<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">(July 13, 2005) -- The Toronto Raptors announced today that first-round draft picks Charlie Villanueva and Joey Graham sustained minor injuries in the recent Summer Pro League in Los Angeles and are expected to be withheld from competition in the upcoming Minnesota Summer League. Villanueva has a strained right groin and Graham a strained right calf. Both players will remain with the team in Minnesota (through July 19) where they will receive treatment from the club?s medical staff. The Raptors open play in the Minnesota Summer League on Friday when they face the New York Knicks. </div> Source Well that sucks. But it's pretty ironic considering we supposedly didn't draft Granger because of his injuries.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting R_ChutneY:</div><div class="quote_post">Source Well that sucks. But it's pretty ironic considering we supposedly didn't draft Granger because of his injuries.</div> Playing 4 days straight (Villanueva with 3) without any rest is like asking for injury bugs to bite. At least we got to see what they can do and got an idea of what kind of players they are. Granger's situation is different because he's been injured since January and it didn't heal yet. Read my thread on Granger's injury.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting VinKanaddy:</div><div class="quote_post">Playing 4 days straight (Villanueva with 3) without any rest is like asking for injury bugs to bite. At least we got to see what they can do and got an idea of what kind of players they are. Granger's situation is different because he's been injured since January and it didn't heal yet. Read my thread on Granger's injury.</div> I've had a strained Groin and its not a major injury if you rest it. I got the groin strain from playing 4 intense games over 2 days and it slowly went away after a week or two. Granger has a more serious injury because it involves the knee not merely a muscle strain.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting SkiptoMyLue11:</div><div class="quote_post">I've had a strained Groin and its not a major injury if you rest it. I got the groin strain from playing 4 intense games over 2 days and it slowly went away after a week or two. Granger has a more serious injury because it involves the knee not merely a muscle strain.</div> Besides, I think Babcock and Mitchell are playing it safe with them as to not risk aggrevating the injuries and further hindering their development. I was looking forward to the match-up between Granger / Graham on July 15th but I guess we'll have to wait until the season starts.
I was just joking about the Granger thing. But it's obviously not a big deal. Probably happened because they haven't played competitively in such a while. Better to be safe than sorry.
