Batum to undergo shoulder surgery

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  1. Mediocre Man

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    To be fair, I have won as many championships as Nate has. If you include Jr high and high school, I have won 12 more than he has. :cheers:
     
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    Stephen Jackson anyone? lol...
     
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    Not to be really mean here but....

    When is it Outlaw's turn to get injured? :devilwink:

    First Webster, Now Batum, Next Outlaw? One can hope
     
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    Ouch . . . but maybe?
     
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    If he is back with like 20 games left, thats the best you can hope for
     
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    It's nice we kept Ime......doh!!!!!!!


    Actually, we have a shit load of depth at the 3. Webster, Outlaw, Roy, Rudy and Cunningham can all play there
     
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    Looks like Martell is gonna get a ton of minutes! Hope he is ready! This sucks, but in a roundabout way this gets rid of one log from the jam. Good luck Nic!
     
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    Ain't this just jolly. Since back injuries tend to linger, Rudy's availability will be questionable as well.

    It would seem Simmons has pull in ^high^ places.
     
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    It hurts his development drastically.... thats the sad part
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I wonder about how bad they miss Ime already
     
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    Yeah, and the fact that he's our best perimeter defender...
     
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    Come Back Ime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :NOTMARIS: :NOTMARIS::NOTMARIS:

    This does suck.. but this is why we are deep thank goodness
     
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    And he was a shell of himself in the Finals.
     
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    That is what I am thinking. Batum had some of the best reports of the summer. It sounds like he has become more confident in himself and was ready to take his game to the next level (not just defensive specialist).

    He can still come back and develop all that, but I wonder how much this sets him back. I don't know anything about the surgery, but if recovery is that long, i'm guessing progess of Batum's game has taken several steps back.
     
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    you are over reacting. If partial tear 6-8 weeks, full teat could be a lot longer. Either way he will be fine, we'll see how deep our vaunted bench really is and Roy can and will play significant SF minutes.
     
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    6-8 weeks? haha

    its 4-6 months minimum
     
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    The thing that sucks even more is now with Pendergraph and Mills already injured for awhile, we have to hope we have no more injuries with just 12 guys healthy. And not having Nicolas' defense on guys like Kobe is going to stink.
     
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    You're right . . . no big deal. :confused:
     
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    As tempting as it might be, I can't see the organization doing this.
     
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