Injury Problems in Houston

[ex carrabba fan]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AjDhLlOX4VrJEgHzD2Mj1I5.0bYF?slug=ap-rockets-mcgrady&prov=ap&type=lgns

Guess T-Mac's left shoulder is arthritic, and will require surgery after this season. Also his left knee is not healing quickly after surgery on it last Spring.

Then you have Shane's foot that will keep him out at least a month.

Yao is on deck I'm sure.

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They were all injured last season into the playoffs and almost the entire starting 5 had to have surgery.

Its nothing new, they're just healing. This is just another overblown if they stay healthy story.

That applies to any team.

Yao lost about 15-20lbs to lessen the weight on his feet.

IMHO, they kept JVG there 2 years too long

[ex carrabba fan]

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No it doesn't apply to every other team though. The reason this is a story is because over the past 3 years they haven't been able to all stay healthy for a season.

TMAC isn't healing, that's why it's a story. If he has to undergo surgery NEXT season, how is he healing?

Sorry but it's not overblown at all.

[Sheets]

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I gathered that while McGrady's knee is healing slowly, it will be ready for the regular season, as will Battier's foot. McGrady's shoulder situation sucks but hopefully it won't be too much of an issue for him now that Artest is there to help take some of the offensive load.

I'm most curious to see how Landry looks now that his knee is supposedly all healed, and whether Francis will eventually be able to carve out some backup PG minutes.

[Altimus]

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I hope the Rockets are healthy this season when Playoffs are around the corner.

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No it doesn't apply to every other team though. The reason this is a story is because over the past 3 years they haven't been able to all stay healthy for a season.

TMAC isn't healing, that's why it's a story. If he has to undergo surgery NEXT season, how is he healing?

Sorry but it's not overblown at all.

Tmac said he was 80% and now he's not healing...lol

Dude they're humans.. but as i said, they were all playing hurt last year winning games. They all had surgery this summer.. it doesnt usually happen to your starting 5 all at once, but it does happen.

Tmac had a torn labrum in his shoulder, that is healing man. The arthritis is a new thing, but what do you expect when you overuse a player for so many years? The dude played hurt on his knee all last year, thats always a problem but he'll get there... knees dont heal overnight. Ask Amare and Gil


Yao is cursed and blessed with his size. Foot problems are a bound to happen, but having JVG there playing him too many minutes hurt him.

[ex carrabba fan]

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I think you're contradicting yourself a bit.

He isn't healing bottom line, if he still needs surgery. That arthritis doesn't sound good at all.

Fact is they haven't all been able to stay healthy over the past three seasons.. you have to start to worry a bit.

My point is I don't think anything is being "overblown" here, it's just a story on a team that can't seem to ever find any sort of good luck.

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Im contradicting you.

The thing he had surgery for is better. He was in a sling all summer and now he's not

From his knee, he said he can get up and down the court but he can't do full games YET

It's overblown because injuries happen in sports. You're acting like this is the first team with an injury. I know about the last few years.. they were overused, i just told you that.

It sucks when Luther Head and a 544 year old is your backup every year. No real PG, no playmakers noone who can drive, noone who is athletic, noone who can create their own shot.

Any player called to do everything will eventually get injured. Just ask bean circa Rudy T's time where he calls all of his plays through his star players.

[Kashanova]

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yeah I definetly think the story is overblown, they have nothing to report since everyone's gellin so i guess they need something for houston news lol

[ex carrabba fan]

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When a player requires surgery, I simply don't understand how that same player is healing, or is on the track to being healthy. Help me understand that. All I said was he can't be healthy if his shoulder is arthritic and requires surgery AFTER next season.

Also, when you said this applies to every team, that's what I was disagreeing with.

Not every team has suffered the kinds of bad luck with injuries the Rockets have. Now there's simple AP reports about Mac's health, or lack of it, and I'm a bit worried. I don't see how it's "overblown" at all. Nobody was claiming impending doom.

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Stop making a big deal out of nothing man

Nobody's gonna have knee surgery and start playing at a superstar level right away

If you can't understand that then im not going to try to convince you. Im out.

http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Training_Camp_Begins-283735-34.html

It's also why fans and media members devour and dissect every bit of information when it comes to their health. McGrady created a bit of a stir on media day when he revealed that his surgically-repaired left knee was only at about "75 to 80%" while his surgically-repaired left shoulder suffers from arthritis. To be sure, that's hardly ideal news for Rockets fans. But it's also worth noting that T-Mac spent the two weeks prior to training camp participating in scrimmages at the Toyota Center practice facility. So it's not as if we're talking about a player on his death bed here.

"I feel pretty good," says McGrady. "I aint ready to play, but as far as getting up and down the court, I can do that. My lateral movement is a little difficult right now and jumping is a little difficult, but I can get up and down the court... Talking to the doctors, I had an MRI done during our physicals and they say I can’t hurt anything, and that’s a good thing to hear."

[ex carrabba fan]

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Nobody was claiming impending doom.

Again.

[Streets]

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Yao is cursed and blessed with his size. Foot problems are a bound to happen, but having JVG there playing him too many minutes hurt him.

I know you're not the biggest JVG fan, but lets not distort facts. Van Gundy kept Yao's minutes reasonable.

Yao's minutes under Van Gundy:
03-04: 32.8 mpg
04-05: 30.6 mpg
05-06: 34.2 mpg
06-07: 33.8 mpg

Yao's minutes under Adelman:
07-08: 37.2 mpg

I do however agree that T-Mac has suffered from a combibation of bad biology and bad enviornment. Nature and nuture both had it in for McGrady. For most of his career he was asked to do damn near everything on his teams with very little help, which will obviously take a physical toll on anyone. However, to top it all off, McGrady has alot of health issues and is very frail (he is after all related to VC). So combine his genetics with the role he has had to play on most teams, combined with his often playing injured, and you get a man recovering for surgery while playing injured preparing for the next surgery.

And I think that most Rockets fans should be worried, or they are in denial.

I don't think this is "just the media blowing things out of proportion". McGrady is legitamately injured, and while his foot will heal, his shoulder will not (as it requires surgery), and that's the point I think Ex was trying to make. Dre is focused on the healing leg, while Ex is focusing on the yet to be operated on shoulder (which should be a concern).

But the thing about T-Mac is he is SO injured, everyone can pick their favorite injury to focus on!

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I know you're not the biggest JVG fan, but lets not distort facts. Van Gundy kept Yao's minutes reasonable.

Yao's minutes under Van Gundy:
03-04: 32.8 mpg
04-05: 30.6 mpg
05-06: 34.2 mpg
06-07: 33.8 mpg

Yao's minutes under Adelman:
07-08: 37.2 mpg

I do however agree that T-Mac has suffered from a combibation of bad biology and bad enviornment. Nature and nuture both had it in for McGrady. For most of his career he was asked to do damn near everything on his teams with very little help, which will obviously take a physical toll on anyone. However, to top it all off, McGrady has alot of health issues and is very frail (he is after all related to VC). So combine his genetics with the role he has had to play on most teams, combined with his often playing injured, and you get a man recovering for surgery while playing injured preparing for the next surgery.

And I think that most Rockets fans should be worried, or they are in denial.

I don't think this is "just the media blowing things out of proportion". McGrady is legitamately injured, and while his foot will heal, his shoulder will not (as it requires surgery), and that's the point I think Ex was trying to make. Dre is focused on the healing leg, while Ex is focusing on the yet to be operated on shoulder (which should be a concern).

But the thing about T-Mac is he is SO injured, everyone can pick their favorite injury to focus on!

How can you defend JVG when he made Yao play on a leg that he injured in a game prior to one that ended up turning into a broken bone he had to have surgery on?

Then you have me wrong. Im not talking about the arthritis, im talking about the REASON he had surgery this past summer that is healing. The torn labrum, and the knee. I dont know what foot problem you're speaking on because he didnt have a foot injury.

The arthritis thing is new because noone ever knew about that. He can wait til next summer just like kobe can for his torn ligament.

[ex carrabba fan]

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I don't know how much pain Mac's shoulder is in, but Kobe's finger ailment isn't really a huge problem. He learned how to tape it right, and while it affects him, IMO the shoulder doesn't compare to a pinky. But I could be wrong of course.