Re: Przy re-injures his patella! Thank you Joel for all you have given to the TrailBlazers. Go off in the Sunset and try to enjoy the rest of your life. Maybe you can go campaign with Dudley.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! Really? You think he was out on a jetski or a motorcycle three months after breaking his kneecap and rupturing his patella tendon? Really? Greg just now got back on a treadmill with lesser injury and you think Joel is out there doing jetskis? He probably actually slipped in the shower, it's really not that much of a reach. Most athletes have clauses in their contract that if they get injured on motorcycles or any other dangerous vehicle/activity their contracts can be voided. Do you really think Joel is going to risk 8 million dollars for a joyride during rehab? I mean come on. I'd rather a trusted employee be rehabbing where he feels most comfortable especially if it lifts his spirits. If he's in a dead period between where he no longer needs daily treatment but he can't yet do physical activity to regain muscle then I say let him stay home. We also don't know how long he's been in Milwaukee - could have been a couple days just visiting family, might have been here for a while. But clearly Joel was out there doing jumps on jetskis and joined a motorcycle gang where he has to ride vigorously.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! I blame Nate McMillan for allowing him to shower so soon after surgery. He clearly should've remained on sponge baths for another 4-6 weeks.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! What? No one came to pick him up? The Blazers could have at least sent HCP, err I mean "THE" out to help with his bags. No wonder he was pissed off.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! His career is likely over. At best, I think he's third string. Playing that Samaki Walker role now.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! Somebody on here will try to place the blame on Jay Jenson or Geoff Clark!
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! The fact is we don't know how he re ruptured it. We do know that he was in Milwaukee someplace when it happened. During a time when the season was still in full force. Joel should have been here in Portland with his teammates at least until the end of the season. They could have continued to monitor him and see to it that he was doing the right things in the process. That shouldn't be too much to ask. They are paying him an awful lot of money to be an employee here. Whether it's good for his spirits or not.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! Put me in the "bullshit coverup" camp. Dude was probably in the middle of getting it on with his wife and something went horribly wrong.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! But in seriousness....im sorry for him and you guys....this sucks Get well Vanilla Gorilla
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! That is actually what we thought he was mad at (hobbling through baggage claim on one leg with a duffel bag and NOBODY to help) He kept calling someone on his cell phone and he was shaking his head in disgust. The driver was waiting outside waiting by a Mercedes near the parking garage.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! After everything that Pryz has done for this team over the last several years, you questioning his motivations to rehab at his home vs. from a hotel near the practice facility is laughable. So many fucking armchair quarterbacks on here. He most likely had full permission from the team for rehabbing at home, and was getting weekly if not daily updates from both him and his medical people.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! With Oden coming back to likely play 30+ minutes next season and Camby and Howard just there waiting for a team to sign them, I expected Joel's value was only in his contract. I doubt we would have saw another game with him on the court in our jersey next year whether he got "injured" or not.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! Oof. Now for the real question, if you play center in the NBA what would you do if the Blazers offered you a contract or if you're coming out of college and they drafted you? Serious question.
Re: Przy re-injures his patella! My roommate slipped and fell in the shower earlier this year. It sounded hilarious, but of course he hadn't been recovering from a knee injury. These things, however bizarre, can happen.
