February? PG returned in 8 months. Nurkic can do the same. It's not a joint injury, it's a bone. It doesnt bear full weight. And due to PGs athleticism, the bone likely had to deal with just as much maximum force as Nurks did. Best case scenario is November.
God damn dude. Speculative assumptions about the future with no basis in actual reality, put forth so you can say "FML"...
But that was likely to be mental. I think Nurkic will be better mentally. Also, Nurks game doesnt rely on athleticism as much as Georges.
Who knows how long Nurk is out or when he’s back on his game, but I think another summer for Zach and having him go through training camp with the starters, and even if they cant bring anyone else, I think thats a good time to really see what Zach can do and honestly I think he can help keep them afloat.
Sure that is probably a realistic guess, but every case is different so we really have no clue what to expect. If I was the GM, I'd approach the off season with the assumption he'll miss the year (that is not my prediction just how I would plan). Then whatever he gives us if he plays would be extra.
I'd be aggressive and try to upgrade, as I would've done regardless. View Skal Labissiere as our 4th big sans Nurkic.
Straight from the link- "To answer that question, it would be helpful to know what kind of fracture Nurkic sustained. I don’t know that." Seriously? You gonna link an O-live bullshit story to try and make any kind of case? How about this one? One study (Sp Health 2016) found 88 percent of patients returned to sport (recreational and competitive) after treatment of a tibia fracture with a rod at an average of 41 weeks.” Now 41 weeks at 4.3 weeks a month is 9-10 months. So now you are looking at January. But even that is tagged with 88% and Rec/Competitive. Neither are Professional NBA game shape at nearly 300 lbs of player. Then after reporting multiple reasons why it won't be October they pop of with this- "If Nurkic follows his recovery plan, he could return around October. With his toughness, medical squad, teammates and Rip City behind him, it could be sooner." Now please explain to me how they go from 41 weeks to 28-30 or even sooner? Was it all because of this statement? "Nurkic may also focus on eating healthy foods to recover faster. For example, consuming adequate protein, calcium, fish oil and vitamin D can boost bone health (Bone 2019, J Orthop Res 2019), although caloric intake must also be managed to avoid putting on excessive body fat." Like we all don't know adequate protein and vitamin D will be needed. Sure fish oil is gonna shave 10 weeks off the recovery. That makes sense....
I think you are being pretty optimistic on that but i'm all for it. All my research to this point says January would be the beginning of 5 on 5 type drills. That would put him at February playing consistently. Maybe we could hope for Christmas but to me November would be a huge stretch.
Okay 5 on 5 by the beginning of December would be great. So maybe Christmas for a return. I’d be real happy about that. Still think it’s way optimistic but we can all hope right? My bet is January though at best. February would be good in my book.
PG's 8 month return was shockingly quick. I wouldn't base any expectations of Nurkic's recovery on George.
Only to laymen because of how gruesome the injury looked. I doubt any orthopedic doctors were shocked. Without ligament damage, a typical break heals in 3-6 months and the leg is ready to go. How long it takes to regain game conditioning is a function of how hard the athlete works.
The 41 weeks is an average of all athletes at all levels, not those at top pro levels who get the best of the best treatment and therapy. The article rightly assumes Nurk is going to get the very best of care.
Yup. And there was talk here in Indy if I remember correctly about him pushing management to let him get some reps THAT season. He came back early mostly to work out kinks and continue his rehab the subsequent summer.
On the one hand, having both Nurk and Davis on the team, both of whom it could be said are frequently injured, would provide tremendous insurance that the Blazers would have an all star caliber center on the floor when one or the other is dinged up. On the other hand, having both Nurk and Davis on the team would allow the team to keep both of their minutes down, reducing their risk of injury. On the third hand, since Nurk is likely going to miss a significant portion of next season, and probably won't be back to this year's level of play until the following year, who would we rather have on the floor: Davis or Kanter? That's what I thought. On the fourth hand, IT'S ANTHONY FUCKING DAVIS!!! So yeah. DO IT DO IT DO IT //pipe dream
