Scottie Barnes X-Rays Are Negative Left Ankle Sprain

[DG88]

smh who was the reporter that said we'd get barnes MRI results at 5pm today....

Left lateral ankle sprain it's posted at the top

Those are not the MRI results. The MRI is supposed to reveal the grade of the lateral left ankle sprain.

Trae Young last year suffered a grade 2 lateral left ankle sprain during the regular season.

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He was wincing in pain similar to the way Barnes was.

The MRI revealed that it was a grade 2 sprain:

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Young came back 9 days later and dropped 32 points in 28 minutes against the 76ers on the road.

Worth noting, that was during the regular season. So in the playoffs, he would've returned even earlier.

I think there is a real shot that Barnes returns in this series IF the Raptors can win a game or two & it's nothing more than a grade 2 sprain.

Raptors only officially labeled it as an ankle sprain. They never listed the grade.

[TheBoi10]

Armoni
FVV
OG
Siakam
Precious

48 min each

We lost our rebounding advantage cause we went small. No games this year did we start Fred adn Gary together. We should go big FVV/OG/Siakam/Boucher/Achiuwa. It'll probably do better for our defense as well. 40+ minutes each.

[Bruin]

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[LoveMyRaps]

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[Roronoa]

as long as he's healthy next year we are in great shape. remember many thought we wouldn't even make the playoffs this year yet we won 48 games.

[DG88]

Looks like it might not be as bad as we thought based on the above tweet. Whether we see Barnes again will be based on our team extending this series. Earliest might be game 4.

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

The max length the series will go is Apr 30, so that's 13 days, might have a chance to return if they extend the series but will trust the medical staff for the Raps in making the right call there.

[Bruin]

[alan_156]

The great news is that this won't linger too much into the offseason and he'll have a full healthy summer to develop and come back better next season.

It's unrealistic to expect him to be back, and playing regular minutes, in this series.

I think this is good news.

[Vampirate]

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I'd love for Barnes to return but tbh as long as there's nothing long term here I won't lose sleep if he doesn't play again this series.

The season was a win in my books (provided Barnes heals to full health as expected) as the biggest question has pretty much been answered, how will Barnes handle a playoff game.

While he didn't go off for 30+ points he almost had an (efficient) triple double, and had the best -/+ out of all the starters.

The question next will be can he completely take over an entire game? It'll be interesting to watch.

[DG88]

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I'd love for Barnes to return but tbh as long as there's nothing long term here I won't lose sleep if he doesn't play again this series.

The season was a win in my books (provided Barnes heals to full health as expected) as the biggest question has pretty much been answered, how will Barnes handle a playoff game.

While he didn't go off for 30+ points he almost had an (efficient) triple double, and had the best -/+ out of all the starters.

The question next will be can he completely take over an entire game? It'll be interesting to watch.

Let's see what year 2 has to offer from there we can see where he's going to go.

[lobosloboslobos]

The question next will be can he completely take over an entire game? It'll be interesting to watch.

Do you mean this series? nope. reason being that he will only take over games when he runs the offense and becomes the acknowledged leader of the team. we are still a year or two away from that in all likelihood, unless the braintrust commits to moving freddy to a true 2-guard bomber from deep a la Klay and only a secondary ball handler next season, which is possible but would still be surprising. guys like Ant and Maxey who dominated as 20 year olds yesterday did so by scoring 35 which Scottie might pull off but he is not as confident a scorer or as good a shooter as those guys. yet.

but will it come? oh yeah. oh yeah. just a matter of when. and Scottie was certainly our best player in game 1.

[Psubs]

Looks like it might not be as bad as we thought based on the above tweet. Whether we see Barnes again will be based on our team extending this series. Earliest might be game 4.

Ya, the pain initial pain is likely 285 lb man stepping on your foot.

[yellowknifer]

That was a completely dirty play. Yeah maybe he didn't mean to step on it initially but he put his full weight on it after the fact and definitely had the ability to prevent doing that....

[Madhouse]

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I'd love for Barnes to return but tbh as long as there's nothing long term here I won't lose sleep if he doesn't play again this series.

The season was a win in my books (provided Barnes heals to full health as expected) as the biggest question has pretty much been answered, how will Barnes handle a playoff game.

While he didn't go off for 30+ points he almost had an (efficient) triple double, and had the best -/+ out of all the starters.

The question next will be can he completely take over an entire game? It'll be interesting to watch.

yes but not likely to be soon. Just like with the other freakish 7'3 wingspan, 40 inch vertical forwards like Giannis/Kawhi/Pippen they took time to grow their games over the years and with Barnes it will be the same. He's less likely to have an early career massive leap like a Rose/Morant/Westbrook or now Anthony Edwards or in his draft class Cade Cunningham/Jalen Green.

He will gradually improve and show freakish, elite ability by year 5 or 6.

He first needs to realize his own strengths, how to consistently use them and be assertive with force and then grow the game inside out (first reliable pull up midrange and turnaround midrange and increased post game moves).

He'll dominate within time.

[Vampirate]

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I'd love for Barnes to return but tbh as long as there's nothing long term here I won't lose sleep if he doesn't play again this series.

The season was a win in my books (provided Barnes heals to full health as expected) as the biggest question has pretty much been answered, how will Barnes handle a playoff game.

While he didn't go off for 30+ points he almost had an (efficient) triple double, and had the best -/+ out of all the starters.

The question next will be can he completely take over an entire game? It'll be interesting to watch.

yes but not likely to be soon. Just like with the other freakish 7'3 wingspan, 40 inch vertical forwards like Giannis/Kawhi/Pippen they took time to grow their games over the years and with Barnes it will be the same. He's less likely to have an early career massive leap like a Rose/Morant/Westbrook or now Anthony Edwards or in his draft class Cade Cunningham/Jalen Green.

He will gradually improve and show freakish, elite ability by year 5 or 6.

He first needs to realize his own strengths, how to consistently use them and be assertive with force and then grow the game inside out (first reliable pull up midrange and turnaround midrange and increased post game moves).

He'll dominate within time.

Honestly what you're describing sounds more like Kuminga. The Org slowly bringing the player along. Barnes more or less has been thrown to the wolves so to speak.

Barnes seems to be on a different timeline than those players because in year 1 he's already putting up just over 15 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists.

I think by year 3 he should average over 20+ points per game, not sure after that.

I don't know if he has that type of ceiling either, but should be fun to watch to see how it unfolds.

[Madhouse]

I'd love for Barnes to return but tbh as long as there's nothing long term here I won't lose sleep if he doesn't play again this series.

The season was a win in my books (provided Barnes heals to full health as expected) as the biggest question has pretty much been answered, how will Barnes handle a playoff game.

While he didn't go off for 30+ points he almost had an (efficient) triple double, and had the best -/+ out of all the starters.

The question next will be can he completely take over an entire game? It'll be interesting to watch.

yes but not likely to be soon. Just like with the other freakish 7'3 wingspan, 40 inch vertical forwards like Giannis/Kawhi/Pippen they took time to grow their games over the years and with Barnes it will be the same. He's less likely to have an early career massive leap like a Rose/Morant/Westbrook or now Anthony Edwards or in his draft class Cade Cunningham/Jalen Green.

He will gradually improve and show freakish, elite ability by year 5 or 6.

He first needs to realize his own strengths, how to consistently use them and be assertive with force and then grow the game inside out (first reliable pull up midrange and turnaround midrange and increased post game moves).

He'll dominate within time.

Honestly what you're describing sounds more like Kuminga. The Org slowly bringing the player along. Barnes more or less has been thrown to the wolves so to speak.

Barnes seems to be on a different timeline than those players because in year 1 he's already putting up just over 15 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists.

I think by year 3 he should average over 20+ points per game, not sure after that.

I don't know if he has that type of ceiling either, but should be fun to watch to see how it unfolds.

He will gradually improve from this season.

He is a very raw player despite already having some real strengths.

That he is already putting up 15/7/3 as a rookie just increases his ceiling.

By year 5 or 6 he will be a completely different player with growing skill set, confidence, experience and overpowering 7'3 wingspan and 40 inch vertical.

Once athletes with these measurements mature they are incredibly tough to stop. It just takes longer to get to that ceiling.

[will]

Get well soon, Scottish.

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look at our boy

[Bruin]

look at our boy

Such a loveable kid. I can’t not smile when I see that smile lmao