Blazers Physician Don Roberts named to Olympic Team Medical Staff

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[BrianFromWA]

Microfractures all around!

"Don't worry LeBron...it's just an arthroscopic procedure."

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/national/2012_MNT_Medical_Staff.html

COLORADOSPRINGS, Colo. (June 27, 2012) - Portland Trail Blazers team physicianDon Roberts and San Antonio Spurs team physician Paul Saenz,along with a pair of USA Basketball and NBA experienced head athletic trainers,Joseph Sharpe of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Casey Smith of theDallas Mavericks, were announced today as the medical staff for the 2012 USABasketball Men's National Team.

Thegroup will handle all medical responsibilities during the 2012 USA NationalTeam's training camps and exhibition games which will be held in Las Vegas,Nev. (July 5-12), Washington, D.C. (July 13-16), Manchester, England (July17-19) and Barcelona, Spain (July 20-25).

"Thefour members of the 2012 USA National Team medical staff provide a wealth ofexperience with the NBA and USA Basketball," said USA Basketball chairman JerryColangelo. "Dr. Roberts and Dr. Saenz are two of the most respectedphysicians in the NBA, and our two athletic trainers have worked with USABasketball many times and are well known and respected by our team and staff.We are fortunate to have the services of these four experiencedprofessionals."

 

[Mediocre Man]

Durant: What do we need the anesthesia for?

Roberts: Nothing to worry about, it's nothing out of the norm for me

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Microfractures all around!

"Don't worry LeBron...it's just an arthroscopic procedure."

"just rub some Tussin' on that, should be all good."

 

[Nikolokolus]

For awhile I was convinced that the Blazers medical staff was incompetent ... now, I've pretty much resigned myself to the curse/bad-luck theory (or maybe KP and co. were just idiots for ignoring red-flags on Oden and Roy?)

If nothing else Roberts has Hawkeye Pierce levels of experience dealing with injuries

 

[HailBlazers]

Or Idiots for Giving an 18 year old who's still growing MF surgery.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Or Idiots for Giving an 18 year old who's still growing MF surgery.

"still growing" has no bearing whatsoever on his articular cartilage.

If they had messed with the growth plates in his femur(s) and tibia(s) then you'd have a point.

 

[LameR]

"still growing" has no bearing whatsoever on his articular cartilage.

If they had messed with the growth plates in his femur(s) and tibia(s) then you'd have a point.

BOOM! Logic'd!

 

[Natebishop3]

Jokes on them.

 

[HailBlazers]

BOOM! Logic'd!

Logic aside, I'd bet my farm that if they had gone with a simple scope his career would have been different.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Let's hope Doctor Roberts is a new and better man.

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm still very skeptical of our medical staff. Who's bright idea was it to have Greg put on all that extra muscle while he was rehabbing from MF surgery? BRILLIANT!

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'm still very skeptical of our medical staff. Who's bright idea was it to have Greg put on all that extra muscle while he was rehabbing from MF surgery? BRILLIANT!

IIRC that was Greg ...

 

[Natebishop3]

IIRC that was Greg ...

That should not have been his decision to make (if it was really him).

 

[Nikolokolus]

That should not have been his decision to make (if it was really him).

 

[jlprk]

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[Rhal]

That should not have been his decision to make (if it was really him).

Wouldn't that have everything to do with his Physical Therapist and not his Physician?

 

[MickZagger]

Smart move. Hire the guy with the most experience.

 

[Sinobas]

We have one of the top medical teams in the NBA, didn't you guys know that?

 

[Natebishop3]

Wouldn't that have everything to do with his Physical Therapist and not his Physician?

I would think it was a group decision on what's best for Greg...