Batum Out For Season

[ABM]

In case you didn't know. Nate said as much on today's pre-game show.

 

[Buzz Killington]

regular season? will he be back for the Playoffs? that blows ass.

 

[illmatic99]

nooooooooooooooo

 

[Buzz Killington]

for some reason, I don't believe it yet until I see a linky-link.

 

[andalusian]

I suspect they plan on treating it like that - and if he comes early - they will use him. At least that's what I hope they mean.

Because we can use Nic.

 

[ABM]

I suspect they plan on treating it like that - and if he comes early - they will use him.

That could be it. However, Nate did utter the phrase, "out for the season."

 

[Natebishop3]

Not good news.

 

[handiman]

Crap, with the team doc's recent timely return track record, that could mean a career ending injury.

 

[Further]

I suspect they plan on treating it like that - and if he comes early - they will use him. At least that's what I hope they mean.

Because we can use Nic.

I think you are right. Without the surgery actually going bad, there should be no difference in timeline yet. I think the 3-5 months is long enough that Nate is just considering it as out for the season.

 

[MIXUM]

umm... I hope our non trading GM is getting a bit nervous. I mean.... Webster and Cunningham are the only legit SFs on the roster and they both stink.

um trade? please?

 

[Nikolokolus]

Yikes. Not a lot of positive roster news lately. There's something really weird going on, I mean just think of how many guys are actually on the shelf with long term injuries.

Mills - foot
Pendergraph - hip
Batum - shoulder
Outlaw - foot
Webster - brain
Blake - brain

 

[B-Roy]

Roy - Handles.

Seriously, he's hobbling the ball every game.

 

[Minstrel]

I tend to agree with andalusian. I think they just don't want to advance a time table for his return that he'd be expected to meet. They tried that with Blake, Oden and Webster last year, to uniformly poor results. This time, I think they're going to start from the standpoint of assuming he'll recover the rest of the year and if it recovers 100% before then, it's a bonus.

 

[MIXUM]

1 more big injury and the blazers will be ..... out of the post season.

 

[Minstrel]

1 more big injury and the blazers will be ..... out of the post season.

Just the same way they missed the post-season last year after not making a mid-season trade.

I'm amused that you consider any or all of these "big injuries" and all the players who are hurt landed on your "overrated players who can be shown the door" list.

 

[BenDavis503]

Well, at least someone else will get a chance to step up. Thank goodness we are deep.