Apparently, they did an x-ray on it. It came back negative but it's scary to me that they even did one. Could he be in that much pain? Yikes.
Pretty sure he had Plantar fasciitis problems a couple seasons ago...they say he's had inflammation so it could be his foot padding needing to not be aggravated ...just a guess but I'd say that's more likely than bone problems. something rest and ice can stop from becoming too serious
Panicking that your star player isn't at 100% is apt. Panicking because you've lost a playoff game after going 2-0 at home is hysteria.
Why? Dame or the NBA Restart? If this doesn't work, there won't be an NBA again til 2021 or even 2022 so if you like basketball, you should root for it. I mean if league doesn't come back til 2022, well, there goes Dame's prime.
Per OregonLive: “Portland coach Terry Stotts announced before the game that Lillard and McCollum would sit. Stotts gave no reason for McCollum taking the day off but offered that Lillard was fine and would play Friday. Lillard sat out the team’s scrimmage loss to Toronto on Sunday after experiencing inflammation on the bottom of his left foot. “I think everybody is going to be ready to go on Friday,” Stotts said.”
Um... maybe it's because these scrimmages don't matter and we aren't trying to give our opponents any video of a team that no one has ever seen play before. I'm excited for Friday. Can't Wait!!!
Because it's a farce. We won't make the playoffs. We are only putting our players at risk for literally no gain.
We control our own destiny. We are 9th. The other teams have to pass us. The gain is a championship. You never waste an opportunity to win one. And that’s what we have. Also- Entertainment. Players are always “at risk” for injuries. Should we never play them? And if you’re talking about the virus, the bubble is the safest place in the country. They’re tested every day and no one (out of hundreds) has it. Only way next season happens is with a bubble too. You want to sit Dame for the rest of his prime?
I don't think it helps build a culture of winning to just quit before the real season starts. That sends a terrible message to both the youngsters and to Dame. That said, if Portland starts off losing 2 of its first few games, you bench Nurk/Dame/CJ, because then, yeah, there isn't any point in playing it out. Just let Ant and Trent jack shots on the way to a decent lotto pick, and let Whiteside play for his next contract. (Maybe Hassan can set a team season record for rebounds and/or blocks. Yay. That would be the most Whiteside thing ever.) But you also make everybody know from day 1 that the margin for playing is that narrow. If we go 0-2 or 1-3 or 2-4, it's on the players for the tank, not management. Either way, I'm going to enjoy what we get. I thought the Blazers' season was already over. Worst case scenario is that we get to see if Ant/GT/Nas can ball.
since when is 9th seed a playoff spot? Dont we need to pass another team to make the playoffs? not other teams have to pass us?
I'd be a bit more worried if it was his right foot. That's the one he broke his junior year in college
PF can be a real nuisance. I struggled with it during my running years and rest seemed to be the only thing that really helped.
I don’t know if this is correct but my son told me that if the 9th seed is within 4 games of the 8th seed they have a mini two-game playoff between 9th and 8th. The 9th seed has to win both games to get in.
I thought it was within two games, but I believe you are right. Either way. If we are in 9th, we still need to pass whoever is in 8th, to get to the 8th. That includes passing them by beating them in the play in.
This is correct, your son is right but I'm not sure that matters to @Orion Bailey because according to him "It's not happening."
It's definitely within 4 games but do you think we'll get there? Q: How will the play-in tournament work? If the team with the eighth-best record in its conference is more than four games ahead of the team with the ninth-best record in the same conference, no play-in tournament will be necessary. The final playoff berth will simply go to the team with the eighth best record (regular-season games + seeding games). But if the team with the eighth-best record in its conference is four games or fewer ahead of the team with the ninth-best record in the same conference, then we'll have a battle for the final spot between those two teams. The tournament will basically be a best-of-two series -- where the No. 9 seed will have to win two head-to-head matchups to take over the No. 8 spot. https://www.nba.com/nba-returns-2020-faq
