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Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 8:58 pm
by countryboi
Charlotte Bobcats center DeSagana Diop will be sidelined for the remainder of the 2010-11 season after a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed a rupture of his right Achilles tendon. Diop suffered the injury during the second quarter of Friday’s game against Golden State.
http://www.nba.com/bobcats/diop_injury_110103.html
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 8:59 pm
by countryboi
SOOOOOoo uh so much for trying to trade him
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 9:00 pm
by BigSlam
A ruptured Achilles tendon can mean a year or more off the court!!
Do we get any sort of insurance kick back or are we screwed?
(P.S. Had to clean up your post cb.)
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 9:04 pm
by countryboi
i was just going to tell you thanks for cleaning up my post its been a while since a posted a thread.....yea imagine how hard its going to be to trade diop now after a year long Achilles injury..ugh
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 9:11 pm
by Vanderbilt_Grad
If the injury is covered by insurance then it might actually be easier to get him traded to some teams .... like the Clips for instance.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 9:14 pm
by BigSlam
Vanderbilt_Grad wrote:If the injury is covered by insurance then it might actually be easier to get him traded to some teams .... like the Clips for instance.
Except that the insurance would only last this season and then they would be on the hook for the rest of his contract.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 9:19 pm
by DY_nasty
FREE KWAME
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 9:26 pm
by dmutombo321
This is neither here nor there since there's probably not a shot in hell anyone would touch that contract and, even if the stars did allign, any team acquiring him in a trade would from us would be doing it for salary reasons, not for Diop's basketball prowess (i.e. if we insisted on his inclusion in a Gerald Wallace deal or our FO sends him out for part of a greater deal where we end up with a contract that is even worse.)
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 9:27 pm
by BigSlam
The really sad part is now Gana is done, we are really lacking in the big man dept as we are only left with Nazzy and Kwame - and two C's aren't enough.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 9:38 pm
by doc.end
NOW we are doomed. Tank.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 10:16 pm
by klemen4
I think it is around 8 month recovery time...I do not know how it is with insurance, I know after player miss 41 consecutive games, from 42 game on his contract is covered by insurance, I think it is 80% but Im not sure.
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Found some article about that:
http://ns1.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91909Every team in the NBA and NHL, under terms of their respective Collective Bargaining Agreements, must take out temporary and total disability insurance on its top five salaried players each season.
Insurance steps in to pay after a covered marquee player misses at least 41 NBA regular-season or 30 NHL regular-season games due to a single injury.
Hmm, Diop Contract is CHA 6th highest, so it looks that means he is not insured? But reading the article it looks like 5 highest payed players MUST be insured and other can be if club decides.
Talking about Diop and trading him... this injury could be good for new team because Im sure teams could get some money out of insurance at least for his last 2 years if he would be injured.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 10:45 pm
by captaincrunk
This is really sad. I was just complaining about our injuries and now this? I feel like the Blazers without all the talent
At least we're no worse off than they are for it.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 11:36 pm
by bobcats3wallace
"If there's any consolation to the franchise, it's now likely disability insurance would cover a large portion of Diop's $6.48 million salary" -- Rick Bonnell
We are likely to get a roster sport and injury excemption, like Miami got with Haslem. So all in all, this could help us. With the money MJ saves on not having to pay Diops salary, he can afford to spend a little extra to try and get a player with that exception we are likely to get from the NBA. Not sure who we coudl get, or how much the exceptio could be worth, but this could help. Sad to see Doip go down when he is playing his best and really was interesting to watch. Luckily for us though, Kwame was on the bench and he had actually been playing really well. I thought he should had gotten some playing time to begin with, so i'm glad for Kwame and we could get roster spot and money. Lets see what happens with this.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Mon Jan 3, 2011 11:55 pm
by captaincrunk
bobcats3wallace wrote:"If there's any consolation to the franchise, it's now likely disability insurance would cover a large portion of Diop's $6.48 million salary" -- Rick Bonnell
We are likely to get a roster sport and injury excemption, like Miami got with Haslem. So all in all, this could help us. With the money MJ saves on not having to pay Diops salary, he can afford to spend a little extra to try and get a player with that exception we are likely to get from the NBA. Not sure who we coudl get, or how much the exceptio could be worth, but this could help. Sad to see Doip go down when he is playing his best and really was interesting to watch. Luckily for us though, Kwame was on the bench and he had actually been playing really well. I thought he should had gotten some playing time to begin with, so i'm glad for Kwame and we could get roster spot and money. Lets see what happens with this.
I hope they sign another big. Tyrus gets great minutes at center, but he's really not that thick. He's gonna get tired or injured banging with buys like Big Z.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Tue Jan 4, 2011 1:07 am
by Marvel
Crap......not for the team, but the opportunity to trade him.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Tue Jan 4, 2011 1:10 am
by GQCoolest
Jarron Collins just got let go by the Clips. Tough to find a big body like that at this point in the season. Jump on it, and he's insurance and 6 fouls.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Tue Jan 4, 2011 3:07 am
by SamBone
that sucks, he was finally showing that he has a role
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Tue Jan 4, 2011 3:13 am
by BigSlam
GQCoolest wrote:Jarron Collins just got let go by the Clips. Tough to find a big body like that at this point in the season. Jump on it, and he's insurance and 6 fouls.
Trade Tank for Dexter Pittman.
Dexter Pittman has something no other Bobcats big man has ever had and something we need.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Tue Jan 4, 2011 3:31 am
by -Ian-
This sucks! Just when he's playing a bit decent lately. Now we're down with Kwame and Nazr. Though we can't rely too much on Nazr because of his age.
Re: Gana Diop is done for the season
Posted: Tue Jan 4, 2011 11:26 pm
by Rich4114
I can't believe some of you actually feel like this has much of an impact. Can someone show me Diop's stats since he's been on this team?