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He did go down in the first quarter when somebody ran into his leg….. but the one that happened in the 3rd or 4th was the one that I believe is this injury. Had quite a few angles of it. Didn’t look major, but he definitely winced.
 
julius said:
Didn't he kick the back of DC's knee or something
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Yeah the one in the first half actually looked worse. But he hopped up and looked great out there. The second one you could really see his face react.
 
So Clingan injures his knee twice in the Houston game, the 2nd time he went back to the locker room and then returns to the bench but with a knee brace on.

But later in the game he checks into the game with a knee brace and plays 3 minutes???

Why the fuck is the training staff sending him into the game with a grade 2 MCL tear that will likely take 4-6 weeks to heal???

We may have dodged a bullet that he didn't reinjure it or have a Shaun Livingston possibly career ending injury or such. I can't for the life of me understand how this franchise medical staff sent him back into that game.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
So Clingan injures his knee twice in the Houston game, the 2nd time he went back to the locker room and then returns to the bench but with a knee brace on.

But later in the game he checks into the game with a knee brace and plays 3 minutes???

Why the fuck is the training staff sending him into the game with a grade 2 MCL tear that will likely take 4-6 weeks to heal???

We may have dodged a bullet that he didn't reinjure it or have a Shaun Livingston possibly career ending injury or such. I can't for the life of me understand how this franchise medical staff sent him back into that game.
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I've been saying this for a while, the Blazers are dumpster fires at every level: ownership; management; coaching; roster construction....dumpster fires. I guess I can add medical staff as another level on the list
 
julius said:
Can alwayes depend on Blazer fans for their reasonable, rational and logcal responses to stuff.
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I think the thing is…..the overall majority of sports “fans” have never been in an athletic system…..on the field, court, bench or locker room.

Just don’t know how things works personality wise, chemistry wise…..simply team wise. Nico Batum told me once anytime the staff would ask how this feels or that feels, he’d answer and say whatever it took to get back out on the court.

A TON of conclusions jumped to here daily.
 
This is why 3 centers are always needed. At least for teams who don't want to tank.
 
THE HCP said:
I think the thing is…..the overall majority of sports “fans” have never been in an athletic system…..on the field, court, bench or locker room.

Just don’t know how things works personality wise, chemistry wise…..simply team wise. Nico Batum told me once anytime the staff would ask how this feels or that feels, he’d answer and say whatever it took to get back out on the court.

A TON of conclusions jumped to here daily.
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Good for Nico. He's not a prized Blazers CENTER.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
This is why 3 centers are always needed. At least for teams who don't want to tank.
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I was curious...

Portland C payroll (4 C's) - 55.4M

OKC (2) - 41M
GSW (2) - 10M
Hou (3) - 27M (goes up to 41M next season)
Mem. (3) - 31M
Suns (2) - 20M
LAL (3) - 48M (AD - 43M)
LAC (2) - 14M
Den (3) - 58.6M (Jokic - 51.4M)
Dal. (3) - 22.4M
SAS (3) - 31.5M
Min. (2) - 58M (Gobert - 44M)
Utah (3) - 11M
N.O. (3) - 7M

Clev. (2) - 31M (Mobley starts at PF and plays 50% of minutes at C)
Bos (4) - 43M (Porzingis - 29M)
Orl. (3) - 32M
NYK (4) - 67M (KAT - 49M; Robinson hasn't played this year)
Milw. (2) - 23M
Mia. (3) - 41M (Adebayo - 35M)
Ind. (4) - 28M
Brk. (1 + 2) - 34M (Claxton 28M; Trendan Watford & Clowney are the backup C's)
Chi. (2) - 28M (Vucevic 20M)
Det (2) - 20M
Atl. (2) - 36M
Cha. (3) - 11M
Tor. (2) - 21M
76ers (2) - 56.4M (Embiid - 51.4M)
Wash. (3) - 34M

Blazers have the 5th highest C payroll. And all 4 teams with higher C payrolls have superstars at starting C. Well, 3 of the teams; Porzingis isn't a superstar and isn't healthy too often

now, a lot of teams have rookie scale C's. But so does Portland with Clingan. And a lot of teams have a couple of vet minimum C's; Blazers have Reath. And quite a few teams have PF's that can play C like Mobley in Cleveland or Markkanen in Utah. Maybe Timelord could do that, but it's debatable, and of course, he's almost never healthy Having 3 C's seems the most common roster. Portland is the only team in the West with 4. But I didn't account for TW contracts and several teams stash a C among their TW's

Portland is obviously out of balance in both salary and impact. But almost all of that is due to Ayton. And supposedly, their roster is a work in progress
 
Please Bill we're begging you - it's time to remove the jinx!
 
wizenheimer said:
I've been saying this for a while, the Blazers are dumpster fires at every level: ownership; management; coaching; roster construction....dumpster fires. I guess I can add medical staff as another level on the list
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Don't forget to add broadcast staff!
 
THE HCP said:
I think the thing is…..the overall majority of sports “fans” have never been in an athletic system…..on the field, court, bench or locker room.

Just don’t know how things works personality wise, chemistry wise…..simply team wise. Nico Batum told me once anytime the staff would ask how this feels or that feels, he’d answer and say whatever it took to get back out on the court.

A TON of conclusions jumped to here daily.
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It's easier to blame the staff instead of the players.
 
THE HCP said:
….”Does THIS hurt? No…….How about THIS?…..No…..and THIS?…..No!…….
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Then why put a knee brace on him?

If it's injured twice, a second time enough to warrant review in the locker room and then a knee brace. It seems pretty obvious the staff should lean towards a side of caution with a 7'2" rookie who hasn't played 20 games yet and kept him out. It's a season where we don't care at all about wins, losses, or being competitive.

Sending him back into that game is playing with fire and we got lucky. But it's a major red flag the training staff made a dangerous mistake.
 
THE HCP said:
I think the thing is…..the overall majority of sports “fans” have never been in an athletic system…..on the field, court, bench or locker room.

Just don’t know how things works personality wise, chemistry wise…..simply team wise. Nico Batum told me once anytime the staff would ask how this feels or that feels, he’d answer and say whatever it took to get back out on the court.

A TON of conclusions jumped to here daily.
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Did Batum go to the locker room to get any of those injuries reviewed and have a brace put on?

That's the action that makes then putting him back into the game a major red flag.
 
Also: patently hilarious that they're speedrunning Clingan's return ASAP while Rob has been held out for two weeks for a concussion. Ayton was held out for a week for a sprained finger, etc.
 
B-Roy said:
Also: patently hilarious that they're speedrunning Clingan's return ASAP while Rob has been held out for two weeks for a concussion. Ayton was held out for a week for a sprained finger, etc.
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Yeah, concussions are nothing to screw around with. I can just imagine the posts around here about incompetent Blazers medical staff if he returned too early and then keeled over on the court.
 
e_blazer said:
Yeah, concussions are nothing to screw around with. I can just imagine the posts around here about incompetent Blazers medical staff if he returned too early and then keeled over on the court.
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Yeah they can end your career, so want to make sure your back 100% and completely symptom free. It now requires clearing a protocol, so its not up to just the team or player.

There was a college girl who had a few concussions last year and after many months wasn't able to return to form then ended up committing suicide. There have been multiple NFL players that sat out for over a month this year from a concussion. Rob has only been out 2 weeks as of yesterday so its totally fine if he needs some more time.
 
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