Hoping for a full and quick recovery. Go Obi!!!
Additionally, while the Hospital for Special Surgery might not be as "famous" as places like Johns Hopkins, Mayo, Cleveland Clinic, or Duke, it is generally considered the top orthopedic hospital in the US. So it is very likely that he is receiving excellent care.
http://health.usnews.com/best-hospit...gs/orthopedics
I'm feeling the kneed for a vigil here...
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
Man, all it takes is one around here.
- Chillin
I just can't get a kick out of this thread.
It is good to know that everyone here is also keeping up on their skills for the upcoming season.
I wish Obi a full recovery. I still wonder how much of his ineffectiveness this season was due to his knee problems. Pretty sure Coach K mentioned that Obi has problems in preseason that prevented him from ever getting in shape.
I think there is no hurry on his recovery. With Jefferson's return and the addition of Bolden and Giles, he was unlikely to play at all next season -- surgery or no surgery.
But that might not be the case in 2017-18.
We lose Jefferson for sure ... Giles very likely ... and there's a decent chance Bolden is one-and-done.
That's not problem if Jeter develops as we hope and K scores big on the recruiting trail -- Carter would seem to be the most impactful recruit. Bomba would obviously help a lot. Or maybe Vrankovic develops.
But that's a lot of what ifs. It's not farfetched that Duke will NEED Obi as a rotation player in 2018 -- not the immobile, earth-bound Obi we saw last season, but the rebounding machine he was two years earlier as a freshman.
I very much hope he gets his problems fixed ... and is available to make a contribution in 2018. We might not need it ... but we might.
In all seriousness, I wish young Mr. Obi the speediest and most complete of recoveries.