LamarMatic7 wrote:MotorKeepsGoing wrote:fatlever wrote:6 weeks would be amazing. Still have my expectations set at 12. You know, Hornets medical staff and all...
Given the recent history of our medical staff, Nic will be out 6 weeks, play 4 games, and then miss another 6 weeks.HoopsMalone wrote:MotorKeepsGoing wrote:Given the recent history of our medical staff, Nic will be out 6 weeks, play 4 games, and then miss another 6 weeks.
In all seriousness I expect it to go like this. He will come back and stink for a handful of games and then be like um this thing is really bothering me...Braggins wrote:MotorKeepsGoing wrote:It's happened enough times now that I actually think our training staff is fired if it happens again. MKG's shoulder was magically 2 months ahead of schedule and surprise! He's hurt again. Then the more moderate stuff like Lance Stephenson's groin/hamstring, Lamb's hamstring, basically every injury Batum has had... I feel like almost every injury one of our guys gets ends up repeating itself. And for that reason, Kemba's knee surgeries (while minor) bother me a bit more than they should.
For the longest time I was trying to keep a mental note of all the injury situations where there was either seemingly unnecessary complications or misdiagnosis over the last few years, but it was seriously happening so often that I lost track. It hasn't been as bad since the MKG shoulder fiasco, but id still estimate that literally 50%+ of the relevant injuries over the last few years have been potentially mishandled in some way. I remember the year we had Lance it seriously seemed like almost every injury situation had some complication.fatlever wrote:don't forget the year Lin and Batum seemed to rush back from ankle sprains only to look like they were playing on 1 leg.HoopsMalone wrote:It makes me really angry when teams rush players back into lineups only to see them get injured again. Like say a guy comes back 10 days early... what's that 4 games? Chances are actually pretty good we are gonna go 2-2 with or without him... maybe he swings one game but don't forget he's realistically probably not 100% so he may not help at all..... but if he re-injures himself and misses the next 25 games maybe we go 11-14 in his absence instead of 15-10... That's a four game difference.
Not to mention you need guys to be healthy for the playoffs. All this jockeying for playoff position is mostly BS we follow to amuse ourselves. If Philly was smart they'd build a good enough team to sneak into the #7 seed only playing Embiid once per week. Then unleash him in the playoffsKembaWalker wrote:our medical staff is so great, guys always come back early from injuries
yea were ****edcatch20two wrote:I don’t think he should rush back unless we start losing consecutively and it becomes kinda dire.
Right now the team is playing well and showing good chemistry. Lamb has stepped up to fill Batum’s void as a versatile wing in the starting lineup and the Monk/Bacon/Graham trio have been solid off the bench with room to improve.-Ian- wrote:I don't want to rush him back either. The team should stick to the original timeline of his recovery.
I'm all for self congratulation but this was like predicting I'd drink more than "a few beers" when i got to the bar