ShootingtheJ wrote:BroncoBuck wrote:ShootingtheJ wrote:
Who cares if he had an MRI? If showed a bruise. You said last year he was done, then he dominated in the playoffs. All he needed to do was better than Kuzma. 2 dozen guys from the G League could do that.
It’s the same knee soreness that caused him to have surgery in 2023. He’s done. Khris wouldn’t have played a single game this series. He can’t move. It’s gotten to the point where it’s so bad he can’t even shoot well anymore.
You can keep lying to yourself all you want, but Khris Middleton is done. His legs are toast. Prepare yourself for the inevitable “Khris Middleton had offseason surgery” articles that are going to drop.
Middleton literally played through needing surgery year after year. He didn't need to be great to be better than Kuzma. His basketball IQ alone saves the team.
This season Khris sat out the first 20+ games of the season then played with minutes restrictions the rest of the year. He didn’t play back to backs and he had multiple stretches where he sat out multiple games. All self imposed.
All time Buck, but he is not Kawhi. He can’t move anymore. His legs are shot. That’s why his shooting has fallen off a cliff as well. He doesn’t trust his body and it seems pretty evident that his reputation for not exactly being a gym rat has caught up to him.