Yes, I'd take my chances with one year of Dame convincing him to stay. He'd be perfect to man down the 5 while Nurk is out and then just slide back to the 4 when Nurk is fully recovered.
Nurk is going to play at or near the start of next season. Everything I’ve read by people who are in a professional position to know says his likely time to return in October or November. Not saying I am averse to taking a swing for AD, but he’s going to be playing alongside Nurk. Nurk and AD? Man, that’s a thought and a half.
there was a link to OLive just posted above in this thread where an orthopedic surgeon said that the average time to return to action for a clean fracture of the tibia was 41 weeks. There was no mention of the timing for a return to action from a fracture of both leg bones, but you'd have to assume it would be longer than just the single fracture Paul George took about 36 weeks to get back and he's 70 pounds lighter than Nurkic, and when he came back, he was a shell of the player he used to be. It took him 15 months to begin looking like himself October is only 26 weeks away; November is 30 weeks away. October would be 10 weeks faster than PG and 15 weeks faster than the average. November would be 6 weeks faster than PG and still more than a month faster than average. I can't see it. I wouldn't expect Nurkic to return before January at the earliest
It makes no sense to rush him back any sooner than necessary to get him ready for the playoffs. Some time after the all star (vacation)
Lets say he's back in exactly 8 months, so end of November. If the schedule next year is similar to this year that is 21 games at minimum. Missing a 1/4 of the season is not the same as playing near the start of next season. Plus it could take the rest of the season (or longer) until he's even close to normal.
I don't know anything and haven't heard anything, but my son only had a spiral fracture of the same bones and weighs 80 lbs less than Nurk, and he will officially be out for 11 months. Each case is different, but I wouldn't get to0 pumped to see Nurk back anytime soon.
Everyone is guessing at this point because they don’t know what the details of Nurk’s injury are. I just know that Paul George had what looked to be every bit as nasty or worse than Nurk’s and he was back in 8 months. Seems like a reasonable guess at this point. Tired of seeing all of the missing the year blarney around here.
I'm just saying, its like the people on here who predict 65 wins every year and even if we get 50 they are the ones bitching about the team every night. Don't plan on 8 months and you won't get bummed and down when it's 11.
Your son’s spiral fracture is a tough injury. Usually they involve a twisting of the leg. I haven’t seen anything that suggests Nurk had that kind of injury. Like I said though we’re all guilty of guessing.
I'm not trying to argue with ya @e_blazer because I agree that no one knows but I feel like you're ignoring that George was not even close to 100% when he was back. It was well into the following season when he began to not be hampered by it.
A compound fracture just means the bone pokes through the skin. It doesn’t mean that the fracture is harder to heal, just that there’srisk of infection.
While I'd also take a shot on Anthony Davis for a year, playing him at the 5 probably wouldn't be the best idea if we wanted him to stay. He's always disliked playing the 5, as far as I've read. Even if the idea is to move him back to the 4 when Nurkic returns, pushing him into a role he doesn't want for most or all of a season would probably not help the re-signing cause. We'd still ideally need someone to play the 5 next to him, IMO. But he's so good, he's worth risking dealing McCollum for his walk year.
