Merged: Oden has bone chip in left knee

Re: Oden out possibly 6 weeks? Anyone else hearing this?

It's got to be a lot harder to criticize people you actually know. It's easy for a lot of us to say trade this guy, trade that guy, but they are real people and when you're talking about people you actually work with or work close to then it's another story completely. It's not like HCP acts like a homer or anything.

 

Re: Oden out possibly 6 weeks? Anyone else hearing this?

This is all really subject to injury location. For instance if the bone chip occured on a part of the patella where there is going to be a lot of friction, then it's likely to irritate the surrounding tissue and cause discomfort and swelling, so to answer your question it could be a lot of things, but unless it was truly broken (which is not what it sounds like) then the biggest issue is discomfort and how much can Greg tolerate.

My guess is that swelling is more from the contusion of the soft tissue around the patella rather than a chip of bone coming off his knee -- I mean if he banged knees hard enough with Maggette to chip the patella it stands to reason that the ligaments and tendons (and skin I suppose) are pretty tender too.

Positives: he played with the banged up knee without it affecting his ability to move immediately following the injury, he practiced the next day in Phoenix for the rookie-soph game, and while this is purely subjective and indicates nothing, does this look like a guy who is hobbled and in excruciating pain?


negatives: some conflicting reports; Casey calls it a fracture, the presser calls it a bone chip (technically a fracture) and Barret calls it a bruise.

I guess it's possible that there is something going on that the team doesn't want us to know ... and if I was a betting man, I'd say that big secret is that they'd probably rather their franchise big get the rest rather than play the third game in three nights, especially when there is a viable excuse.

 

Re: Oden out possibly 6 weeks? Anyone else hearing this?

Ding ding ding! What do we have for him Johnny???

 

oh the horror! feel free to take your melodrama where ever you must but don't expect anyone to do anything but laugh at this sort of a confession... seriously

STOMP

 

Re: Oden out possibly 6 weeks? Anyone else hearing this?

Doesn't matter much to me. I hate to see a guy injured, but so often, he has so little impact on the game that I think we'll be just as fine without him. It does mean a little more Frye though.

 

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PapaG - you probably feel that way because you, as an instigator of another sort, would prefer the attention be focused on you instead of Mixum.

Even when you do point out the flaws in his "logic" (term used very loosely there), he does nothing to refute it - because either he can't or simply doesn't care to. I'm guessing it's not the former because as idiotic as his posts can be, he's not an idiot and, if he wanted to, could defend his stance. So if it's the latter, then it goes to show that he just doesn't care about anything but throwing bullshit up to rain on others' parades and then moving on to find other ways, other reasons to shit on an otherwise enjoyable forum.

Well said and all true.

 

Re: Oden out possibly 6 weeks? Anyone else hearing this?

must ahve forgot to wear a jockstrap

 

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I for one am much more bothered by your attacks then by anything posted by Mixum.

 

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If you consider a poster to be a troll, the appropriate action is to ignore him, since trolls feed on responses. Responding to him is a vote that you don't consider him a troll.

And if he's not a troll, there is absolutely no reason why he should be removed from the forum.

 

Re: Oden out possibly 6 weeks? Anyone else hearing this?

Oh don't be so surprised. It's natural and completely healthy for men to bruise their blog.

 

Re: Oden out possibly 6 weeks? Anyone else hearing this?

Good for you - you've obviously not read his posts then.

 

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I would like to know why my "Official" Mixum thread got closed? I figured it would be the best place to get an update on Oden's injury...

 

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This thread already existed, I believe. And they don't want you calling out a specific poster to start a thread.

 

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perhaps my time here is coming to an end

 

Re: Oden out possibly 6 weeks? Anyone else hearing this?

Say it ain't so!

 

Re: Oden out possibly 6 weeks? Anyone else hearing this?

Nah. My thread was supposed to be "tongue in cheek". Unfortunately, the mods thought I was "calling you out" or something and closed it. I get a kick out of your posts.

 

Re: Oden out possibly 6 weeks? Anyone else hearing this?

is the lord gonna call you to heaven?