Batum has torn ligament in right wrist

[SlyPokerDog]

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[Strenuus]

Welp. He'll get his rest now.

 

[EGame]

please rest I cannot take anymore of awful Batum. He is clearly hurt and it is affecting his play. Just rest so you can heal up.

 

[riverman]

Heal em up Nico!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I don't buy that he first injured it in December.

He was favoring that wrist in pre-season.

The Blazers are paying for his decision to play for Team France.

 

[KingSpeed]

I agree. He shouldn't play. We definitely looked better tonight without him killing the flow with TOs and bricked shots. Rest up, Nic, and get our touch back and be ready to guard Durant.

 

[Natebishop3]

I don't buy that he first injured it in December.

He was favoring that wrist in pre-season.

The Blazers are paying for his decision to play for Team France.

Yup, but why wouldn't they have checked this out sooner?

 

[OneLifeToLive]

You're spot on. His shooting has been awful through out the season, not just since December. He needs to rest up and let it heal. He's no use for us playing hurt like that.

Rest up, Nico. Your French team needs you this summer.

You can't really trade him now either. Not that Neil wants too.

 

[riverman]

I don't really buy his..playing for your country is hurting your job here..schpiel. You wouldn't say that about Larry Bird or Klay Thompson or Stephen Curry or Iggy or Michael Jordan. France has a handful of international superstars and Nico is one of them. He has fans there too. I don't fault Wes for holding camps offseason or any other reason. Nico is a young athlete. I value his game and if Wes played hurt, he'd be called a hero around here. Well, Nico tried to play hurt..doesn't matter if he did it here or there. It's basketball. I disagree with Cuban about this mindset. Represent the country that made you the athlete you are. Let Nic heal and let it be that simple. He wants to be out there. It's his shooting wrist and I saw the horizontal fall from 10 feet onto a hardwood court..it was a brutal fall. Do the Blazers a favor folks and give Nic your support. I feel the same way about Davis Cup tennis. It would suck if the best athletes didn't play for their countries.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Dammit! Quick rolled again!

 

[noknobs]

Does rest heal a torn ligament? How long would he be out?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Bullshit.

In that case France ought to pay his $11m salary this year.

Mark Cuban has long been against sending his highly paid players to play for their country and for good reason.

"It is stupid they take all the risks and get almost no reward. Players get damaged moonlighting for their countries, but their contracts are guaranteed by the NBA.

If Dirk Nowitzki ruined his knee playing in the European Championships last summer, Germany wouldn’t have been on the hook for the remaining $61.7 million of his salary. Cuban would have."

Batum is a coward for hiding this injury and blaming the fall he took in December. He was clearly favoring his shooting wrist in pre-season.

 

[PDXFonz]

So Batum is a coward for trying to play through an injury but Aldridge is a hero?

When did Nico tell you he was hiding it from the team? What did you tell him when he said that?

I can't believe he was able to tape his wrist up all those games without the medical staff noticing!

 

[riverman]

Bullshit.

In that case France ought to pay his $11m salary this year.

Mark Cuban has long been against sending his highly paid players to play for their country and for good reason.

"It is stupid they take all the risks and get almost no reward. Players get damaged moonlighting for their countries, but their contracts are guaranteed by the NBA.

If Dirk Nowitzki ruined his knee playing in the European Championships last summer, Germany wouldn’t have been on the hook for the remaining $61.7 million of his salary. Cuban would have."

Batum is a coward for hiding this injury and blaming the fall he took in December. He was clearly favoring his shooting wrist in pre-season.

man Fez you really have it out for him..conspiracy theories..I'll respond just the way you did..I don't buy any of it. I think it's sensationalism. I support international competition in sports. It's Nic's decision and I don't find anything about him cowardly...calling him a coward from a msg board though...that's not what I call bravery

 

[riverman]

Nic's been playing basketball non-stop ever since he came to Portland. He's never taken a summer off to rest or to work individually on his game. I don't mind at all if players represent their countries, but it can't be so often that they get hurt.

But yes, Nic needs to rest up. He'll heal up just in time to play for Team French, I'm sure. Then he'll use his time in Portland to rest again.

except that playing hurt here isn't exactly resting for France. Compare his time commitment with the Blazers to his time commitment with team France and it's a big divide

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Don't really care about his off-season Basketball.

Hope he gets some rest, he's looked awful the past month and comes back in a month or so. In the meantime, its good to get Crabbe and Wright some good burn at the 3.

 

[BBert]

But Batum DID fall on his wrist and injure it in December. Then he manned up and continued to play with the pain and limited mobility IN HIS SHOOTING HAND for another month. And his reward was to have so called fans insult him and question his manhood at every opportunity.

But Aldridge is a hero.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

I don't really buy his..playing for your country is hurting your job here..schpiel. You wouldn't say that about Larry Bird or Klay Thompson or Stephen Curry or Iggy or Michael Jordan. France has a handful of international superstars and Nico is one of them. He has fans there too. I don't fault Wes for holding camps offseason or any other reason. Nico is a young athlete. I value his game and if Wes played hurt, he'd be called a hero around here. Well, Nico tried to play hurt..doesn't matter if he did it here or there. It's basketball. I disagree with Cuban about this mindset. Represent the country that made you the athlete you are. Let Nic heal and let it be that simple. He wants to be out there. It's his shooting wrist and I saw the horizontal fall from 10 feet onto a hardwood court..it was a brutal fall. Do the Blazers a favor folks and give Nic your support. I feel the same way about Davis Cup tennis. It would suck if the best athletes didn't play for their countries.

Riverman you're not going to

except that playing hurt here isn't exactly resting for France. Compare his time commitment with the Blazers to his time commitment with team France and it's a big divide

I'm afraid I agree with them, Riverman. It doesn't hurt to represent your country. Once every four years and maybe two. The problem is with what he has doing, he isn't getting the rest and he is not taking care of himself. This has an effect on his employer, the entity that gives him the ability and freedom to do things he does with his life. It's become of conflict of interest. Where is his priorities? His team, your team is being effected by the decisions he is making.

That shouldn't be the case.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

But Batum DID fall on his wrist and injure it in December. Then he manned up and continued to play with the pain and limited mobility IN HIS SHOOTING HAND for another month. And his reward was to have so called fans insult him and question his manhood at every opportunity.

But Aldridge is a hero.

I won't call him anything. But I will say that he was struggling way before he took that fall in Dec.

 

[Strenuus]

But Batum DID fall on his wrist and injure it in December. Then he manned up and continued to play with the pain and limited mobility IN HIS SHOOTING HAND for another month. And his reward was to have so called fans insult him and question his manhood at every opportunity.

But Aldridge is a hero.

One was producing the whole season, the other wasn't and was injured and didn't want to stop playing even at the detriment of the team. The other saw that he needed to step up and did. There's a huge difference.

 

[KingSpeed]

Batum's inept play has held us back over the last couple weeks. In that three game losing streak, he was a major momentum killer, turning the ball and throwing up airballs. And even when he had a good game in Phoenix, he choked at the freethrow line. Last night against the Wizards was the best we've looked in a long time. And it wasn't just because Aldridge came back but that Batum was gone. Wright was way more effective.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Bullshit.

In that case France ought to pay his $11m salary this year.

So... Pfizer (or whomever) should've paid Przybilla's salary when he slipped in the tub?

Mark Cuban has long been against sending his highly paid players to play for their country and for good reason.

Oh yeah, Mark Cuban. Always the voice of reason.

"It is stupid they take all the risks and get almost no reward. Players get damaged moonlighting for their countries, but their contracts are guaranteed by the NBA.

Poor, poor, penniless NBA. And besides, this isn't always true: the British team couldn't have Deng recently because they couldn't cover his insurance.

If Dirk Nowitzki ruined his knee playing in the European Championships last summer, Germany wouldn’t have been on the hook for the remaining $61.7 million of his salary. Cuban would have."

Or... the insurance that you JUST MENTIONED. Do you know what insurance is?

Batum is a coward for hiding this injury and blaming the fall he took in December. He was clearly favoring his shooting wrist in pre-season.

Do you know what a coward is? Do you understand the words coming out of your mouth?

 

[Blazinaway]

I agree. He shouldn't play. We definitely looked better tonight without him killing the flow with TOs and bricked shots. Rest up, Nic, and get our touch back and be ready to guard Durant.

agree, he really wasn't helping us, my guess is if he stays out it would be at least 4 weeks

 

[Blazinaway]

Riverman you're not going to


I'm afraid I agree with them, Riverman. It doesn't hurt to represent your country. Once every four years and maybe two. The problem is with what he has doing, he isn't getting the rest and he is not taking care of himself. This has an effect on his employer, the entity that gives him the ability and freedom to do things he does with his life. It's become of conflict of interest. Where is his priorities? His team, your team is being effected by the decisions he is making.

That shouldn't be the case.

you are absolutely correct, well said

 

[e_blazer]

Anyone who hoped Dame would make Team USA has no business complaining about Nic playing for France.

 

[Blazinaway]

Anyone who hoped Dame would make Team USA has no business complaining about Nic playing for France.

he has played for France EVERY YEAR as opposed to most U.S. guys doing it once every 4 years, huge difference IMO

 

[Eastoff]

Regardless of the cause, Nico needs to get surgery now and heal up.

 

[kjironman1]

Wow! pretty tough crowd in here. Been calling for Batum to be shut down for 3-4 weeks now. The Blazers have known about this injury. They also have seen his play on the court. My problem is with the medical staff at this point. Why has this not been treated. Shut Batum down so he can play at a high level at the end of the season.

 

[e_blazer]

he has played for France EVERY YEAR as opposed to most U.S. guys doing it once every 4 years, huge difference IMO

Other countries have a much smaller pool of top players to draw from, so that's only natural. Look, there's an argument to be made for not allowing NBA players to play for their national teams, but you have to be consistent. Ultimately, it comes down to whether you want to see more or less international players in the league. If the NBA didn't allow national team play, then we'd undoubtedly see fewer of them. Authoritarian countries wouldn't allow their players to sign in the NBA. No next Yao Ming or Sabonis. Players from other countries would be encouraged to play in Euro leagues so they would be available to play for their national team. No next Dirk for Cuban, no next Nic for us. No next Tony Parker or Manu...well, you get the idea.

 

[stampedehero]

Torn ligament in the shooting hand is not a heal and return. Thatt a lingering problem. Next in rotation. Next man up!