"I hope Aldridge comes back quickly. He is a hell of a player and nobody wants to see that." -- Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich
Seriously? Have you watched the video? It was a freak accident, LMA went up out of control and fell down on his ass out of control. There was no malice or intent on the behalf of either Duncan or Baynes. Is my eyesight that bad or are you trolling?
Ya the people who keep crying for Baynes or Duncan to receive a flagrant/ban for that are ridiculous.
Not to downplay the injury cause I didn't see in the context of the game, but it didn't look like that bad of a fall to me on the replay. I'm sure in hurt but it didn't look as bad as I expected. No flagrant foul or malice.
Please, aside from you assuming, where did I say he "intentionally" swung? I just said it wasn't safe. NEVER said intentional. When you find it, let me know.
Dude calm the fuck down rook. "TD swinging his arm out" doesn't imply intent at all. It just describes an action. Now if you add an adjective like maliciously, or purposely then that describes intent. Reading is fundamental.
Baynes clearly moves into him, trying to draw a charge. It just so happened LaMarcus landed poorly because of it. No intent, just bad positioning lead to an injury.
I agree. He ended up bumping/slightly undercutting LMA , but it was a combination of LMA's movements as well and just ended up being a freak accident. Looked painful to me, and probably some shock to the nerves but I'm sure it'll heal up quick and he'll be fine.
Here's a link to an article about the injury and includes video of the collision and fall. http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i...aldridge_leaves_trail_blazers-spurs_with.html
Really? I don't see anything bad in what was said. Sinobas isn't wrong. LA was clearly slumping after getting back from his groin issue, and his play was hurting our team as we were going to him just as much as when he was fully healthy. Sucks that he got hurt, but if this forces him to stay out and come back only when he's at full strength, this might eventually become a positive.
People are entitled to differences of opinion regarding LA's contributions to the team. Calling him out about his play in this thread was tactless and stupid and, obviously, pissed me off. LaMarcus certainly hadn't regained his timing and All-Star form after his injury, but if you think that him getting injured again, perhaps worse than before, is going to help him come back at full strength, I think you're way off target. It takes playing time to get that timing back and now he'll have to start all over again. The Blazers can probably hold things together against the lower tier teams they'll play in the next few games, but if LA's out for an extended time it's going to hurt our post season chances badly and if he doesn't get back soon enough for the team to get in a rhythm before the playoffs start, whatever chances the Blazers had of making noise this year are out the window.
And people are also entitled to not being told to fuck off because of a disagreement. Everyone is dealing with the realization that the Blazers are not WCF team. Virtually yelling at another frustrated fan is not how to handle it.
Haven't done it before and it's unlikely that I'll do it again. That said, if you don't get that a thread about LA's injury status isn't the place to call him out as being soft, I doubt we'll ever agree on much. It's not as though there aren't plenty of threads going where people can make that point.
