Elliot Williams out for the season (merged)

[EL PRESIDENTE]

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rail Blazers guard Elliot Williams will undergo surgery to repair a dislocated right patella, the Trail Blazers announced today.

The injury occurred Wednesday, Nov. 3, during court conditioning drills at the team's Practice Facility. Williams will be re-evaluated after surgery but will likely miss the rest of the regular season.

Portland selected Williams with the 22nd overall pick in the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft. He has not appeared in a game for the Trail Blazers this season.

Williams, 21, posted averages of 17.9 points (45.9% FG, 36.6% 3-PT, 75.8% FT), 4.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.32 steals in 34 games (all starts) as a sophomore at Memphis in 2009-10, earning All-Conference USA First Team and Conference USA Newcomer of the Year honors.

The 6-5, 183-pound guard played his freshman year at Duke in 2008-09, where he averaged 4.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 34 games before transferring to Memphis.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Elliot Williams - surgery - out for the year

And the injury issues continue. At least its not one of our studs.

www.trailblazers.com

ELLIOT WILLIAMS TO UNDERGO SURGERY

PORTLAND, Ore. – Trail Blazers guard Elliot Williams will undergo surgery to repair a dislocated right patella, the Trail Blazers announced today.
The injury occurred Wednesday, Nov. 3, during court conditioning drills at the team's Practice Facility. Williams will be re-evaluated after surgery but will likely miss the rest of the regular season.
Portland selected Williams with the 22nd overall pick in the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft. He has not appeared in a game for the Trail Blazers this season.
Williams, 21, posted averages of 17.9 points (45.9% FG, 36.6% 3-PT, 75.8% FT), 4.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.32 steals in 34 games (all starts) as a sophomore at Memphis in 2009-10, earning All-Conference USA First Team and Conference USA Newcomer of the Year honors.
The 6-5, 183-pound guard played his freshman year at Duke in 2008-09, where he averaged 4.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 34 games before transferring to Memphis.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Elliot Williams out for season - dislocated patella

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PORTLAND, Ore -- Trail Blazers guard Elliot Williams will undergo surgery to repair a dislocated right patella, the Trail Blazers announced today.

The injury occurred Wednesday, Nov. 3, during court conditioning drills at the team's Practice Facility. Williams will be re-evaluated after surgery but will likely miss the rest of the regular season.

 

[blazerboy30]

Re: Elliot Williams out for the season

Damn. Are our trainers having the players do some strange exercises that are putting more stress on the knees? What is the deal here?

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Re: Elliot Williams out for season - dislocated patella

Poop. Merge!

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Re: Elliot Williams out for the season

Haha 3 of us posted this at the same time. Merge them all!

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Re: Elliot Williams - surgery - out for the year

3 of us all posted this news within the same minute.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Re: Elliot Williams out for the season

THIS ONE IS THE MAIN ONE.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Re: Elliot Williams out for the season

Me and BeerBoy posted it first...

 

[alex42083]

Re: Elliot Williams out for the season

Crazy it's another leg/knee problem here. Before the season, Elliot was probably the player I most looked forward to seeing because of all his hype about his athleticism and crazy vertical he had. Oh well, least we got Armon tearing it up and I doubt Elliot would've found any PT this year anyway.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Re: Elliot Williams - surgery - out for the year

Damn.

This doesn't help my already terrible anxiety whenever a Blazer leaps/jumps/lands.

 

[RoyToy]

Re: Elliot Williams out for the season

Was it the knee or ankle that bothered him earlier?

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Re: Elliot Williams out for the season

Was it the knee or ankle that bothered him earlier?

I think he had a bruised knee before.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Portland Trail Blazers -

where knees go to die.

 

[KingSpeed]

This. Is. Horrible. Geezus. What the fuck is up, Bob? Williams' dunks were so awesome at FanFest. I was looking forward to seeing him in garbage time at some point this season. This hurts us in terms of using him as a trade asset. Dammit. Can we bring in Claver to replace him?

 

[LameR]

How do you dislocate your patella during conditioning? I guess conditioning is a broad term, but this is weird stuff...

 

[KingSpeed]

Portland Trail Blazers -

where knees go to die.

lol

 

[Swoosh22]

What the hell's up with all the recent patella injuries??? DAMN...makes me watch the games while peeking through my fingers and cringing the whole time.

 

[Swoosh22]

Portland Trail Blazers -

where knees go to die.

NOT FUNNY...Alright, it kind of is...BUT NOT REALLY!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

This is more than a coincidence. This is the THIRD patella injury.

We have to fire the training staff ASAP.

 

[BGrantFan]

The patella? Anything but the fucking patella!!!

If I believed in curses...

 

[KingSpeed]

This is more than a coincidence. This is the THIRD patella injury.

We have to fire the training staff ASAP.

Agreed. This is bullshit.

 

[THE HCP]

this is getting fucking crazy!

 

[BGrantFan]

This is more than a coincidence. This is the THIRD patella injury.

We have to fire the training staff ASAP.

Good idea. Being reactionary before finding out the actual problem is always the best route. Make rash decisions now; find out what actually happened later.

The foundation for success.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

This is more than a coincidence. This is the THIRD patella injury.

We have to fire the training staff ASAP.

I'm one step ahead of you, I think we fire every patella on the team.

 

[Boise Blazer]

Why? Why! WWWWWHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! ... nope, dont feel better. This sucks. Hang in there Elliot.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

It's amazing how much the Blazers have locked shit down this year. This happened yesterday and we're just finding out about it now?

 

[sabas4mvp]

A former co-worker of mine is an assistant coach for a Pac-10 basketball team, so he is not just some average guy speculating... He told me last year (during all the injuries) that he fully believes some of it is Nate's style of coaching regarding how he conducts practices. He said that the practices are too intense (or something like that) mixed with an NBA schedule and that it just wears too hard on the players' bodies, but I can't imagine that being Williams problem considering he is so new to the team.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I'm one step ahead of you, I think we fire every patella on the team.

Marniers fired that Lou Patella guy and they haven't had a knee injury since.

 

[hasoos]

Ok there is only one thing to do. We must immediately remove all players Patella's so they can no longer be hurt that way.