Some of you clearly don't understand what constitutes a shoulder injury such as this. As a guy that has a lot of shoulder problems in the past 2 years from volleyball, I can tell you that actions such as falling on it when he goes to the basket is not likely to reaggravate it. He'll run into problems if he tweaks it swinging wildly for a block or if it the shouldr is knocked back awkwardly by a hard foul while his arm is fully extended. If the doctors and Wade believe he can come back then I think he can come back at near full strength. If Jeter did it in a sport where the shoulder plays a larger role than in basketball, then Wade can do it.
<div class="quote_poster">XSV Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"> in a sport where the shoulder plays a larger role than in basketball, then Wade can do it.</div> I'm just glad he's back. Now the Eastern conference is semi-interesting again.
We'll see how it turns out. Wade is chancing it, as from what I understand. The rehab is not <u>guaranteed</u> to work to its potential, and all of the risks still stand. "If Jeter did it in a sport where the shoulder plays a larger role than in basketball, then Wade can do it." An awkward assumption. Logical when reading it, but has flaws in it. He is simply patching up the injury until the end. Wade's bones may be more fragile (less bone mass), Wade's injury may be more severe than Jeter's? (how bad was Jeter's injury?) Wade is injury prone and is used to being injured, however his ultimate price will be surgery either way. Although all of this has been said, I support Wade's decision either way he goes. I sit here and speculate what I'd do..when speculating, it is a shortsighted decision on Wade's behalf...however, if I were out there in this situation, I'd more than likely go against being safe and risk my body just to help defend the gold.
I think its pretty obvious that the shoulder plays a larger role for an athlete in baseball than in basketball.
<div class="quote_poster">XSV Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I think its pretty obvious that the shoulder plays a larger role for an athlete in baseball than in basketball.</div> Yeah, I mean it's not like you use your shoulder when you shoot the ball or anything
"I think its pretty obvious that the shoulder plays a larger role for an athlete in baseball than in basketball." I know that, XSV. I wasn't trying to make a point of which sport uses more shoulder. I was speaking about personal anatomy and bone strength.
I definitely admire wade for being a competitor but as some people have already alluded to you have to wonder what his actions could mean for his career in the long run. Wade plays so hard and takes enough contact where you have to wonder when he's going to break down eventually later on in his career.
<div class="quote_poster">phunDamentalz Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Yeah, I mean it's not like you use your shoulder when you shoot the ball or anything </div> I mean it's not like you use your brain when you read posts. It's obvious that you use shoulders for different basketball motions, but which do you think puts higher stress on the shoulder: Whipping a ball to first base from short-stop a million times during practice and swinging a bat (not to mention playing everyday in an intense baseball season), or shooting, passing and dribbling? It's obvious that you're not the sharpest tool in the shed so I'll make it clear that that was a rhetorical question.
He might be a little less vulnerable if Miami commits to playing a slower-paced game focused around Shaq.
<div class="quote_poster">XSV Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I mean it's not like you use your brain when you read posts. It's obvious that you use shoulders for different basketball motions, but which do you think puts higher stress on the shoulder: Whipping a ball to first base from short-stop a million times during practice and swinging a bat (not to mention playing everyday in an intense baseball season), or shooting, passing and dribbling? It's obvious that you're not the sharpest tool in the shed so I'll make it clear that that was a rhetorical question.</div> relax, don't be so sensitive. just the way you put it made it sound like you never use your shoulders in basketball. If your shoulder isn't working right, you can't really play either sport. Whether baseball puts more stress, well maybe but who cares, they both require repeated use of your shoulders... not just shooting, getting banged around in the paint and it would also affect your dribbling......
