The Frail Blazers

[MARIS61]

Bill Walton was injury prone, and played few games over a short career.

Anyone wish we hadn't drafted him?

 

[oldmangrouch]

Bill Walton was injury prone, and played few games over a short career.

Anyone wish we hadn't drafted him?

In his first 4 seasons, Walton played in 209 regular season games. He also managed a trip to the finals, the all-star game, etc.

I utterly loathe Walton as a human being - but comparing his basketball career to Oden's is just absurd.

 

[jlprk]

I love Bill Walton as a human being and player. As a commentator, I uh, like him. Quick says:

Like many NBA teams, the Blazers medical staff assigns a ranking to a potential draft pick or player they are interested in acquiring. Of the seven players on the Blazers' current roster who were drafted in the first round by Portland from 2006-2010, five were rated as high risk from a medical standpoint, including one who was essentially given a red flag as dangerous to draft. Because of laws protecting the privacy of players, the team would not disclose those players' names.

I find this hard to believe. Is this State law or Federal law? What is the exact code section which prohibits the team from disclosing their numerical ranking of a player's health at predraft camps and tryouts? Then how do they disclose the other results, like Durant could do only one set of lifting, Oden beat Durant in racing around orange cones on the floor, etc. I have a whole spreadsheet of such predraft camp stats on my hard drive that I downloaded...I just checked, I have EIGHT big spreadsheets from over the years. How do we illegally know that Andre Miller (and Outlaw for years before that) failed McMillan's little race on the first day of practice?

Is it legal to know their height and weight? Pssst....Elliott Williams has a 48-inch leap....If the pigs question how you found out, DON'T mention my name.

 

[Nikolokolus]

http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/

that should help

 

[jlprk]

I just finished reading all 13 million words and I didn't find it. Can you point it out?

 

[Nikolokolus]

I just finished reading all 13 million words and I didn't find it. Can you point it out?

No.

 

[BBert]

LOL -- jlprk -- you are a funny guy. Perhaps Quick, in typical shoddy form, meant the CBA prohibits releasing medical records? Or perhaps these are the types of medical records that are legally protected pursuant to the medical records disclosure form I have to sign once a year -- that I've never once read before signing, LOL.

 

[jlprk]

Even if it is illegal to disclose specific medical records (I have no idea why, especially for a public figure like a pro athlete), it's legal to disclose the diagnosis. For example, someone sprains an ankle in a game, and we are told immediately.

But that's irrelevant anyway, because this isn't a medical record that the team refuses to disclose. This a ranking (e.g. 1, 2, 3, A, B, C, D, F) of a player's health, as evaluated at a tryout in Portland, or a predraft camp. Have a snort of this, but remember, you don't know me.

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements

 

[Nikolokolus]

I think the distinction is that the NBA requires an injury report (for Vegas no doubt) and while in the employ of an NBA team I'm guessing a player's right to medical privacy is waived, any diagnoses that existed before they became employees of an NBA team is probably off limits.

Either that, or the team just doesn't want any more egg on their collective face.

 

[MARIS61]

In his first 4 seasons, Walton played in 209 regular season games. He also managed a trip to the finals, the all-star game, etc.

I utterly loathe Walton as a human being - but comparing his basketball career to Oden's is just absurd.

Bill played seasons of (in order) 35 games his rookie year, then 51, 65, 58, 14, 33, 55, 67, 80, and 10 games.

He never managed to play a full season nor average as much as 35 minutes per game in any one season.

Walton is done, while Greg has a much higher ceiling still possible.

He is young enough that he could end up with all kinds of rings and things, eclipsing Walton's accomplishments.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Bill played seasons of (in order) 35 games his rookie year, then 51, 65, 58, 14, 33, 55, 67, 80, and 10 games.

He never managed to play a full season nor average as much as 35 minutes per game in any one season.

Walton is done, while Greg has a much higher ceiling still possible.

He is young enough that he could end up with all kinds of rings and things, eclipsing Walton's accomplishments.

You really need to learn to use the green font. For a second there, you almost gave me a stroke!