http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...-bits-bulls-chicago--20101005,0,2363650.story Carlos Boozer had what the team called successful surgery on the fifth metacarpal of his right hand Tuesday morning. "Now he can begin his rehab," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "They won't know how long he will be out until they move further along and get the cast off. But it's anywhere from 6-to-10 weeks. "His conditioning should be OK because he can run. But his hand has to (be able) to take a hit."
The SLC Tribune is reporting that Boozer is finalizing a divorce, and raised the story in the process of discussing his recent injury. I don't want to pick apart Boozers personal life and make it a thread in and of itself because getting divorce sucks donkey balls and is tragic to anyone. I do find the timing interesting, especially given that it certainly seemed that the Bulls were in take out the trash mode on Monday, releasing the big Noah signing concurrently with the Bears' Sunday night trouncing.
I always think it's weird to hear about a surgery being a "success" when in reality we can't possibly know that for 10 weeks. More accurately, I guess they could say "we got through surgery without committing malpractice or finding out we'd mis-disagnosed the injury". We won't know if he successfully heals for 2.5 months though.
I booked 10 weeks from the beginning. There's something sketchy about this guy, from the Cavs situation, to his tenure with the Jazz, and now. 6-8 weeks is too good to be true for Boozer.
I don't know if this is the best place to bring this up, but rather than start a new thread, I just want to raise a point regarding Carlos' injury and its impact. I honestly feel that this is going to help the Bulls quite a bit in the long run. I'll just mention a few of the ways. 1. Develop Kyle Korver as a serious scoring threat 2. Develop question marks James Johnson and Omer Asik 3. Give Thibo a cover as he finds his groove as a head coach. You could argue, I suppose that the first would happen anyway, and perhaps the second to some extent, and maybe Thibo doesn't need any cover. But I guess my point is that Thibo is not a guy to sit on his hands and moan and groan about what he doesn't have. He has the drive to explore other options for how to make his team successful, and he seems to have the ability to implement his ideas for team strategy AND for player development. When Boozer comes back, if all things work out, he won't be seen as a savior, but as a very helpful piece on an already successful team. And it will be Thibo's team (and I suppose Rose's), not Boozer's. But in a healthier way then when Scooter was coach.
I think 3 especially is an excellent point. Expectations for this team, I think, were bordering on too high in the first place. There is some cover, now, if they don't come out with guns blazing.
