Varejao to miss rest of the season with blood clot in lung

Wow, that is messed up, guy was having a great season!

 

Is it just me or does anyone think he took steroids this offseason. The jump in production and now this?

 

A blood clot? No

That he would possibly miss the rest of the season? Yes, based on his injury history.

The Cavs got lucky in the Clippers deal and got Kyrie.... but other than that, they have not exactly made great decisions.

 

No, his production has been going up for three seasons... his WS is very high. I know many people on here were upset when Morey wanted him 3 years ago, but when he is healthy he produces.

 

Hope he recovers without any problems.

Cavs really messed this one up, rebuilding team and Varejao played like one of the best bigs in the league, should've cashed in ASAP.

 

dissapointing end to a career year... it sucks for all involved, the cavs, varejao, nba fans...

the cavs lost out on the possibility of landed some good assets for the future...

varejao is injured again, with a frightening injury, and stuck in cleveland on a rebuilding team for longer...

the fans miss out on the potential blockbuster trade were varejao could've been moved to a contender...

 

Could have traded high, instead asked Cavs for too much.

 

You are correct, unprovoked pulmonary emboli (blood clots in lung) in young men are exceedingly uncommon. The two risk factors are 1. underlying inherited hypercoagulable states (their genes) and 2. risk factors like exogenous testosterone use. Usually it will require both acting in concert.

 

Varejao's value was never higher than early this season, but that's precisely why the Cavs could not cash in. Only contending teams like Miami and OKC really need his services and they were in no rush to give up full value in a deal. They're both top teams even without his services, so why would OKC give up the Toronto pick so quickly? Only Boston might have been desparate enough to put together a deal so early.

 

I said before Varajao was hurt they should trade him before he got hurt. He is the living definition of injury-prone.

Cavs blew it big time.

 

Should have traded him way back when(and no, that's not easy to say now, it was easy to say then too). This guy is always injured. Why they never moved him, I don't know. 81 games played the last 3 years(including this year. 31, 25, & 25).

 

Crap! This ruins my fantasy team. He was killing it, and theres nobody descent left.

Oh ya, best wishes to Verajao and his family.

 

LMAO @ LIN

 

Um.. Wouldn't "recently had surgery" also be a risk factor?

 

Unfortunate, hope he recovers quickly. and yeah he was huge on my fantasy team. It was painful to drop him. I replaced him with Tristan Thompson who got his miniutes, and he's been real solid though. Good FG% and rebounding.

 

Getting a blood clot shouldn't really fall under the category of injury prone.

 

The blood clot is irrelevant to the point. Varajao has missed 50+ games each of the last 3 years and has only played a full season 3 of his 9 seasons in the NBA.

With his stat explosion, the Cavs should have struck when the iron was hot. Their bad. See my comments on December 3rd. Read the whole thread and see that others had identical concerns. This is before the blood clot.

 

Sad to hear. He was having a damn good season.