Wesley suffers fracture

[julius]

From the Blazers IG page

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OFFICIAL: Blake Wesley suffered a fracture to the fifth metatarsal of his right foot during Friday’s victory versus the Nuggets at Moda Center. His timeline for return will be determined at a later date.

 

[julius]

I believe that's the same injury that CJ had that kept him out for half of his rookie year. Maybe Dame had the same injury in college?

 

[HailBlazers]

Get well speedy gonzales.

 

[THE HCP]

Correct. That’s the same injury as CJ

 

[B-Roy]

So he’s out for almost the whole season right?

 

[THE HCP]

Hate seeing that to a guy like this. Been scrapping and grinding, and to stay in the league, and it’s playing the best ball of his career.

 

[julius]

So he’s out for almost the whole season right?

6-8 weeks, with 20 being on the high end depending on the severity of it.

 

[wizenheimer]

damn....losing both Thybulle and Wesley is big. Blazers depending a lot on the semi-fragile Jrue

 

[andalusian]

I had this, took about 2 months, but luckily, no surgery was required. Iirc, it depends where the fracture happens and if there’s enough blood flow near it.

Hope for a speedy recovery

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Shit. With him and Matisse out, that's a major hit. Time for Rayan to STEP UP. Not looking forward to more of Caleb Love, though.

 

[blazerkor]

Shit. With him and Matisse out, that's a major hit. Time for Rayan to STEP UP. Not looking forward to more of Caleb Love, though.

Yeah, I'm hoping we see near starter minutes for Kris now. Hopefully that come with a lot of Deni and Shaedon initiating the half court offense whenever Jrue is on the bench. I'd much rather see Duop get more minutes than Caleb Love.

Rotation for the foreseeable future being Jrue, Shae, Tou, Deni, Clingan, Jerami, Kris, Rob, Duop and even Rayan before Caleb.

 

[Cugel]

Aw that blows. Guy was progressing well and seemed to be all in in POR. GWS

 

[Chris Craig]

Shit

 

[Chris Craig]

Shit. With him and Matisse out, that's a major hit. Time for Rayan to STEP UP. Not looking forward to more of Caleb Love, though.

As long as it's not Cooke getting minutes.

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

Ahh man that sucks. I liked this guy. Like a mini Scoot.

 

[julius]

Ahh man that sucks. I liked this guy. Like a mini Scoot.

A mini Scoot? He's taller than Scoot.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Ugh! That sucks! I was loving his defense & effort.
Next man up.

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

A mini Scoot? He's taller than Scoot.

But Scoot is much thicker i think? Either way I was referring to impact on the court and style of play.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

I was afraid he would be shelved for a while due to this injury. I hope he can bounce back and play the way he had been. He’s been so solid defensively. A pleasant surprise.

 

[Quatro44]

Team need to perform an exorcism or some shit

 

[BigGameDamian]

Rayan Rupert time to shine!

 

[riverman]

Scoot isn't far from returning now and Love will plug the gap until then. Blake will be back probably after the all star break I'm guessing.

 

[BassPlaya]

Fractures heal. Severely stretched ligaments are forever.

We'll keep the light on, Sonic.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Really a bummer as this next few weeks is the time we need him - hopefully once Scoot comes back we have that position covered.

I suppose we run with Love as backup PG? I think with Jrue, Deni, Sharpe, Yang we still have enough guys to initate offense but we will need help bringing the ball up and help with pressure if Love can just do that.

I'm used to Blazers having a gigantic list of injured centers but never seen this really with PG's;

PG Dame - OUT for months
PG Scoot - OUT for weeks
PG Wesley - OUT for months
PG/SG Jrue healthy
SG Thybulle - OUT for months

 

[SharpeScooterShooter]

Really a bummer as this next few weeks is the time we need him - hopefully once Scoot comes back we have that position covered.

I suppose we run with Love as backup PG? I think with Jrue, Deni, Sharpe, Yang we still have enough guys to initate offense but we will need help bringing the ball up and help with pressure if Love can just do that.

I'm used to Blazers having a gigantic list of injured centers but never seen this really with PG's;

PG Dame - OUT for months
PG Scoot - OUT for weeks
PG Wesley - OUT for months
PG/SG Jrue healthy
SG Thybulle - OUT for months

Yang? You think Yang will be helping with playmaking the next few weeks?

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Yang? You think Yang will be helping with playmaking the next few weeks?

No

 

[BlazerBeav]

How close are we thinking for Scoot at this point? 2 more weeks?

 

[Chris Craig]

Really a bummer as this next few weeks is the time we need him - hopefully once Scoot comes back we have that position covered.

I suppose we run with Love as backup PG? I think with Jrue, Deni, Sharpe, Yang we still have enough guys to initate offense but we will need help bringing the ball up and help with pressure if Love can just do that.

I'm used to Blazers having a gigantic list of injured centers but never seen this really with PG's;

PG Dame - OUT for months
PG Scoot - OUT for weeks
PG Wesley - OUT for months
PG/SG Jrue healthy
SG Thybulle - OUT for months

Deni will be our backup point guard

 

[wizenheimer]

Yang? You think Yang will be helping with playmaking the next few weeks?

ST has been gaslighting the insane Yang hype for weeks now

 

[Pinwheel1]

Deni will be our backup point guard

That is my guess until Scoot gets back. So if they keep the same starting lineup, I assume Grant will come in for Jrue, and Deni will slide to the back court with Shae. Then Jrue will come back and play with Rupert to start the 2nd quarter. Murray will get decent minutes at forward.