I won't be jumping on the ban wagon of this unless we get more information. One guy coming out and saying all this, even with everything that has happened to the three players he named, proves nothing without him posting all the data. Right there he is just summarizing what he supposedly found. I won't say that he is wrong, just that I need more information to believe this. I should say i'm not against a whole new training staff, just that this article doesn't make me immediately want there heads.
His analysis matches up with Gary Gray's, a world-renowned physical therapist who also said that when watching Greg Oden run and jump he can see multiple problems that would lead to injuries down the road. Gary Gray is about as good as it gets in this field.
I called out the entirety of the Blazer medical and training team a long time ago. In fact, here you go: http://sportstwo.com/threads/153211-Do-you-question-the-Blazers-medical-staff?highlight=oden
Greg: July 2011 -- [video=youtube;sMnfmHZqNCY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMnfmHZqNCY[/video] Greg: December 2011 -- [video=youtube;UQvg533vreg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQvg533vreg[/video]
This isn't news. It's simply confirmation of what we all knew already, with measurable test results to back it up. My own chiropractor, who is also a kinesiologist, has been beside himself for years wishing they'd get Greg proper diagnosis and treatment. It isn't 'time' to fire the entire medical training staff. It was time three years ago.
After his second MF he looked decent and then his patellar rupture caused his knee cap to explode. I've never seen any pro athlete go down with a non-contact injury like that. One report, I believe by Quick, said that his muscles contracted so hard in that leg it caused that injury. Kinda like exactly what this guy explained in great detail?
I think this article is great news! It proves it doesn't matter if we would have drafted Oden or Durant. Our medical staff would have ruined both of their careers!
Sad verification of what has always been a stirring mystery. The way they treated Greg always seemed off.
You'd think you'd fire the training staff after all the knee injuries we've had over the years. Makes you wonder if Oden's career would have gone differently if we had employed a better training staff.
I don't know if it would have made that big of a difference. Coming into the NBA draft a lot of red flags were raised by many GM's after reviewing his physical. However, with a competent staff maybe they could have salvaged Greg Oden.
His stuff about Oden might have some relavence but as for his conjecture about Outlaw/Joel/Roy/Batum its pretty BS. Roy had special shoes made for his knees by Nike to combat the big problem with his knees also "Brandon Roy’s “degenerative knees” can be healthy and he could play for 5-10 more years with the " This guy does realize that outside doctors told Roy to retire and not the medical staff right? Joel fell on top of his own leg causing his first injury, then slipped in his shower later that year and re-injured it. Outlaw broke his foot and Batum's Shoulder was injured because of a hard screen in International play. So unless this guy is a clairvoyant he is full of shit on Outlaw/Batum/Pryz and possibly Roy too.
With Michael Redd starting to dominate again, it is clear that the Phoenix Suns' staff knows shit our staff doesn't.
I think its pretty clear the Suns staff knows shit everyone else in the league doesn't. PA needs to offer double their current salary and steal them from PHX.
That page is much longer than the OP excerpts and is replete with numerous grammatical and spelling errors. The writer, Zig Ziegler, has no degree, much less an M.D. http://zigsports.wordpress.com/about/
Under the supervision of a top kinesiologist, there was an excellent chance of getting a few good years out of Greg. Stupid, cheap bastards.
