Kemba Walker Thread

GoGreen · Post #501 » by **GoGreen** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:10 am

Of course one the healthiest players in the league possibly develops a nagging knee injury as soon as he's a Celtic.

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Post #502 » by **Parliament10** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:24 am

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ConstableGeneva · Post #503 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Fri Jul 17, 2020 12:31 am

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Post #504 » by **Parliament10** » Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:02 am

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I'm not buying it. Still bothersome, after 4 months of inactivity???
What could do that?

HornetJail · Post #505 » by **HornetJail** » Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:15 am

Hornets fan here-

Kemba has had surgery on that left knee during the 2014-15 season, the 2016 offseason, and the 2017 offseason.

The first injury, we could tell he was bothered and he had surgery in the middle of an already lost season, missed maybe 15 games and came right back.

The second and third ones, there were absolutely no signs at all that his knee was bothering him. After the fact he revealed that his knee was bothering him for like half the 2016 season and playoffs, and we literally would never have known otherwise. No news on the one the next year. He missed no games either time. It does sound like he may have some potentially chronic issue with that knee, but it's rarely ever affected his play or even his explosiveness. Dude is a warrior

Post #506 » by **Parliament10** » Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:36 am

KEMBAtheMETEOR wrote:Hornets fan here-

Kemba has had surgery on that left knee during the 2014-15 season, the 2016 offseason, and the 2017 offseason.

The first injury, we could tell he was bothered and he had surgery in the middle of an already lost season, missed maybe 15 games and came right back.

The second and third ones, there were absolutely no signs at all that his knee was bothering him. After the fact he revealed that his knee was bothering him for like half the 2016 season and playoffs, and we literally would never have known otherwise. No news on the one the next year. He missed no games either time. It does sound like he may have some potentially chronic issue with that knee, but it's rarely ever affected his play or even his explosiveness. Dude is a warrior

Thanks for the info.
Having surgery 3 times, on the same knee doesn't sound promising.

Sounds like he needs another one, too. It becomes more of a problem, the older he gets.
Charlotte may have made a good decision, in declining to offer Kemba that Max contract.

HornetJail · Post #507 » by **HornetJail** » Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:53 am

yeah it was always something that was in the back of my mind... but considering 2 of the 3 injuries were completely invisible to us fans, it was easy to brush that concern aside.

Personally I wouldn't be too worried at the moment. If the knee was bad enough to need surgery, surely he would've got it during the lockdown, which we knew quite early on was going to be nearly as long as a regular offseason, if not longer. He does get banged up over the course of a season and occasionally missed practice here or got listed as questionable with minor/moderate stuff, but he'd typically look exactly the same as usual once he took the court. If he's looking sluggish in game action, only then would I really be concerned.

SMTBSI · Post #508 » by **SMTBSI** » Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:15 am

All right, I'm gonna say it.

Aside from Milwaukee, I'm not concerned one bit about "dodging" any team in the East. If we can't get by the likes of the freaking Sixers, we weren't going anywhere anyway.

So, since homecourt is no longer at stake, I say we treat these last eight games like a tuneup, give the starters low minutes, let Kemba build back into it slowly, give Timelord and Grant a ton of burn, and maybe allow our pick to trickle up a slot or three while we're at it.

ajones9219 · Post #509 » by **ajones9219** » Fri Jul 17, 2020 7:39 pm

I think the 4 months off is seen as a blessing, which it was but it was a double edge sword for his knee. Thats 4 months without celtics staff getting to work with him every day and rehabbing it. 4 months with no basketball activity. I feel like anyone would be sore if they had an injury and try to start doing nba level activity after 4 months off. Just ramp it up and he will be good to go.

Jammer · Post #510 » by **Jammer** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:38 am

OK Rocket Scientists, what gives??

The guy has pain.

The guy had from mid-March to get scoped, and recuperate. 4 months wasted.

What is the medical staff not telling us??

What does his MRI show? Catscan? Medically, I can't believe they pissed away 4 months without having a look see.

Post #511 » by **Parliament10** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:39 am

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Celtics1918 · Post #513 » by **Celtics1918** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:01 am

Start the trade talks now for Kemba Walker just like Gordon Hayward.

celtxman · Post #514 » by **celtxman** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:36 pm

KEMBAtheMETEOR wrote:yeah it was always something that was in the back of my mind... but considering 2 of the 3 injuries were completely invisible to us fans, it was easy to brush that concern aside.

Personally I wouldn't be too worried at the moment. If the knee was bad enough to need surgery, surely he would've got it during the lockdown, which we knew quite early on was going to be nearly as long as a regular offseason, if not longer. He does get banged up over the course of a season and occasionally missed practice here or got listed as questionable with minor/moderate stuff, but he'd typically look exactly the same as usual once he took the court. If he's looking sluggish in game action, only then would I really be concerned.

I think both Charlotte and Boston made the correct decision with Kemba. Kemba is only a MAX player in the context that SOMEBODY is going to pay him that, over what he is worth. Charlotte got a lot of abuse for not offering Kemba the MAX. The Celtics are still being told by opposing fans that they "did Isaiah Thomas dirty" by not paying him the MAX after his gutty playoffs with adversity. Can you imagine if he was relatively healthy? Sometimes correct business decisions are painful.
The point is the Hornets looked at the big picture that they were not likely to add a star player with Kemba and Kemba was simply not going to fit a reasonable time frame. Their best hope is to end up with a Giannis/Siakim type player that they can draft and treat that person extraordinarily well. The Celtics and Hornets for all intents and purposes are the same team - both small market.
No one is going to Boston because of banners, or Charlotte because of great fans - they are going to LA, NY, warm weather places, or with stars already in place.
So the Celtics needed a fast recovery after losing Irving and Horford, and I still understand why they did that. They had little time to react after Horford's decision and they had to be creative to do anything. But if this knee becomes more than what it was in Charlotte, it will definitely impact their future with an untradeable contract.

MambaForever · Post #515 » by **MambaForever** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:27 pm

A silver lining to this could be; using Kemba as the 6th man and inserting Smart into the starting lineup. I think it would greatly balance out the line ups.

Post #516 » by **Parliament10** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:39 pm

MambaForever wrote:A silver lining to this could be; using Kemba as the 6th man and inserting Smart into the starting lineup. I think it would greatly balance out the line ups.

That would be one expensive 6th-Man.

jirrit · Post #517 » by **jirrit** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:52 am

Parliament10 wrote:
MambaForever wrote:A silver lining to this could be; using Kemba as the 6th man and inserting Smart into the starting lineup. I think it would greatly balance out the line ups.

That would be one expensive 6th-Man.

But in this covid season it could be a nice twitch, load managing Kemba a bit?

Triple7 · Post #518 » by **Triple7** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 3:58 pm

MambaForever wrote:A silver lining to this could be; using Kemba as the 6th man and inserting Smart into the starting lineup. I think it would greatly balance out the line ups.

Nah! That wouldn’t work. Kemba would just be overworked carrying the load for the 2nd unit. That’s not the best option for a guy with lingering knee issues.

Triple7 · Post #519 » by **Triple7** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:02 pm

jirrit wrote:
Parliament10 wrote:
MambaForever wrote:A silver lining to this could be; using Kemba as the 6th man and inserting Smart into the starting lineup. I think it would greatly balance out the line ups.

That would be one expensive 6th-Man.

But in this covid season it could be a nice twitch, load managing Kemba a bit?

Load management would be fine, but not bring him in as a 6th man. He needs all the time with the other starters to build chemistry again.

Post #520 » by **Parliament10** » Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:18 pm

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