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Jerubaal
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JimmyJRaynor
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http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22870675/san-antonio-spurs-held-players-only-meeting-imploring-kawhi-leonard-return-playoff-push i found it funny Ainge fended off doomsday reports about Irving by saying "its just tendonitis" the scar tissue left from tendonitis is never as strong nor as flexible and an uninjured structure. i think its time for the NBA to introduce "Tendonitis Awareness Month" | ||
karazax
United States3737 Posts
Hard to see how that approach is going to work though. Leonard would have to admit he could have been playing all this time, which if he was faking/exaggerating his injuries it seems unlikely he would admit it or the circumstances that would lead him to do that would have changed. Alternatively he really does feel he isn't healthy enough to play and having team mates tell him that they think he is faking or not toughing out something he should be able to play thru can only make things worse and probably drive him to want to leave the Spurs, assuming that wasn't already his desire. | ||
karazax
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JimmyJRaynor
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On March 23 2018 01:41 karazax wrote: Hard to see how that approach is going to work though. Leonard would have to admit he could have been playing all this time, which if he was faking/exaggerating his injuries it seems unlikely he would admit it or the circumstances that would lead him to do that would have changed. ASSUMING Leonard is in ZERO PAIN in that quad tendon after playing hard for a full practice game.... Leonard's way out of this is to say "healing takes time; it took several months to heal and it has finally healed." but if that tendon is still giving him pain he risks an even longer recovery if he plays on it. you can have "no structural damage" and still have an inflexible scarred up tendon. There is no test that can be done to prove whether or not Leonard is bullshitting. he probably played with that injury in the past and this has caused lots of scar tissue to build up. | ||
JimmiC
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JimmyJRaynor
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i guess Popovich just blinked. | ||
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Ace
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karazax
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?36645 Posts
On February 28 2018 11:35 Seeker wrote: JimmiC, you are to ignore JimmyJRaynor. Pretend he doesn't exist. JimmyJRaynor, you are to ignore JimmiC. Pretend he doesn't exist. FINAL WARNING! | ||
JimmyJRaynor
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JimmiC
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It is too bad because he has such a strong start to his NBA career, but when he is a non factor on offense and teams sag off him so much it hurts spacing and he isn't doing a good job at the D end he will continue to struggle find minutes. It is lucky the Raps bench is so deep and Powell is returning to form that they are able to keep winning. I fear though in a 7 game series vs Cle unless OG can return to what he was able to do to slow Lebron down early in the year the raps are going to struggle mightily to win even with home court. | ||
andrewlt
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JimmyJRaynor
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that means the earliest he'll be back is March 31. | ||
Seeker
Where dat snitch at?36645 Posts
I will be keeping a much closer eye on this thread from now on. Upon further investigation into this thread, I can see that history is starting to relive itself and it may be time for some bans. | ||
Jerubaal
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cLutZ
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JimmiC
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On March 23 2018 12:50 Jerubaal wrote: I thought the consensus was that hightops were stupid. At this point it is pretty much a style choice. It is like multi vitamins, everyone just assumed they were good for you so no one bothered to study it, then when they did they were like "oh shit, it doesn't do shit" lol. "The theory is pretty simple: A high upper, pulled nice and tight, straps the ankle into place, giving that joint more support and preventing it from twisting dangerously. Makes sense! Except. There has never been a single study that proves or even solidly indicates that a high-top sneaker prevents ankle injuries compared with a low-top. "There's no science out there, that we have at least, that proves that a high-top shoe is more effective at reducing ankle injuries than anything else," says Kevin Dodson, Nike's senior design director for basketball footwear. The past six years—we can date it pretty precisely—have stripped the classic basketball shoe of all the extras it doesn't need. A truly great basketball sneaker doesn't really need visible air bubbles or diamond-shaped Hexalite or reinforced Velcro straps or, especially, a high upper that hugs the ankle." https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a55587/high-top-sneakers-basketball/ | ||
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