Batum to undergo shoulder surgery

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Would it ever be possible to start a season with the entire roster healthy? Maybe?
 
Of all the positions to lose a player at, this is the one we can most easily fill. Tough break for Nic, but things could be much worse.
 
hasoos said:
You view the Scottie Pippen thing as a bad move? Ok good luck with that.

Dale Davis was at the end of his career. Jackson is in the middle of his career. Big difference.

Lastly, this team could use some nasty on it. It is a well known fact Jackson hates Kobes guts. I would love to have some more of that on this team.
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Stephen Jackson is a 41% FG shooter, <35% from 3 pt, and averaged 3.88 TO/game last year.

His usage rate was 25.2 (Roy was 27.4, for comparison) and his PER was 16.1 (1 point above Travis Outlaw).

Why in the hell would this Blazer team want Stephen Jackson? How would he fit into the offense?
 
BlazerBeav said:
Of all the positions to lose a player at, this is the one we can most easily fill. Tough break for Nic, but things could be much worse.
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Well, I think it's the fourth-worst player to lose. Losing Roy or Aldridge would ruin the season and losing Oden would be almost as bad, for the present and future. Batum, though, is the next most important player, both in terms of what he gives the team now (their best small forward, IMO) and his development for the future.

So, it's a pretty major blow, as far as I'm concerned. Not a season-killing one, thankfully, but far from incidental.
 
I think this was the best spot to lose a player from- Batum projected as a little better than Webster in my mind- didn't really set the world on fire during the preseason (though it could have been injury). Webster will cover Batum's minutes fine and Bayless/Rudy will take the overage at the 2 and 3 spot.
 
I swear I had a dream last night Batum had shoulder surgery and was out for the year....then I read this today. How crazy is that.
 
the fact its not even game 1 and we lost a STARTER for the season is quite disturbing. This is exactly the kind of things that happen when talking about disappointing seasons. Im telling ya... this is a bad omen for our season.
 
PapaG said:
Thank you for sharing the thought process that crafted your editorial decision to create a new thread instead of joining an existing thread. I know I now feel better about this completely unnecessary thread taking up space. :cheers:
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Did you type this with one hand while holding Mixum's hand with the other? I'm impressed I guess.
 
MIXUM said:
the fact its not even game 1 and we lost a STARTER for the season is quite disturbing. This is exactly the kind of things that happen when talking about disappointing seasons. Im telling ya... this is a bad omen for our season.
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You're right. Just like last season when Webster went down right our of the blocks. Only 54 pathetic wins.

You're such a pessimist, MIXUM. I wonder, when you get a hangnail, do you worry that they're going to have to amputate your finger?
 
C_note said:
I swear I had a dream last night Batum had shoulder surgery and was out for the year....then I read this today. How crazy is that.
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A WITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

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MIXUM's just posting the same thing over and over until someone pays attention to him. Don't bother.
 
RR7 said:
Well, that's brilliant. We can hold on to all of thsoe calls for a consolidation trade for a little while, now.
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How many years (of injuries) will it take for some of our fans to figure out that depth is more important than keeping bench players happy.
 
Two hangnails.
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PapaG said:
That's not a "consolidation" trade, though. Pippen clearly was a consolidation trade. The Dale Davis deal was to "win now" and actually further advanced the issue those teams had with finding PT for good players.
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But dude, we traded Kalvin Cato in the Pippen deal!

That is one move I will just never get over :biglaugh:
 
Wow, that sucks. I may not be too fond of the guy but it's never good when a guy with potential gets hit with a major injury.
 
Well this should really have not surprised anybody. He basically has had an injured shoulder and kept playing on it for about 9 months now. Hey what do you know. If your shoulder is hurt, and you keep playing on it, sooner or later it ends up fucked up. Amazing how that works out. :devilwink:
 
hasoos said:
Well this should really have not surprised anybody. He basically has had an injured shoulder and kept playing on it for about 9 months now. Hey what do you know. If your shoulder is hurt, and you keep playing on it, sooner or later it ends up fucked up. Amazing how that works out. :devilwink:
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Seems simple enough, but then what was the point of the Blazers bringing him over this summer to get looked at and cleared? Their grasp of preventative medicine appears to be sorely lacking.
 
LittleAlex said:
But dude, we traded Kalvin Cato in the Pippen deal!

That is one move I will just never get over :biglaugh:
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I loved the Pippen trade. I even loved the Dale Davis trade at the time, but it wasn't a consolidation trade in the traditional interpretation of a consolidation trades.
 
The medical staff sucks.

His shoulder has been banged up since this summer and they let him play through it. Now he's out 5 months.
 
From what I'm reading, it's a Labrum tear. I hope they're wrong.

A torn labrum is serious stuff - the surgery is generally refered to as SLAP Type II shoulder surgery.

Last winter, I went "under" for what was supposed to be a torn Rotator Cuff. The MRI is not very accurate at diagnosing shoulder injuries, which makes it difficult to judge until they actually operate. You have to sign a waiver that allows them to do whatever they have to, since the initial diagnosis is not guaranteed.

Sure enough, when I woke up much later than expected and with my whole arm / shoulder wrapped, I knew it was worse than expected - and it was - a labrum tear, which is where your bicep is anchored.

It takes 6 weeks for the tissue to heal, which means your in the harness 24/7 during that time. There after, your looking at months of therapy. For recovery all the way back to the pro level, I would think much longer than 3 months being reported. However, you never know with modern technology.

Regardless, I did make a full recovery and my shoulder feels great.

I wish Nicholas a speedy recovery.
 
southnc said:
Regardless, I did make a full recovery and my shoulder feels great.
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Cool. I think we just found who is starting tomorrow. Can you be at the PF in 3 hours? Look for HCP, he is going to find out what music you want on your highlight reel.
 
andalusian said:
Cool. I think we just found who is starting tomorrow. Can you be at the PF in 3 hours? Look for HCP, he is going to find out what music you want on your highlight reel.
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HAHA - very funny. I'm afraid that I'm about a foot too short for the mission. btw, Blake had a Type I surgery, I believe, which is much less serious and a faster recovery, as we all saw.

What is interesting is that assuming Webster starts, they (Webs and Batum) literally reverse their situations from last year.
 
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