http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2008/12/injury_brief_roy_oden_question.html This would be devastating if Roy is out, a beatdown of epic proportions.
I agree with the WWJPD (what would joel przybilla do?) remark. Yeah, tape it up and get out there, Greg!
Injuries to your superstar are never good, but part of me wonders if it isn't pretty good timing for this to happen. Seems like a lot of the team is standing around waiting for Roy to pull a miracle out of his ass every offensive possession. Maybe this will put a fire into the team to move the ball better like they did earlier in the season. Portland was probably going to lose anyway, we might as well reset the offense a little by giving guys like Aldridge, Fernandez and even Bayless more of a focus for a game.
You'd think that, if true, Bayless would get more minutes, right? I bet that the minutes lost will go to Travis and playing Blake as the SG with Sergio as the PG, or Sergio and Rudy, or Blake and Rudy.
While I'm all for the Blazers to win, if Roy and Oden aren't 100%, let them rest. Its not a must-win game......It'd be good to give other guys burn on the offense....get Bayless some PT in an offensive minded role...start Rudy at SG......activate SBO.
Well, there is the chance that he might have a break in his bone, but they always do x-rays for sprains. That way they can see if there's an obvious strain/tear or whatever. It doesn't necessarily mean a broken bone.
Ah, of course...I had my foot xrayed for a bad sprain too. Getting hurt after one of his best games of the season sucks balls though.
The oregonlive blog says the x-rays came back negative. once again, here's the link: http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2008/12/injury_brief_roy_oden_question.html
I had a hockey coach who always had a warm thing to say with such an injury..... "Tape an aspirin to it" I recall yet again another story from hall of fame coach Pat Riley. During the regular season big man Charles Smith told Riley he was injured and couldn't go. Riley said fine, but then asked him this question. "Hypothetically if we were in the playoffs right now and this was game 7 and I needed you for an offensive rebound on a FT could you go?" Smith replied "ya, I could probably go" Riley then asked him nicely to go put his uniform on and get taped up.
That wouldn't be very smart if he aggravated his injury and was not available at a more critical point of the season (such as an ACTUAL game seven). If either Roy or Oden have an injury that might be aggravated, I'd argue it is not a sin to have him sit a game and get closer to healthy. Ed O.
