<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">McCants to miss at least four months</span>Posted: Monday June 19, 2006 9:41PM; Updated: Monday June 19, 2006 9:42PMMINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Timberwolves guard Rashad McCants will miss four to six months after microfracture surgery on his right knee, the same injury that kept Phoenix star Amare Stoudemire out for most of this season.Timberwolves orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Fischer performed the surgery in the Twin Cities on Friday, and the team made the announcement on Monday. Neither the team nor McCants, the Timberwolves' 2005 first-round draft pick, made the injury known before then.Team spokesman Mike Cristaldi said McCants started to have soreness in the knee in May and it continued up until the surgery."It's an unfortunate situation because Rashad has been working really hard this offseason, and was looking forward to playing in the upcoming summer league games," Timberwolves vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale said in a statement issued by the team. "We expect Rashad to recover fully from the injury. He's a very talented young man, and we are going to make sure he is 100 percent healthy before he comes back."McCants, who is recovering in the Twin Cities, declined to comment through Cristaldi.Stoudemire missed the first 66 games of this season after having the same surgery on his left knee. He tried to come back but lasted only three games before being shut down again with problems in his right knee, which developed while he was rehabbing the more serious injury to the other knee.McCants, the 14th overall selection out of North Carolina, got off to a slow start this season while becoming acclimated to the NBA but blossomed down the stretch.The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 7.9 points in 79 games this season but topped double figures in the last 12 games of the season as coach Dwane Casey increased his role with the team eliminated from playoff contention. He scored 28 points in a win over the Hawks on April 9 and developed into one of the team's best perimeter shooters.McCants shot 37.2 percent from 3-point range, a franchise record for rookies.The loss could be a huge setback for the Timberwolves, who have missed the playoffs two years in a row since making the Western Conference finals in 2004.Casey was counting on the young McCants to continue his improvement into next season and perhaps become one of the team's top scoring options alongside Kevin Garnett.Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.</div>Wow, this is just sad. McHale better think twice if he thinks that KG aint going anywhere. Banks and McCants are the only young talent that KG is satisfied in, Banks might leave to sign with a team in the off-season (LA?) and then McCants busts his knee which likely will effect his play later on in the 2006-2007 season. KG is cursed I tell ya, CURSED.
Kevin McHale has ruined KG's career. I never cared for the McCants pick...this just adds insult to injury.
Wow KG keeps getting worse and worse luck. If I were KG I would be doing everything in ym power to get outta there.
I posted a thread about this in the T'Wolves foum yesturday but no one replied. But that sucks for the Wolves.
Not too easy for KG to keep his chin up nowadays. Ricky Davis is a pretty nice 2nd option, but the bench is thinner than a toothpick. Eddie Griffen and Marko Jaric are just ok, but KG should plan on the lottery next year too.I think he's going to depart from Minnesota once he's a free agent.It seems like one second, he's a title contender with Sam Cassell and Latrell Spreewell, now it's just pathetic.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SunnyD @ Jun 21 2006, 02:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Not too easy for KG to keep his chin up nowadays. Ricky Davis is a pretty nice 2nd option, but the bench is thinner than a toothpick. Eddie Griffen and Marko Jaric are just ok, but KG should plan on the lottery next year too.I think he's going to depart from Minnesota once he's a free agent.It seems like one second, he's a title contender with Sam Cassell and Latrell Spreewell, now it's just pathetic.</div> When KG is a free agent he will be 35.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Jun 20 2006, 09:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>When KG is a free agent he will be 35. </div>then KG needs to demand a trade,he is not going to win a title in minny,all these rumors of kings,lakers,bulls,76ers,knicks etc. they are just rumors but KG will not get traded unless he demands it,if Kg got traded i would not be surprised
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Jun 21 2006, 05:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>then KG needs to demand a trade,he is not going to win a title in minny,all these rumors of kings,lakers,bulls,76ers,knicks etc. they are just rumors but KG will not get traded unless he demands it,if Kg got traded i would not be surprised</div> He demands a trade...goes to a team that will have to give up half it's talent to get him...eh...I just don't see him leaving.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>then KG needs to demand a trade,he is not going to win a title in minny,all these rumors of kings,lakers,bulls,76ers,knicks etc. they are just rumors but KG will not get traded unless he demands it,if Kg got traded i would not be surprised</div> I hate that comment right there. Your basically spewing that wherever KG goes, he will get a title that he wouldn't if he stayed in Minny. What a load of bullsh**, now I like KG, but just because he's going to be leaving Minny, doesn't mean he wins a title. Especially as BCB said, a team has to gut their team just to get him. This ain't no cinderella story.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Jun 20 2006, 11:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I hate that comment right there. Your basically spewing that wherever KG goes, he will get a title that he wouldn't if he stayed in Minny. What a load of bullsh**, now I like KG, but just because he's going to be leaving Minny, doesn't mean he wins a title. Especially as BCB said, a team has to gut their team just to get him. This ain't no cinderella story.</div>i wasnt saying it would be a given that he will get a championship with any of those teams, its just that he would have a better chance to
<span style="font-family:Georgia">This will definately hurt us. Hopefully the injury won't keep popping up all season, kind of like what happened to Amare Stoudemire. I say sit one whole season just to make sure he'll be one hundred percent ready for 2007-2008. </span>
