OT Maybe Klay Thompson May Be Out For Maybe The Season

[ABM]

...according to Kerr.

Unfortunate, yet fortunate at the same time.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

To be clear, he simply said it's "unlikely" that Klay plays this season, and based that solely on the standard expected recovery timeline. There hasn't been any further evaluation of his recovery clearly indicating that he won't play. Kerr pointed out that April 1st is 9 months post-op, and that while an ACL is generally a 1-year injury, it is possible for him to come back sooner.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...kely-all-star-plays-this-year-after-acl-tear/

 

[rotary111]

Ouchhhh! Tough for both Klay and GW.

Really good for us.

 

[THE HCP]

Man, that's a blow to them. Not they he was going to come back and be the same immediately, but this is no good for the team. Totally different situation, but I hope we don't rush back Nurk.

 

[JoshuaHall]

Is this really that surprising?

 

[ABM]

To be clear, he simply said it's "unlikely" that Klay plays this season, and based that solely on the standard expected recovery timeline. There hasn't been any further evaluation of his recovery clearly indicating that he won't play. Kerr pointed out that April 1st is 9 months post-op, and that while an ACL is generally a 1-year injury, it is possible for him to come back sooner.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...kely-all-star-plays-this-year-after-acl-tear/

Ahhh....yes. Good. Thanks for that clarification. I should have read the blurb on my phone a little more closely.

 

[wizenheimer]

yeah, this isn't really surprising. ACL injuries have a long recovery time.

I'd say the Warriors have been expecting this; that's why they traded for Russell. I don't think their offense will fall off that much this season; but their defense sure will after losing Klay, Iggy, and Livingston. They won't have the combination of those 3 guys to throw at Dame all game long anymore

 

[ABM]

Could a mod add a "maybe" to my thread post. Thanks in advance.

 

[B-Roy]

yeah, this isn't really surprising. ACL injuries have a long recovery time.

I'd say the Warriors have been expecting this; that's why they traded for Russell. I don't think their offense will fall off that much this season; but their defense sure will after losing Klay, Iggy, and Livingston. They won't have the combination of those 3 guys to throw at Dame all game long anymore

You don't think their offense will suffer? They aren't just losing Klay....they also lost someone else.

 

[THE HCP]

Ya, this is a blow. As pointed out above they brought in Russell, but Klay spreading the floor will be missed.

 

[riverman]

They'll almost certainly trot him out for the playoffs..and he'll be rusty but fresh and rested.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Could a mod add a "maybe" to my thread post. Thanks in advance.

I may be able to do that.

 

[wizenheimer]

You don't think their offense will suffer? They aren't just losing Klay....they also lost someone else.

sure, and I didn't mean to imply their offense wasn't going to drop off, but their offense, before Durant, was good enough to propel them to 73 wins in the regular season and a championship when the trio leading the charge was Curry-Klay-Green. They 'replaced' Klay with D'Angelo Russell and he was pretty good last season. Obviously his efficiency wasn't anywhere close to Klay, but he had to get a big part of his offense on his own. His assisted FG rate was 29%. That efficiency should increase, maybe by quite a bit, in the Warrior system

I think it will be close to if GS replaced Klay with CJ, except that Russell averaged 7 assists vs CJ's 3 assists. They are about equally bad on defense

they won't have Durant to be the center of their offense anymore. But the ball will be in the hands of Curry, Green, and Russell. That's a good fall-back position. Sure, there are questions about it, but most WC teams have questions related to big off-season changes

Portland should be the better team, if for no other reason than that Dame won't have to contend with the defense of Klay and Iggy

 

[theprunetang]

Who was arguing with me in another thread about how Golden State is clearly better than us this year, and that Klay would be back early because his injury "wasn't that bad"?

 

[hoopsjock]

Who was arguing with me in another thread about how Golden State is clearly better than us this year, and that Klay would be back early because his injury "wasn't that bad"?

LMAO, I was thinking about that same post. Although it's possible they're just toning down the optimism right now so people stop asking when he'll be back.

 

[B-Roy]

sure, and I didn't mean to imply their offense wasn't going to drop off, but their offense, before Durant, was good enough to propel them to 73 wins in the regular season and a championship when the trio leading the charge was Curry-Klay-Green. They 'replaced' Klay with D'Angelo Russell and he was pretty good last season. Obviously his efficiency wasn't anywhere close to Klay, but he had to get a big part of his offense on his own. His assisted FG rate was 29%. That efficiency should increase, maybe by quite a bit, in the Warrior system

I think it will be close to if GS replaced Klay with CJ, except that Russell averaged 7 assists vs CJ's 3 assists. They are about equally bad on defense

they won't have Durant to be the center of their offense anymore. But the ball will be in the hands of Curry, Green, and Russell. That's a good fall-back position. Sure, there are questions about it, but most WC teams have questions related to big off-season changes

Portland should be the better team, if for no other reason than that Dame won't have to contend with the defense of Klay and Iggy

They've had the highest offensive efficiency of the past decade this last year at 113.9 pts/100 possessions. That is higher than the 73 win season. There is no chance they are sniffing that this season. Their roster is also basically G-league players outside of the 3 guys and Looney.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

sure, and I didn't mean to imply their offense wasn't going to drop off, but their offense, before Durant, was good enough to propel them to 73 wins in the regular season and a championship when the trio leading the charge was Curry-Klay-Green.

It's interesting looking back again at that 73-win team, because I think many forget that that was by far Curry's best year, and then he took a pretty significant step back offensively after KD joined the team. I think there's a decent chance that we see a Steph this year that approaches the levels we saw 4 years ago, simply because they're going to need a lot more from him than they have at any point in the Kerr era.

 

[e_blazer]

I may be able to do that.

You're just an “L” away from being Moms.

 

[kjironman1]

One Steph Curry sprained ankle away from making the lotto this year.

 

[wizenheimer]

One Steph Curry sprained ankle away from making the lotto this year.

sure, and he hasn't been a durable player, but the same is true for Portland and Dame, or Houston and Harden, or Lakers and Lebron, or the Bucks and Giannis. Teams can't afford to lose their franchise cornerstones for any significant time

not only that, a Blazer fan should know better than to risk injury karma

They've had the highest offensive efficiency of the past decade this last year at 113.9 pts/100 possessions. That is higher than the 73 win season. There is no chance they are sniffing that this season. Their roster is also basically G-league players outside of the 3 guys and Looney.

Alec Burks and Willie Cauley-Stein are a lot better than G-League. And guys like Spellman, Robinson, & Chriss have been on about the same level as Hezonja & Tolliver

what are you predicting for the Warriors....lottery sure seems to be what you're implying?

 

[tlongII]

sure, and I didn't mean to imply their offense wasn't going to drop off, but their offense, before Durant, was good enough to propel them to 73 wins in the regular season and a championship when the trio leading the charge was Curry-Klay-Green. They 'replaced' Klay with D'Angelo Russell and he was pretty good last season. Obviously his efficiency wasn't anywhere close to Klay, but he had to get a big part of his offense on his own. His assisted FG rate was 29%. That efficiency should increase, maybe by quite a bit, in the Warrior system

I think it will be close to if GS replaced Klay with CJ, except that Russell averaged 7 assists vs CJ's 3 assists. They are about equally bad on defense

they won't have Durant to be the center of their offense anymore. But the ball will be in the hands of Curry, Green, and Russell. That's a good fall-back position. Sure, there are questions about it, but most WC teams have questions related to big off-season changes
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Portland should be the better team, if for no other reason than that Dame won't have to contend with the defense of Klay and Iggy

Iggy was big for the Dubs too and he is gone.

 

[kjironman1]

sure, and he hasn't been a durable player, but the same is true for Portland and Dame, or Houston and Harden, or Lakers and Lebron, or the Bucks and Giannis. Teams can't afford to lose their franchise cornerstones for any significant time

not only that, a Blazer fan should know better than to risk injury karma



Alec Burks and Willie Cauley-Stein are a lot better than G-League. And guys like Spellman, Robinson, & Chriss have been on about the same level as Hezonja & Tolliver

what are you predicting for the Warriors....lottery sure seems to be what you're implying?

So Dame hasn’t been a durable player? And you also think a sprained ankle by Dame is gonna put the Blazers in the lottery?
I disagree. Blazers are deeper than that.

 

[wizenheimer]

So Dame hasn’t been a durable player? And you also think a sprained ankle by Dame is gonna put the Blazers in the lottery?
I disagree. Blazers are deeper than that.

I didn't mean that Dame wasn't durable, just Curry...sorry for the confusion

and a sprained ankle that leaves Curry out a half dozen games isn't going to affect the Warriors enough to change playoff to lottery, any more than it would for Portland. A long term injury to either player would certainly impact their teams; and Dame is Portland's only PG so I strongly disagree with the notion that Portland would be fine losing Dame because of depth...depth that hasn't even been established yet

you know, just saying that I think the Warriors might be better this season than many are crediting isn't a criticism of Portland. You get that don't you?

Iggy was big for the Dubs too and he is gone.

yeah I know...that's why I mentioned him twice

 

[handiman]

sure, and he hasn't been a durable player, but the same is true for Portland and Dame, or Houston and Harden, or Lakers and Lebron, or the Bucks and Giannis. Teams can't afford to lose their franchise cornerstones for any significant time

Your post didn't bash CJ for once, and yet your hatred of him still rears its head unintentionally. The Blazers have proven to be a strong enough team to remain in playoff contention when CJ has to fill in for Dame. So, that point of yours was kind of a fail.

 

[KingSpeed]

One Steph Curry sprained ankle away from making the lotto this year.

Or “load management” away from lotto.

 

[wizenheimer]

Your post didn't bash CJ for once, and yet your hatred of him still rears its head unintentionally. The Blazers have proven to be a strong enough team to remain in playoff contention when CJ has to fill in for Dame. So, that point of yours was kind of a fail.

looking over the record, over the last 4 seasons when Dame has missed games due to injury the Blazers are 11-10. Barely above .500. I guess that's "in playoff contention", but that winning % would have been lottery teams the last 2 seasons.

and let's at least not try and pretend Portland would win a playoff series without Dame

 

[theprunetang]

looking over the record, over the last 4 seasons when Dame has missed games due to injury the Blazers are 11-10. Barely above .500. I guess that's "in playoff contention", but that winning % would have been lottery teams the last 2 seasons.

and let's at least not try and pretend Portland would win a playoff series without Dame

What it means is that the team can stay afloat during a Dame injury. If Dame were to miss a whole season, we don't make the playoffs. But if he misses a month, we can hang even until he gets back.

 

[handiman]

looking over the record, over the last 4 seasons when Dame has missed games due to injury the Blazers are 11-10. Barely above .500. I guess that's "in playoff contention", but that winning % would have been lottery teams the last 2 seasons.

and let's at least not try and pretend Portland would win a playoff series without Dame

Did you bother to look at their winning percentage with Dame? Hint: It's not a whole lot higher.

 

[maxiep]

My guess is China weighed in with what they want and Kerr complied.