Welcome to Portland, Donovan Clingan!

[Mediocre Man]

If they bring Clingan back this early they are foolish

 

[HailBlazers]

If they bring Clingan back this early they are foolish

Right last thing we want to do is win games

 

[KingSpeed]

That is the greatest thing I've read all day.

Hooray!!! He’s fun to watch. Now trade Ayton to the Lakers.

 

[Cugel]

If they bring Clingan back this early they are foolish

Let him heal until January

 

[KingSpeed]

Let him heal until January

If he’s already healed, play him.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

If they bring Clingan back this early they are foolish

Can't they do an MRI to confirm tear looks healed then slowly make sure he ramps up activity with complete stability/etc? Should be a very standard process to safely have him return to play.

I mean of course they should be cautious, but maybe he has been ramping up for a while and bringing him back now isn't early at all.

I don't see how anyone of us here would know.

It certainly was concerning the staff decided he required a brace but sent him back into play the same day he partially tore the ligament so I'm by no means saying that he is for sure properly cleared.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

If they bring Clingan back this early they are foolish

I’m worried he’s going to tear it even worse and be done for a year

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I’m worried he’s going to tear it even worse and be done for a year

Even a severe tear of the MCL only takes 2-3 months to recover

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Even a severe tear of the MCL only takes 2-3 months to recover

not in Portland

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I’m worried he’s going to tear it even worse and be done for a year

I mean theres always going to be a risk of injury, even more so for a freakishly tall NBA player. We have to eventually accept some risk.

As long as its not a heightened risk from coming back to soon then we should send him out to play.

 

[Phatguysrule]

not in Portland

I think it's a lack of fluoride in the water. Based on absolutely nothing.

 

[Blazinaway]

If they bring Clingan back this early they are foolish

Not if he is fully healed which is very possible

 

[Everything Beagle]

I think it's a lack of fluoride in the water. Based in absolutely nothing.

It's literally one of the only major differences between Portland and every other NBA city.

 

[Everything Beagle]

I mean theres always going to be a risk of injury, even more so for a freakishly tall NBA player. We have to eventually accept some risk.

As long as its not a heightened risk from coming back to soon then we should send him out to play.

"Draft another great center," says Lucy as she holds the football for Charlie Brown. "It *has* to work out this time!"

 

[Mediocre Man]

"Draft another great center," says Lucy as she holds the football for Charlie Brown. "It *has* to work out this time!"

Another?

 

[Everything Beagle]

Another?

I think you meant to say "Great?" We've already drafted one great center in the last 54 years.

 

[Eastoff]

I think it's a lack of fluoride in the water. Based in absolutely nothing.

I think it's a lack of sunshine. Lower vitamin D and weakened immune system.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I think it's a lack of sunshine. Lower vitamin D and weakened immune system.

Probably why Bill Walton was so injury prone in La Mesa, California and UCLA and Oden "needed" microfracture as soon as he landed in Portland.

Not to mention Bowie's injuries in Pennsylvania and Kentucky.

The simple fact of being associated with Portland leached the vitamin D from Arvydas Sabonis's bones from across the ocean.

 

[MickZagger]

It's literally one of the only major differences between Portland and every other NBA city.

I haven’t noticed Portlander’s having teeth like the British.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

I haven’t noticed Portlander’s having teeth like the British.

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Canadian actor playing a Brit for an American movie company… classic

 

[MickZagger]

Michael Doleac’s dad was a Portland dentist.

Still practices out on 108th and Halsey by the ghetto Winco.

 

[Everything Beagle]

I think it's a lack of sunshine. Lower vitamin D and weakened immune system.

That explains why Seattle and Vancouver were so much worse for injuries than Portland

 

[MickZagger]

That explains why Seattle and Vancouver were so much worse for injuries than Portland

 

[Phatguysrule]

Michael Doleac’s dad was a Portland dentist.

Still practices out on 108th and Halsey by the ghetto Winco.

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Being a dentist in Portland is like having an evergreen money tree...

 

[tlongII]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...gendary-father-arvydas-enormous-weight-legacy

Great read.

 

[Eastoff]

That explains why Seattle and Vancouver were so much worse for injuries than Portland

Touche

 

[MickZagger]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...gendary-father-arvydas-enormous-weight-legacy

Great read.

Was a great read. He’s already a better NBA player than his dad ever was.

I remember I said we should draft him when he was a Zag and everyone thought I was nuts.

 

[Eastoff]

That explains why Seattle and Vancouver were so much worse for injuries than Portland

In my defense, their injuries were so bad, the teams had to move.

 

[Hoopguru]

Was a great read. He’s already a better NBA player than his dad ever was.

I remember I said we should draft him when he was a Zag and everyone thought I was nuts.

I saw Sabas dominate Robinson & Manning in the Olympics. Before his injuries, he was u unstoppable. He and the Big red head were two of the best passing centers to ever play the game.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I remember I said we should draft him when he was a Zag and everyone thought I was nuts.

You were. The team that drafted him dumped him. And they're the top front office in the NBA!