(OT) Shady medical staff in Toronto?

[illmatic99]

They've had tons of injuries as well to Evans, Bayless, Calderon, Weems, etc, and now Kleiza goes down for the season. Then an international source comes up with this, citing negligence on part of the Raps' staff.

Then, Sport24.gr - one of the largest and most reliable sports media in Greece - exposed the real story about Kleiza's injury. The Lithuanian international had been complaining to Raptors' medical team for the past two months about excruciating pain in his right knee. The team's doctors ignored his pleas and insisted that it was nothing to worry about and that he should continue training at 100% and just go through some routine therapies until the pain is gone.

Kleiza, having no other choice, listened to the doctors and continued training - and playing - at his 100%, having no idea the deterioration his knee was receiving, day by day. Needless to mention that the pain kept growing and at the same his performance started diminishing. Two weeks ago, and after having had just enough of his team medical's team criminal neglect, Kleiza made up his mind and told Raptors that he refused to play until the pain is completely gone. Not only the Raptors administration did not take his claims seriously but they were dissatisfied with his "unprofessional behaviour", still insisting that the injury was "nothing serious".

Even after Kleiza had an MRI the club insisted there was nothing wrong with him.

http://www.talkbasket.net/news/the-truth-raptors-are-responsible-for-kleizas-injury-4058.html

I wonder if there are any parallels to draw from this revelation about how their medical staff was not giving credence to a player's own admissions of pain.... to our situation.

 

[julius]

Jay Jensens Canadian cousin, Wayne, works for the Raptors. Oddly enough, Bobby Medinas Canadian cousin also works for them, his name is Wayne too.

 

[maxiep]

Boy that sounds like the way we used to run our training staff in the 70s. A dynasty crumbled to dust because the medical staff's response to everything was to give a painkiller injection or tell them to play through the pain.

 

[jlprk]

I wonder if there are any parallels to draw from this revelation about how their medical staff was not giving credence to a player's own admissions of pain.... to how they reacted last season to Hedo Turkoglu.

Fixed.

 

[illmatic99]

Well, never mind.

http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...f_Incompetence_From_Toronto_Medical_Officials

 

[speeds]

Toronto has had one of the most injury plagued teams for the last decade-plus. IIRC they even set a new benchmark for total games missed due to injury in 2005 or thereabouts.

 

[maxiep]

Toronto has had one of the most injury plagued teams for the last decade-plus. IIRC they even set a new benchmark for total games missed due to injury in 2005 or thereabouts.

Socialized Health Care.

 

[SnakeOiler]

Socialized health care rocks.

 

[jlprk]

It's bitchin'.

 

[hasoos]

Toronto has had one of the most injury plagued teams for the last decade-plus. IIRC they even set a new benchmark for total games missed due to injury in 2005 or thereabouts.

Yes but how many of those injuries were because a players feelings were hurt?

 

[maxiep]

I wonder how many of those injuries were caused by Toronto's vibrant Turkish culture?