All Things Whiteside

But I thought the C position was retired because it was no longer important to basketball?

 

Draymond called centers "dinosaurs" -- Hassan responded with:

 

It isn't retired, it's just slid a few spots in terms of importance.

 

That tweet officially put me on the sign Whiteside bandwagon.

 

All thing has to include 2 knee injuries. Why would Portland want to go through this AGAIN?

 

He's had no major knee injuries. A sprained MCL is nothing.

DATE INJURY
05/07/2016 Sprained right MCL
01/20/2016 Strained oblique
01/04/2016 Sore knee
12/11/2015 Sore ankle
03/25/2015 Right hand laceration
03/07/2015 Sore ankle
02/06/2015 Sprained right ankle
01/21/2015 Sprained right ankle

 

On March 5, 2011, Whiteside had surgery to repair a partially torn tendon in his left knee, which sidelined him for the rest of the season.

 

But el prez burned sage. We are all good now.

 

Why are they reporting that as a sprain?

 

Would you take Biyombo over Ezeli and Whiteside?

I'm giving this serious thought. Biz @ 15 mil or Whiteside and his knees @ 25 mil.

Hm. Getting Biz gives us like 15 more mil of space to play with for trades/FA.

Speaking of injury prone centers.... DMo is a RFA as well.

 

Huh? His recent injury was a sprain. That injury took place when he was a rookie.

 

Ezeli yes. Whiteside no.

 

Says here He's not getting surgery

Heat's Hassan Whiteside: Won't undergo surgery

• By RotoWire Staff
• Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Whiteside (knee) won't undergo surgery on his sprained right MCL in the offseason, Shandel Richardson of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.

Whiteside sustained the injury midway through the Heat's second-round series against the Raptors and missed the final four games. He still remains without a firm timetable, but with the season now over, Whiteside won't face any pressure to return before a given date. Avoiding surgery is certainly a benefit, though, as Whiteside, an unrestricted free agent, enters the offseason seeking his first major NBA payday


This said, I'm super wary of him now.

 

I know hes not getting surgery from this knee injury. But he did get knee surgery in 2011.

 

I think you've seen the benefit of the Biz, and it is pretty large on one end of the floor.

You have also seen the benefit of Adams, Kanter and Ibaka and it is pretty large on the other end of the floor, as well as ok on the defensive side. For me, I'd rather have a guy that can take pressure off our guards by being able to score down low.

 

He's already had surgery on his knee back in 2011. Now an injury, even if not serious enough for surgery, on his other knee. No thank you

 

I agree with this. Although I think there can be a argument made for Biyombo over Whiteside too. I like his motor.
We are talking about 1 inch difference in terms of reach. But who jumps better?

 

Oh shit. My bad.

 

The most we could pay Whiteside is $21M