Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
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I don't think you can dislocate an ankle without ligament damage, unfortunately.
Some surprisingly good news here if it can be believed, but like CDu says it seems a bit too early:
Per @celticsvoice on @NBCSBoston, "early word on the fracture is that it's clean...doesn't appear to be ligament or blood vessel damage."
https://twitter.com/adammkaufman/sta...78248773017600
I'm glad I didn't get home in time to actually see the injury in-game...
Well, then maybe the ankle "dislocation" is really just a fracture with displacement of bony fragments because I don't see how you could have true dislocation at the ankle joint without damaging any ligaments. That seems physically impossible since the ligaments are what hold the ankle joint together in the first place. But Brad Stevens may not be hip to the latest medical lingo.
Was hoping Dontea Grand would get some playing time for the Cavs last night. Oh well.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Bulls - an organization that prides itself on "interdepartmental communication" and "culture" - are putting themselves in the running for most dysfunctional franchise in the league.
After trading Jimmy Butler for pennies on the dollar (a trade they turned down a year ago after which the key returns got worse and Butler got better), they drafted another perimeter-oriented PF. Then they re-signed their mediocre and inconsistent PF (Mirotic), to go along with signing a backup C (Felicio), to go along with a frontcourt that also has a first-round PF from 2 years ago (Portis), their starting C (Lopez), and their new lottery-pick PF. Makes sense.
Now, apparently in a scuffle during practice, Portis knocked Mirotic out with a punch and broke his face. I guess that's one way to solve a log-jam in the frontcourt.
Per his running analysis last night on the Twitter machine, Dr. David Chao (@ProFootballDoc, former ortho in the NFL) prognosticates that Heyward would have the ankle reduced (popped back into place) immediately, and then have surgery at some later point--this is key, because as we saw after the Shaun Livingston injury (also an ankle dislocation), there was a need for immediate surgery with risk to blood vessels and loss of limb. The claim of no ligament damage is likely inaccurate with an injury like this.
He later goes on to suggest that Heyward could potentially be back, at sub-100%, for this season's playoffs, but would have an opportunity to be stronger for the 2018-19 season. So, take that FWIW from a professional in the field based on video analysis of the injury.
Last edited by English; 10-18-2017 at 10:46 AM. Reason: Clarification
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
President of the "Nolan Smith Should Have His Jersey in The Rafters" Club
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
President of the "Nolan Smith Should Have His Jersey in The Rafters" Club
horrible about gordon...
but kyrie and the youngsters almost pulled it off....
oh, and HAHAHAHAHAHAHA at the warriors...
"One POSSIBLE future. From your point of view... I don't know tech stuff.".... Kyle Reese
Probably not a PF. The cynical view is that they identify whomever is a soon-to-be free agent, and draft that spot.
Back when Deng was entering his contract year, they drafted Butler. When Butler's contract year came, they reached for Snell. This was a Mirotic contract year, so they drafted Markkanen.
So who is on the clock now? Zach Lavine. So I am thinking they will reach for a SG.
Well. Maybe you can have an ankle dislocation without ligament injury? If they popped it back in, it must have been dislocated. Not sure how they could have determined that without an MRI, but I'm no orthopedic surgeon.
It's more like a hobby and secondary means of income (appearing on various sports talk shows to discuss injuries and likely recovery avenues), but yes, that's something he does with great frequency. He primarily specializes in football injuries, but dabbles across the sports gamut. His "day job" is as a practicing orthopedic surgeon.
Coincidentally, if you thought the Heyward injury was brutal to watch in slow-mo detail (which it certainly was), the injury he'd previously analyzed was the Colts' Robert Turbin dislocating his left elbow on a play Monday night, wherein it literally bent at a 90-degree angle in the wrong direction. That was, ummm, also not for the fainthearted. Turbin will likely miss a month or so.
Some controversy has followed him since his days as a doctor for the Chargers: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...106-story.html
Of note, many players have stood by him, including Nick Hardwick — someone I am inclined to trust.
Based on the last 2 seasons, I declare there is a 100% correlation between losing game 1 and winning the title, so all good... as long as the Draymond injury is nothing serious of course. I continue to believe Draymond and Steph are the heart-and-soul of the team far more so than KD is, and indeed Houston made its big run right after Draymond left the game.
A couple interesting lineup notes:
- The Warriors played almost everyone. The Rockets played only 8 guys, and really went after the Warriors b-teamers (Bell, Looney) on defense. Seems a bit harsh for opening night.
- I think most of Houston's run also came with Paul on the bench. Hopefully his "knee soreness" thing is also nothing serious.