LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2)

[Braggins]

I think people are being a little dramatic about this. It looks like he lightly tweaked the ankle he hasn't had any surgery on. I don't see any reason yet to think this is serious at all. They should probably hold him out a couple weeks to be safe since they are obviously trying to tank.

don't see any reason to think it's serious but they should hold him out a couple of weeks

7ft 250lb Kalk rolled his ankle worse and played the next game.

make it make sense

I don't see what the confusion is. They are clearly trying to tank. Might as well lean into it and rack up as many losses as possible. No need to rush him back for that. This seems (didn't look bad at least) like an injury he could return from quickly if the games mattered but I don't see the point.

Kalk is a rookie without extensive injury history (I think?) who is still fighting to establish his place in the league. Its a different situation for him than LaMelo.

[SWedd523]

so you're just leaning into the tank aspect of it.


Why not just go on ahead and shut him down for the year then? keep him in bubble wrap until 2034 when they're finally ready to try and be competitive

[Braggins]

I assume they would get in trouble with the league if they tried to sit him out the entire year. I just meant that I think they should be as conservative as they can reasonably get away with given the circumstance. The urgency to get him back on the court asap should be low.

I wish they were trying to be more competitive this season, but it is what it is I guess. Might as well be consistent with the approach if thats what they are doing. I don't want them rushing players back as fast as possible if they aren't serious about winning this season anyway. They seem to be conservative with injury returns so I doubt they'll rush him back.

Apparently he is listed on the injury report as having a left ankle bone bruise. I think thats generally less serious in terms of long term implications but can be slow to heal to the point of no discomfort. I wouldn't be surprised if he misses a bit of time.

[GiggitySmalls]

I think people are being a little dramatic about this. It looks like he lightly tweaked the ankle he hasn't had any surgery on. I don't see any reason yet to think this is serious at all. They should probably hold him out a couple weeks to be safe since they are obviously trying to tank.

The rate of injury and the use of this excuse has expired. How many "lets see if he can get healthy and see how it looks next time" does he get? No more hes cooked. The longer hes on the roster the longer we cant move forward. We lose with him or without him. Its not like he makes an impact on us making the playoffs. Melo might be the worst attempt at a franchise player ever with zion being a close 2nd.

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[JustBuzzin]

I think people are being a little dramatic about this. It looks like he lightly tweaked the ankle he hasn't had any surgery on. I don't see any reason yet to think this is serious at all. They should probably hold him out a couple weeks to be safe since they are obviously trying to tank.

The rate of injury and the use of this excuse has expired. How many "lets see if he can get healthy and see how it looks next time" does he get? No more hes cooked. The longer hes on the roster the longer we cant move forward. We lose with him or without him. Its not like he makes an impact on us making the playoffs. Melo might be the worst attempt at a franchise player ever with zion being a close 2nd.

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I agree 100%

Enough is enough already. We gave LaMelo 6 years to prove himself. It's just not gonna work in Charlotte unfortunately.

We don't win when he's healthy anyway. Their is no reason why we should keep giving him so many chances. We are wasting each other time at this point.