<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Bobby Simmons has been out all season, Charlie Villanueva has a nagging shoulder injury and the NBA's fifth leading scorer, Michael Redd, aggravated his patellar tendon and will miss four to six weeks. Then on Monday, fate seemed to pile on as guard Maurice Williams sprained his shoulder. </div> Seems like bad luck is spreading to them. They were doin pretty good this season too. More info here:http://www.nba.com/features/peterson_harris.html
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Bucks announced on Wednesday that Mo Williams will be forced to miss two to three weeks of action due to a shoulder strain. Larry Harris said Wednesday doctors determined Williams suffered a joint sprain in his left shoulder in Monday's game.</div> Source Poor Bucks, things were clicking for them and they were starting to win right before they got hit with the injury bug. First Charlie Villanueva, then Michael Redd, and now Mo Williams. Three of their most important players all hurt for extended periods of time. This reminds me of when the Magic were playing great and then Jameer Nelson, Hedo Turkoglu, Grant Hill, and Keyon Dooling got hurt. It's just unlucky and it sucks that they have to take a step back with the way they were playing. Hopefully they can play decent during this tough stretch and then come back strong when their guys get healthy again.
It's pretty frustrating. No, make that very frustrating. We were playing well despite our deficiencies, the traits that were really killing us early on. Things like perimeter defense, rebounding, and stopping easy buckets. Once things started clicking on offense, those problems weren't as evident. Now, I'd expect us to improve a nudge defensively just because of the personnel that will be picking up the minutes, but we won't be able re-adjust to a new style well or quickly enough to stay afloat. It's pretty hard to be without your two top scorers for any extended period, but Mo's injury is key. If he can come back and play like he did before the injury, we can make a run But it's far more likely that we won't be able to overcome this chain of events due to the type of team we are.
It's not just the Bucks, it's every team in the league it seems. The Lakers have had countless injuries (Kwame has been hurt twice, Odom, Kobe, Vlad is playing hurt, Mihm never touched the court), Ray Allen went out for a couple weeks, Manu missed a few games earlier in the year, Billups is hurt right now, the Hornets have had plethora of injuries (Paul, West, Peja). To say the least, it's been a trend this year, and it looks like there could be more injuries this year than in pretty much any in recent memory.
Yeah, and lots right to start off with, not even after settling down with the beginning of the season. Tmac continously out, Pau starts with injuries, but for now I think the Bucks are most affected.
