Thanks dude good find. There has been a lot of speculation on this board that Roy might be the first to try a "Tommy John" type of treatment in order to come back. Meniscus replacement and then playing on that meniscus would be exactly that. Also I think this is important, because it says to me that the problem of Roy going into and out of the lineup over and the team can now get some consistency going in the lineups. Maybe get Joel back for that 2nd unit and then "add the gel".
I think a meniscus transplant is in his future anyway, so might as well give it a try and see if he can play three more years on the knee. Hell, if you feel like recovery's a long time and there will be a lockout anyway, get both knees done.
If I had to take a guess I would say Phoenix team doctors. Amare Stoudemire was much in the same situation as Oden before they brought him back to health.
Any speculation on why they can't name the other team's doctor? Is it against the rules for one team's doctor to help another player?
No it's not. In fact teams use other team doctors for 2nd evaluations all the time. So it's quite the opposite. The NBA has nothing to gain when the best players are on the floor playing rather than sitting on the sideline.
I wouldn't have thought so. Just seemed odd to not say oh, so and so from Houston, a top doctor, instead of a nameless guy. And yes, I am looking way too much into it, under the speculation that that doctor is looking for us as well as for his current employer.
You know how it is. Sometimes when you are beating a war drum a lot sooner or later people get sick of hearing it. I guess the fact that it was actually mentioned in the article, and should be a legimate topic for discussion is moot! I thought that tidbit about the bench and Nate meeting and having a positive result was a good thing. I also believe it backs up the fact that Nate and the team are still communicating well, where some writers had stated Nate had been tuned out weeks ago.
Desperate times call for desperate measures I guess. I'm certainly no surgeon and I'm relying on my limited medical knowledge from my time as a paramedic but the odds seem a little long that a meniscal transplant will work out minus complications, especially considering that Roy is looking to get back to a level of competitive sports that are going to put maximum stress on the transplanted body part. But it's worth a shot and probably beats the alternative of trying to hobble around for the next 4 years -- Worst case scenario is that he has it done now, rehabs through the lock-out, it doesn't work and he's probably forced to retire anyway.
Looks like Roy and the organization are finally coming to terms with the reality of the situation. It's only a matter of time before Roy goes under the knife for some procedure on the knee(s). I'd be shocked to see him to return this season.
I don't have any problem with the topic, which is that the second unit wanted to meet with Nate to discuss how they could be more effective. It's great that Rudy and the other guys now are on the same page. The thing I that elicited my response, and admittedly this probably wasn't the best thread to put it into, was that MM assumes that the point of the meeting was that players had to convince Nate to play uptempo. I get that he detests Nate's coaching, but is it really inconceivable that Nate has been the instigator of the change to the uptempo style as an adjustment to the personnel he now has and that the bench players just wanted to get together with him to clarify a few things about their new offense? It just gets to be a grind to have so many threads hijacked into constant Nate-bashing. I mean, the team is playing more the way that you've been advocating for years so shut up an enjoy it for Pete's sake. [/end rant]
