Gasol Sprains ankle

mid-post · Post #1 » by **mid-post** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:39 pm

This sucks. Hopefully it's very minor.

http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_m ... njury.html

ThreeYearPlan · Post #2 » by **ThreeYearPlan** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:17 pm

Time for Thabeet to start dropping those 15 15 and 5 games

Post #3 » by **jman3134** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:12 am

oh god. Just what I was worried about. Hopefully he gets back very soon.

GrizzledGrizzFan · Post #4 » by **GrizzledGrizzFan** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:40 pm

Serious, but better than expect word from examination:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/20 ... st-result/

Post #5 » by **SD2042** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:51 pm

Grade 2 sprain is kinda serious. Doesn't sound to severe which make it a good thing. There is a 50/50 chance he might play or not in the opener vs. the Hawks. Gasol should have a speedy recovery.

ThreeYearPlan · Post #6 » by **ThreeYearPlan** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:59 pm

Should rest him until the Lakers game

GrizzledGrizzFan · Post #7 » by **GrizzledGrizzFan** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:58 pm

Ouch - you may well be right MayoIs

http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_m ... hawks.html

Post #8 » by **boogiesdad** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:06 pm

What a way to ruin an otherwise great preseason.

ThreeYearPlan · Post #9 » by **ThreeYearPlan** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:27 pm

Against Atlanta I'm thinking maybe Darrell Arthur should start since he can more or less stay with Josh Smith on the defensive end, Horford is really a PF playing center so Z-Bo won't be overpowered either on the defensive end. Another thing they could do to matchup better is to slide Gay to the 4 spot but if they do start Thabeet I think he'll do fine. As for Marc's return date I think Nov. 3rd against the Warriors so he doesn't come back and immediately play a back to back.

mid-post · Post #10 » by **mid-post** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:01 am

MayoisMemphis wrote:Against Atlanta I'm thinking maybe Darrell Arthur should start since he can more or less stay with Josh Smith on the defensive end, Horford is really a PF playing center so Z-Bo won't be overpowered either on the defensive end. Another thing they could do to matchup better is to slide Gay to the 4 spot but if they do start Thabeet I think he'll do fine. As for Marc's return date I think Nov. 3rd against the Warriors so he doesn't come back and immediately play a back to back.

Yeah, I think a Randolph/Arthur/Gay frontcourt could work pretty well against Atlanta.
All in all, this injury really sucks, but at least we'll get a chance to see how our bench stacks up against some pretty decent squads early on.
Anyone know if Tony Allen generally does a nice job on Joe Johnson or what?

Post #11 » by **SD2042** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:20 am

Can't say for sure. With TA's history on defense he should be able to harass JJ into a bad shooting night.

Post #12 » by **jman3134** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:16 pm

idk about the impact of TA on this team. Our entire team defense needs to improve, and adding one lockdown defender does not really help this goal entirely. It's a step in the right direction, but our entire squad needs to buy in.

As for the 2nd degree ankle sprain: that is really a difficult thing. It took me a while to recover, but professional athletes probably can play on it. So, I am not too worried as long as it does not become a recurring concern. We should rest him until he feels that he is back to normal.