Portland catches a HUGE break. Westbrook out a month. That is huge and could give them the division. Everything is going the Blazers way this year, still not sold on them winning a playoff series though. They better get home court if they have any shot, and this could go a long way into doing that.
Woohoo! Finally breaks in our favor! He will miss all 3 remaining match ups with Portland AND frees up an All Star spot.
From O Live: Ben Golliver @blazersedge 48s All 3 remaining games between Portland & OKC will come during Russell Westbrook's absence following knee surgery http://bit.ly/1cbxoGe
Once a player gets multiple injuries to the same body part in a season it becomes very concerning. Yes as Roy had, but you could compare him to Derrick Rose, Kobe, Amare, TMac, many other players. Once Westbrook comes back he'll be very prone to another injury. He is a player that relies entirely on speed, athleticism, and quick maneuvers. He isn't a good player if he plays a slow methodical relaxed game. That will but a lot of stress on his body when he comes back.
Yeah, he actually concerns me a bit more than Westbrook. Well, I guess I should say if the game were in Portland I'd be more concerned about Jackson, but since it's in OKC I'd be more concerned about Westbrook. I get the impression that he's more successful in his hero-ball at home than on the road. Either way, Jackson is going to slice us up. But he likely can't do it for 48 minutes!
Yes but now they will have to play Derrick Fisher the minutes Reggie was getting. Its not the dropoff from starter to backup that hurts the most, its the minutes the 3rd stringer has to play instead of the starter that really hurts a team.
Yeah I agree. Reggie has played very well. (As has Lamb) So they are not going to suffer too much. But I feared their two PG lineup. Westbrook and Jackson together at the same time was really quick.
Charles Barkley jinxed the team. He did this to us when we had the Felton team, saying we were the team to beat. After a couple weeks saying it, we started to implode. It really is a good thing that Charles doesn't like us
I feel like this team has meshed perfectly and the cards are finally falling in our favor. It's our year to win it all, written in stone in the heavens.
It would certainly make the product better, oh wait the NBA doesn't care about that. Karma is a bitch.
