UPDATE: Joel Przybilla

[brooklynballer]

Didn't see this posted anywhere yet. Please remove if I've missed it.

LINK

This quote was interesting ...

"I would hope by mid September I'll start going much harder on the court. They want me to get to the point where I can jump, and land, comfortably. We're shooting for me being ready to roll on opening night. It's a realistic goal and it's all I'm thinking about right now."

Is there any realistic chance Joel is ready by opening night? Optimistically, I heard reports that if he's ready by mid-season that the Blazers would be lucky.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Pryzbilla is a warrior and it is a contract year for him. More importantly this next contract will probably be the final contract of his career.

He'll be back before Christmas.

Side note: If Joel hadn't gotten hurt he would have opted out and I bet he could have easily gotten a 4-5 yr deal at $5-6 mill per from a team. That was a $25-30 mill injury to the big guy. He has a lot of motivation to get back playing.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Didn't see this posted anywhere yet. Please remove if I've missed it.

LINK

This quote was interesting ...

"I would hope by mid September I'll start going much harder on the court. They want me to get to the point where I can jump, and land, comfortably. We're shooting for me being ready to roll on opening night. It's a realistic goal and it's all I'm thinking about right now."

Is there any realistic chance Joel is ready by opening night? Optimistically, I heard reports that if he's ready by mid-season that the Blazers would be lucky.

I heard a couple of weeks ago on courtside that Joel would be ready by opening night. The fact that it is even close to that month is excellent. Both from a depth standpoint and a trade standpoint. Good news regardless of the exact date. Especially since the docs on this site said he would never play again.

 

[noknobs]

Thanks for the link. Sounds like he's further along than I was expecting. With Oden and Joel eventually joining Camby/Aldridge, are bigs are looking very good.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Joel's suffered his *second* injury to the same knee, roughly 4(?) months after Oden suffered his injury. Furthermore, Joel is older and his initial injury was described as even worse than Oden's. Now they are supposed to be ready to go at the same time????

I applaud Joel for wanting to get back on the court - but that seems outrageously optimistic.

 

[jlprk]

Same thing I asked about Oden. What does the optimistic prediction mean by "ready by opening night?" This limited prediction is specific, so I like it.

They want me to get to the point where I can jump, and land, comfortably.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Sounds great, but I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[jlprk]

So by Game 1, Joel will jump and land, but not rebound, run, or play. I can respect that restrained definition of "ready."

As I posted a couple of weeks ago when everyone was happy that Oden would be "ready by opening night," does that mean 70% of playing shape, 50%, 85%, or what?

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

So by Game 1, Joel will jump and land, but not rebound, run, or play. I can respect that restrained definition of "ready."

As I posted a couple of weeks ago when everyone was happy that Oden would be "ready by opening night," does that mean 70% of playing shape, 50%, 85%, or what?

I think Joel's quote speaks for itself very clearly. But it may also be just wishful thinking.

 

[ABM]

Ever since the injury, Joel's been so quiet....the forgotten one. It'll be very, very interesting to see how he "re-acclimates" himself to the team. I'm expecting a solid year from the big fella.

 

[ABM]

Side note: If Joel hadn't gotten hurt he would have opted out.

Hmmm....I hadn't ever heard that. Is that simply your opinion, or is there some other basis for that statement?

 

[Boob-No-More]

So by Game 1, Joel will jump and land, but not rebound, run, or play. I can respect that restrained definition of "ready."

You need to work on your reading comprehension:

""I would hope by mid September I'll start going much harder on the court. They want me to get to the point where I can jump, and land, comfortably.".

Since when does mid September == game 1? It doesn't. It's SIX WEEKS before opening night. That gives him six weeks to work on his conditioning. Will he be 100%? No, but most players, even ones who aren't coming back from injuries, aren't 100% on opening night. They all need a few weeks of playing regularly to get in top game shape.

I'm not saying Joel will be able to play opening night, just pointing out the error in your "logic" that mid September is somehow equivalent to opening night. Nowhere in that quote did it say anything about him not being able to "rebound, run, or play" on opening night. That's all just shit you made up.

BNM

 

[THE HCP]

Hmmm....I hadn't ever heard that. Is that simply your opinion, or is there some other basis for that statement?

No link, but I think that was a foregone conclusion.

 

[jlprk]

"I would hope by mid September I'll start going much harder on the court. They want me to get to the point where I can jump, and land, comfortably. We're shooting for me being ready to roll on opening night. It's a realistic goal and it's all I'm thinking about right now.".

You need to work on your reading comprehension:

""I would hope by mid September I'll start going much harder on the court. They want me to get to the point where I can jump, and land, comfortably.".

Since when does mid September == game 1? It doesn't. It's SIX WEEKS before opening night. That gives him six weeks to work on his conditioning. Will he be 100%? No, but most players, even ones who aren't coming back from injuries, aren't 100% on opening night. They all need a few weeks of playing regularly to get in top game shape.

I'm not saying Joel will be able to play opening night, just pointing out the error in your "logic" that mid September is somehow equivalent to opening night. Nowhere in that quote did it say anything about him not being able to "rebound, run, or play" on opening night. That's all just shit you made up.

BNM

At first I thought you must be hoping that I'd forgotten the last half of the quote. But then I thought, "No, he probably eagerly jumped the gun and wrote that long post with the inevitable insulting conclusion without ever noticing it."

 

[Rhal]

At first I thought you must be hoping that I'd forgotten the last half of the quote. But then I thought, "No, he probably eagerly jumped the gun and wrote that long post with the inevitable insulting conclusion without ever noticing it."

Anyone else read this and say to themselves "What the hell"?

 

[jlprk]

You can't read, either? You can't see "opening night" in the quote, followed by his long rant saying the phrase isn't there? ...Being kind, I didn't even rub it in over the irony of, "You need to work on your reading comprehension."

 

[Rhal]

You can't read, either? You can't see "opening night" in the quote, followed by his long rant saying the phrase isn't there? ...Being kind, I didn't even rub it in over the irony of, "You need to work on your reading comprehension."

Its the fact that I assumed you tried to make a joke with what you said earlier about opening night... but it just came out like a two year old rambling non sense and beaming at you like they said something worthwhile.

 

[jlprk]

It was written to Boob. I await his rearrangement of everything both he and I wrote, in order to squirm out of his predicament. The way these things always go is that being rather pacifistic, I quickly run out of energy to keep up the fight, and I give my opponent the last word. There are usually more interesting pursuits, like solitaire tic-tac-to or something. (You can't lose. Or win.)

 

[PtldPlatypus]

It was written to Boob. I await his rearrangement of everything both he and I wrote, in order to squirm out of his predicament. The way these things always go is that being rather pacifistic, I quickly run out of energy to keep up the fight, and I give my opponent the last word. There are usually more interesting pursuits, like solitaire tic-tac-to or something. (You can't lose. Or win.)

I'll "rearrange" it for you, and Joel's quote too. First:

I would hope by mid September I'll start going much harder on the court. They want me to get to the point where I can jump, and land, comfortably.

I read this as Joel saying that the trainers don't want him to start going "much harder on the court" until he can "jump, and land, comfortably," which he's hoping will occur by mid September.

Next:

We're shooting for me being ready to roll on opening night. It's a realistic goal and it's all I'm thinking about right now."

Following his comments about jumping and landing comfortably by mid Septmber, he states his additional goal of being ready to play in an NBA game (which would involve more than just jumping and landing) by opening night. I don't think this is an unreasonable interpretation of his comments.

 

[ABM]

It would be so ironic (if not extremely frustrating) if Joel suited up for the first regular season game....while Oden did not.

tic...tic...tic...

 

[The_Lillard_King]

When I think of the Blazer big men for this year, I'm thinking Oden, Camby Aldridge and Pendy. For some reason I have been leaving Joel out of the equation. If he can come back and be productive, that would be great and add much needed depth to the big man rotation.

 

[Draco]

When I think of the Blazer big men for this year, I'm thinking Oden, Camby Aldridge and Pendy. For some reason I have been leaving Joel out of the equation. If he can come back and be productive, that would be great and add much needed depth to the big man rotation.

Dear god I hope Pendy has nothing to do with the Blazer big men rotation this season.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Dear god I hope Pendy has nothing to do with the Blazer big men rotation this season.

I also hope Pendy is purely a spot minute player. But with Camby and Oden and Joel as Blazer big men, odds are that Pendy will be counted at some point this season.

 

[Kaydow]

I also hope Pendy is purely a spot minute player. But with Camby and Oden and Joel as Blazer big men, odds are that Pendy will be counted at some point this season.

Ahhhh-men. I don't know what to expect from the Center position this year.

1) All 3 are healthy and there is a log-jam, leaving 1 (or more) upset about
minutes.
2) They all 3 get hurt/stay hurt and Pendegraph plays the "stopgap" roll.
3) 1 of them gets hurt/stays hurt and it works out great (nobody upset over
role/minutes)
4) 2 of them get hurt/stay hurt and every night we hold our breath hoping the
3rd/healthy one STAYS healthy.
5) 2 out of 3 or all 3 take turns nursing minor injuries for most of the season,
so there aren't many games where we don't have good depth at the position.
Sort of a "Musical Chairs" of minor injuries, if you will.

There are actually several more scenarios that are imaginable. We have (arguably) 3 of the top 10 Centers in the league, at least defensively. And all of them are injury prone. Camby usually misses 20-something games. Joel was an iron man from 2007-2009, but before that not so much. And after tearing his Patella Tendon . . . twice? Who knows what to expect? And then there's Oden. I'm scared to watch the games this year. Last year was painful watching guys go down like the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan, and watching teams run layup drills and kill us with offensive rebounds (until we got Camby) was nauseating. On paper, that shouldn't be a problem this year. But after last year, who can blame us fans for expecting the worst?

 

[craigehlo]

Dear god I hope Pendy has nothing to do with the Blazer big men rotation this season.

Agree. After his horrendous Summer League, I'd be shocked if he's still in the NBA in a year or two.

 

[Kaydow]

Agree. After his horrendous Summer League, I'd be shocked if he's still in the NBA in a year or two.

I don't care about Summer League. If it were a true indicator of how a guy is going to fare than Bayless would be an All Star and Batum would be back in Europe. Besides (and I agree that he played awful in Vegas), he still averaged 9.5 rebounds - good for 3rd in the league. I'd actually be surprised if Pendy WASN'T in the league in a year or two. Tough, physical, fearless, unselfish, team oriented guys who work hard and have even a little bit of skill seem to stick around. I don't think he'll ever be a rotation player, but I suspect he'll be a Reggie Evans type of player (not the most gifted player in the league, but tough and answers the bell whenever called on).

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Agree. After his horrendous Summer League, I'd be shocked if he's still in the NBA in a year or two.

I don't think he really had that bad of a summer league. He got people's expectations up by saying he was going for MVP, and he tried to expand his skills, which obviously didn't work. but he did well rebounding as I remember. If he sticks to what he is good at, he can do OK as a stopgap.

 

[craigehlo]

I don't think he'll ever be a rotation player, but I suspect he'll be a Reggie Evans type of player (not the most gifted player in the league, but tough and answers the bell whenever called on).

He still makes a ton of stupid fouls and doesn't seem to have any sort of offensive skill set. I doubt the Blazers have the patience to keep him around, taking a roster spot, unless he makes some huge strides this season. I'm rooting for him, but I have a feeling you could pluck any number of forwards from the NBADL and get similar, if not better, production.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I don't think he really had that bad of a summer league. He got people's expectations up by saying he was going for MVP, and he tried to expand his skills, which obviously didn't work. but he did well rebounding as I remember. If he sticks to what he is good at, he can do OK as a stopgap.

Exactly; I also don't expect Nate to force-feed Pendergraph on offense like he was in Summer League. He's a big wide body, and if LMA has gained some weight, Pendy's our 5th center, behind LMA as our 4th. Despite everyone's injury history, I expect we're okay with 3 true centers and 2 emergency stopgaps.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Exactly; I also don't expect Nate to force-feed Pendergraph on offense like he was in Summer League. He's a big wide body, and if LMA has gained some weight, Pendy's our 5th center, behind LMA as our 4th. Despite everyone's injury history, I expect we're okay with 3 true centers and 2 emergency stopgaps.

Then how are we at the PF position?