Cassius Stanley Left Leg Injury Vigil

[chrishoke]

Per Steve Wiseman Twitter
Cassius Stanley on trip but not in uniform for @DukeMBB tonight. No crutches. Coming along nicely.

See picture.

[hallcity]

Dan Shulman says he may be back by Friday!

[Music man55]

Dan Shulman says he may be back by Friday!

Hope he can by then, but don't want them to rush him back too early unless team doctors say it's ok. Anyway, sounds like good news!

[53n206]

Must take care. Only play when complexly stable.

[wavedukefan70s]

.6 weeks = 4.2 days? Preset quick healing.

Might be a geechie root doctor involved.

[proelitedota]

Must take care. Only play when complexly stable.

His leg must be a complexly stable isotope.

[camion]

His leg must be a complexly stable isotope.

You won’t see that sentence on most basketball bulletin boards.

[arnie]

Dan Shulman says he may be back by Friday!

Hope he doesn’t bring Bilas with him��

[Indoor66]

Hope he doesn’t bring Bilas with him��

If he does, he loses the stability.

[weezie]

Man alive, we do go on about Bilas and deservedly so. Just call the darn game already.

When's that 2019-2020 announcers thread going up?

[devildeac]

Man alive, we do go on about Bilas and deservedly so. Just call the darn game already.

When's that 2019-2020 announcers thread going up?

Here ya go, weezie; buried on page 7:

https://forums.dukebasketballreport...nouncer-Thread

Next time you're in town, I'll have a pint of that Ponysaurus Scottish Ale if it's still on draft at the brewery.

[budwom]

With a lengthy gameless period after Friday, I can't see any reason at all why they'd even consider having Stanley play...

[-jk]

With a lengthy gameless period after Friday, I can't see any reason at all why they'd even consider having Stanley play...

But keeping it possible makes the Hokies game-prep for him. It's all in the gamesmanship.

-jk

[budwom]

But keeping it possible makes the Hokies game-prep for him. It's all in the gamesmanship.

-jk

I hear ya, but I think this is WAY overestimated by coaches...it's not like he's Kareem or something...

[BD80]

With a lengthy gameless period after Friday, I can't see any reason at all why they'd even consider having Stanley play...

To give him another game and to give his coaches more game film to work on with him. That "lengthy gameless period" is a great chance for the coaches to break down game film and work with individual players on specific elements of their games. He's only played 7+ games so far, and he missed a great learning experience against MSU. Another game before the break could be significant.

Better reason, Cassius gives us a better chance to win. Every win counts. Each game is the most important on the schedule. It is Coach K's way.

[flyingdutchdevil]

To give him another game and to give his coaches more game film to work on with him. That "lengthy gameless period" is a great chance for the coaches to break down game film and work with individual players on specific elements of their games. He's only played 7+ games so far, and he missed a great learning experience against MSU. Another game before the break could be significant.

Better reason, Cassius gives us a better chance to win. Every win counts. Each game is the most important on the schedule. It is Coach K's way.

And with Coach K actually playing 10 guys, game film is even more critical then that patented 7 man-rotation.

[jimsumner]

Hope he can by then, but don't want them to rush him back too early unless team doctors say it's ok. Anyway, sounds like good news!

Do you honestly think Duke would rush him back over the objections of medical personnel?

[budwom]

To give him another game and to give his coaches more game film to work on with him. That "lengthy gameless period" is a great chance for the coaches to break down game film and work with individual players on specific elements of their games. He's only played 7+ games so far, and he missed a great learning experience against MSU. Another game before the break could be significant.

Better reason, Cassius gives us a better chance to win. Every win counts. Each game is the most important on the schedule. It is Coach K's way.

I'm assuming this is a hamstring injury, and resting those is generally considered a good idea, though I'm not sure we really know what's going on. I'll still bet we don't see him Friday, FWIW (not much).

[kAzE]

I'm assuming this is a hamstring injury, and resting those is generally considered a good idea, though I'm not sure we really know what's going on. I'll still bet we don't see him Friday, FWIW (not much).

I'd be pretty shocked if he played on Friday, especially with the 13 day layoff after that game. The risk of re aggravating the hammy would be much less likely after that point. I wouldn't even be surprised if he missed the Wofford (Dec 19) game, since there would be another 9 days before the Brown game on December 28. That would be only 3 missed games, but nearly a full month of rest. If there is such a thing, Cassius picked a good time to get hurt.

[53n206]

I'd be pretty shocked if he played on Friday, especially with the 13 day layoff after that game. The risk of re aggravating the hammy would be much less likely after that point. I wouldn't even be surprised if he missed the Wofford (Dec 19) game, since there would be another 9 days before the Brown game on December 28. That would be only 3 missed games, but nearly a full month of rest. If there is such a thing, Cassius picked a good time to get hurt.

Absolutely agree. I hope he is back by the start of the new year.