Eggers: Roy Contemplating Arthroscopic Surgery

[e_blazer]

Roy and team officials flew to the Bay Area last Thursday to meet with Dr. Brian Cole, the team doctor of the Chicago Bulls and one of the world’s foremost experts on articular cartilage repair.

Cole is of the opinion that meniscus transplant surgery on Roy, who has had a pair of lateral meniscus operations and is at the bone-on-bone stage with the left knee, is not an option. Cole offered the possibility that an arthroscopic procedure, however, might relieve some of the pain.

The good news: Roy could return to play sometime this season.
The bad news: Roy's knees are still shot and meniscus transplant isn't an option to fix them.

http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=129488097244318900

 

[Natebishop3]

What will arthroscopic surgery even do for him?

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[craigehlo]

His options are dwindling. Just get the arthroscopic surgery and start rehabbing ASAP.

 

[e_blazer]

What will arthroscopic surgery even do for him?

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The doctor says it might relieve some of the pain in his left knee. Not a cure, but maybe make it more manageable to play on.

 

[RoyToy]

Maybe it's just the way it was written but this part stood out to me:

Cole is of the opinion that meniscus transplant surgery on Roy, who has had a pair of lateral meniscus operations and is at the bone-on-bone stage with the left knee, is not an option.

Does this mean the right knee isn't bone-on-bone? If so that makes me feel at least a tad bit better. Would leave a sliver of hope I suppose.

 

[BBert]

The good news: Roy could return to play sometime this season.

Yeah, like right after Andre is traded. What a coincidence. So that's their cover story when Roy gets back? He had surgery and feels much better? Yeah, that's the ticket....

 

[Sedatedfork]

What will arthroscopic surgery even do for him?

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I suppose they could debride the area/joint.

 

[craigehlo]

BTW Eggers scooped every other media source yet again. What the hell are they doing at the Boregonian?

 

[Natebishop3]

BTW Eggers scooped every other media source yet again. What the hell are they doing at the Boregonian?

Pretty sure they were all in Glendale, Arizona

 

[jlprk]

They're crying that Paul Allen won't make pompous speeches so they can find words to criticize him for. Today Canzano called him a coward.

http://sportstwo.com/threads/177248-Canzano-on-the-soapbox-again

 

[Natebishop3]

They're crying that Paul Allen won't make pompous speeches so they can find words to criticize him for. Today Canzano called him a coward.

http://sportstwo.com/threads/177248-Canzano-on-the-soapbox-again

Today Canzano said: (insert hyperbole here)

 

[Blazinaway]

The doctor says it might relieve some of the pain in his left knee. Not a cure, but maybe make it more manageable to play on.

sounds like bandaid that may at best give him less pain in one knee - but for how long, a few weeks or months? This just drags out the process but perhaps is a necessary step to eventual retirement, try this and if it does not work Roy eventually retires.

 

[Mediocre Man]

So Roy feels less pain, which is good for him, but still is a shell of his former NBA self. The team then becomes what????ISO Roy, or ISO Aldridge?

 

[julius]

BTW Eggers scooped every other media source yet again. What the hell are they doing at the Boregonian?

yelling at Paul Allen for being a coward?

Maybe if it means doing more work than looking through blinds (or calling Damon Stoudamire for a scoop), the Oregonian doesn't know what to do.

 

[craigehlo]

Pretty sure they were all in Glendale, Arizona

So was Eggers ;-)

BTW the Oregonian sent like 20 writers to Arizona. There's coverage and there's overkill.

 

[crandc]

They're crying that Paul Allen won't make pompous speeches so they can find words to criticize him for. Today Canzano called him a coward.

http://sportstwo.com/threads/177248-Canzano-on-the-soapbox-again

Indulge me, jlkprk, since I don't want to read Crapanzo's crap, what is Paul Allen supposed to make pompous speeches about? And in what lifetime is making speeches his job?

IMHO, he can make a speech when the Blazers win the NBA championship.

 

[LittleAlex]

The good news: Roy could return to play sometime this season.
The bad news: Roy's knees are still shot and meniscus transplant isn't an option to fix them.

http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=129488097244318900

They way B-Roy's pressence has hurt the team this season, I would say this is bad news/bad news.

 

[e_blazer]

So Roy feels less pain, which is good for him, but still is a shell of his former NBA self. The team then becomes what????ISO Roy, or ISO Aldridge?

It seems to me that we ought to see what Roy is able to do after a surgery before trying to figure out his role in the offense. In any event, even if he only plays spot minutes with the 2nd unit, after Tuesday's brick-fest, I don't see anything bad about having another player in uniform who can, you know, actually hit a basket.

 

[jlprk]

Indulge me, jlkprk, since I don't want to read Crapanzo's crap, what is Paul Allen supposed to make pompous speeches about? And in what lifetime is making speeches his job?

IMHO, he can make a speech when the Blazers win the NBA championship.

I had previously stopped reading Canzano's article at the point at which he called Allen a coward. To respond to your request, I read the whole article. I put my summary into the thread in which it really belongs.

http://sportstwo.com/threads/177248-Canzano-on-the-soapbox-again?p=2514246&viewfull=1#post2514246