when there's an injury and all the idiot savants on this board claim to know better than the medical staff.
It's also not unusual for players to try to play through injuries, especially if they aren't pussies.
And maybe he could play if he took another week off, but the fact is, at this time of year, modest injuries become life threatening problems when you tank commander is in charge.
Washington actually shut down Andrey Blatche for three weeks of further conditionning after he came back from four weeks out with a calf strain (same injury as Bargnani).
Brook Lopez has been out for five weeks with a "bad" ankle sprain.
New Orleans waited three weeks before deciding that Eric Gordon needed surgery. Whodathunkit?
And though I bet he could throw away his crutches like someone who has just visited Lourdes, don't look for Andrew Bogut to return this season because GSW needs to have at least the seventh worst record to keep their draft pick.
Tanking actually has a smell to it by the time you get to April.
It smells, well, fishy.