I agree. Right now, there is still a possibility that he'll be ready to go before the start of next season. barfo
as much as i like pryzbilla i think this will be his last season as a blazer.... i be seesin ya sorry joel!
It's all just unbelieveable . . . one after another after another. Did ABM make a thread in the preseason predicting that we were going to go injury free all season??????????
Is it too early to start referring to him as JPEC? He'll likely miss the 41 required to have is contract largely covered by insurance. He and Miller could likely garner a very nice piece for a team looking to cut costs in the face of a declining cap. We re-started Joel's career, gave him a nice contract and embraced him in the community. He'll be well-compensated next year for likely a small contribution. I have no idea what occurs when a tendon ruptures. I don't know if it ruptured in the same area. I don't know if it makes repair more difficult. All I know is that I can't think of many success stories with tendon ruptures at his age. Good luck, Joel. I can't speak for anyone else, but I wish you nothing but the best. Hopefully you can make it all the way back.
If he is done for, I wonder how much this changes the complexion of the Oden vs Durant debate. You could make a pretty good case that we could've contended for a title with a healthy Przybilla at center and Durant at SF. As it is, had we drafted Durant we'd probably be putting all our hopes in guys like Camby and Pendergraph to man the middle. Not a great solution.
Can't it be both? We don't know for sure that the random guy on the internet isn't one of his doctors (or all of them sharing one net identity). If there's one thing I've learned after 15 years of using the internet, it's that people don't post their opinions for all to see on the net unless they are properly informed. This is the Internet, not some friends bullshitting over drinks.
Most folks take over a year to recover from such injuries, so just based upon that fact it is a pretty sure thing it will take him into deep next year to recover. Then if you add in the fact that most folks with severe knee injuries don't start playing up to snuff until 1 year after the comeback (so 2 years in). I am hoping the best for Joel, but I wouldn't depend on him for future needs.
Good point. It is true that in 92.1% of cases, a post on Internet is from a subject matter expert on the topic at hand, and even in the remaining cases, the poster invariably identifies the limits of his or her knowledge before proceeding to discuss the topic. barfo
6-12 months seems to be the typical range for an athlete to return to action, which is consistent with what the Blazers said after Joel's initial surgery. http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/front/knee/patella-tendon-rupture.htm
And the last basketball player with a severe knee injury that recovered and played in 6 months was........... ........... ...............
A pattelar tendon rupture isn't a very common injury so there's a small sample size in the NBA. Off the top of my head, the only ones I remember are: Damon Stoudemire, ruptured patellar tendon on Dec. 30, 2005 and was back in action the following fall and played 2 seasons after the injury. Alonzo Mourning, injured on Dec. 19, 2007 and retired the following season. Kelenna Azubuike, injured in November of this season, is out for the year and is expected back next fall. I don't know what this injury will mean for Joel. He's a big guy who's made his NBA career on being a quick jumper who can block shots and rebound. Nothing's going to tell whether he will regain that form but time.
I would have kept ZBo. Frontcourt rotation would be ZBo, Durant, LMA, Joel. And yeah, I'd have started LMA at C: Durant/LMA/ZBo gets you ~25 RPG, which is outstanding. No problem on D or scoring, either.
Except you seem to have forgotten Zbo never played defense. Now he occasionally makes a play, but he still is Zbo.
You don't need all 5 guys to play 1st team All NBA Defense all the time. ZBO's 10 boards / game represent stops (mostly). FWIW, http://www.82games.com/0910/09MEM13.HTM PER at PF 23.1 Defensive PER at PF 16.9 Delta +6.2
I disagree, because of 2 reasons: 1. Zbo isn't even an average defender. You have to be able to defend at least average. 2. Zbo rebounds mostly on the offensive end. Not defensive. Half the reason I would be screaming at him when he was here because of his lack of effort, most because he doesn't run back on D, and often jaws with the referee's. The sad part is, that I see that same attitude manifesting with Roy last night in Denver.
