Portland Trail Blazers small forward Nassir Little was diagnosed with a left shoulder labral tear on January 26 and will likely have season-ending surgery. PORTLAND, Ore. (February 1, 2022) – Trail Blazers forward Nassir Little underwent successful surgery this morning to repair the torn labrum in his left shoulder. Little will begin a treatment and rehabilitation plan and is expected to make a full recovery prior to next season’s training camp.
Half Man, Half a Summer League... This is why you don't lock in on someone who dodged the scouting process, thinking you know something that everyone else missed. All we heard of why he didn't play last year is, he needed to get his body right... We threw caution to the wind. No one liked my pre-draft opinion that he's at best a 50/50 chance of success. You can only guess at what you're dealing with if the negatives are being hidden.
need to read more about this and obviously each case is its own entity, but when i dislocated my shoulder, my doc told me i most likely also had a small tear in my labrum. Even if it supposedly healed itself (i only did rigorous PT to strengthen muscles around it), it doesn't seem as stable as it was before. I hope they err on the side of long term health than quickly getting him back on the court
Guys take a chill pill -- injuries happen Bunch of Drama queens in this forum I swear -- FACT Get a hold of yourselves.
This injury does nothing to confirm your opinion. This injury just happened. But go ahead and act like you were right when all that happened was someone who you said wasn't going to be good got injured before they could prove you wrong.
Yeah, I'm assuming that the extent of how your shoulder was evaluated and Shaedon's will be before they clear him is going to be very different and will probably include another MRI along with a lot of physical examination to make sure it is stable... they didn't say that this was a separation and most people that separate/dislocate their shoulders never have the same stability in that joint again. I definitely don't want the team risking his long term health but I also definitely want him participating in training camp if it's safe for him to.
recovery time will depend on whether he needs surgery or not and that depends on location and how big a tear, have to wait and see
you really think they didn't do a thorough medical evaluation before drafting him? this injury is fairly acute. not sure how you could hide this in the predraft process.
I'm with you, this is disheartening on a singular level. I was really excited to see Shaedon play and excited for the kid to get to do what he says he loves doing. I'm now really disappointed that none of that will happen and apprehensive about his immediate future (what this injury means for this upcoming season, for him).
Wouldn’t surprise me at all. This is what happens when you tank for half the season just to make sure you get into the lottery.
