really? If you're a Doc, I'm all ears as to your opinion. Even better if you saw the play that caused the injury or were you privy to the X-Rays, that would be something. If you're just a shmoe (like me) I'll wait for people who have an actual clue what constitutes a serious concern to weigh in as I don't place any value on health speculations from random posters.
Just an old shmoe that has an opinion as to what might be cause for concern...Hope he has a long career and ends up breaking LeBron's scoring record.....
Trading the pick for proven talent is who else is on my list. I really think Miller could be great, Scoot is obviously really good and even the twins are extremely promising but Wemby is the only reason why we would take a player who wouldn't be bringing their most impactful seasons while Dame is still one of the biggest beasts in the game. Tons of teams would give up a ready to go all star/all nba guy to get their hands on one of those guys or later guys along with Ant and Nurk and future picks.
Magic had a 5-20 start but since then, they’ve played like a playoff team at 25-23. They’ll prob win half of their remaining games.
Unless they do what we're doing and start pulling the guys that could get them the wins. I don't know why they would let us out tank them but their roster is a little deeper with young talent so they may pull their better guys and still fuck up and win a few more games... we won't have that problem.
Embiid missed his first two seasons and only played 37 in his third. Now he may win MVP.
Who’s being pulled?
Ant and Jerami... our second and third best players.
Are they being pulled or are they hurt? If they’re just being pulled, why is Dame playing?
I’m pretty sure Dame is playing to make sure his stats show up on the end of the year lists, so he has a better chance of being recognized for his excellence. Or maybe he’s just stubborn and it’s taking him a little bit of time to come to grips with the fact that this season has been the best he’s played but was ultimately wasted on a team that never had a chance.
I disagree that they never had a chance. This roster, even with injuries, and with a weak conference, should’ve won half their games. And Dame as leader of the team should take some of the flack for it. 31-40 is unacceptable.
I should let you know when VW kicks a guys ass who has been dead for 50 years or in a movie with a 75 year old has-been action star? Wat???
Certainly medical options/expertise have evolved dramatically over the past decades. I've heard Rick Barry bemoan how a knee injury he suffered early in his career & dogged his athleticism/ability throughout would have been a routine arthroscopy surgery by the 80s. Hoops is a rough game on the body. Not everyone is put together well enough to take the pounding of running and jumping on hardwood & of course a single bad luck moment like coming down on someone's foot or getting hit on the side of the knee could dramatically change the course of a player's career. The bad luck portion of this could happen to any player in any game and isn't related to body type, height or musculature. How a prospect is put together is what I'm concerned with. If they have flat feet, a wonky spine or some other structural issue, their career is much more likely to be injury plagued and shortened. These sorts of things are pretty much impossible for fans to assess by watching games but they are absolutely what I expect a competent franchise to red flag.
