[Chron] Tmac tweaks ankle, hints he might miss games.

Yes we know

 

dude, they rolled their ankles. tmac is still having problems with his surgically repaired knee.

he's a slower healer it appears. if he needs rest to play better let him. why see him out there being vastly inconsistent and limping all the time.

 

I hope both of them also get MRI tomorrow; especially for Yao.

 

He's one of the most valuable players in the league. We definantly suffer when he can't go. If he is physicaly able to get on the court he should, but I definantly dont want him to push if he feels his risking further injury. I say he should sit out about a week. Then test it out again.

All I have to say is thank god for our depth. Remember when Mcgrady missed games and we'd lose every single one of them. This is a far different team thankfully.

 

Your title is wrong. He tweaked his knee.

Just be careful T-Mac. Don't risk seriously damaging it. If you feel it might give on you just sit out till' it's more comfortable.

 

sigh....was wondering when this was going to happen...oh well hopefully yao and artest can stay healthy

 

here we go again.... it starts...

 

Is that you Mooch? Where have your been these years? Glad to see you back!

 

Who Tracy McGrady? Nooooooo... I don't believe it...

 

So does Tmac. Unfortunately, Tmac's injury is more worrisome than Yao or Artest's. You'll have to find a better excuse to hate the best player on the team.

 

The problem could be bigger than the injury itself. If it shuts him down for a month or more, conditioning becomes an issue as does chemistry if and when he returns.

 

what a pity,we got so many injuries again,I dont wanna to see the 05-06 season we got..

 

Yup and the big reason that our offense doesn't run smoothy is because T-mac hasn't practiced much, well if he misses a lot of games this is just going to make the chemistry on offense worse when he comes back.

A very tough situation. T-mac has to be very frustrated, even though he doesn't show his emotion, deep down inside he is hurting.

 

Jeez, can we ever catch a break?

 

look tracy has rushed back from every injury since he's been a rocket (the back in 05-06, the knee last yr). he has never let his injuries heal fully and that's why it just lingers.

he should have taken the first month off to start the season to really heal his knee. but i think in his mind if he does that, he's letting the team and fans down b/c of the expectations.

well screw that. landry took his time off last yr. battier is taking his time off now to really rest an ankle. tracy should just follow their foot steps and rest himself until he can play without limping and fully regain confidence in that knee.

you don't helpt the team if you'll let the injury linger and might re-injure it.

 

Must be frustrating but he needs to stay patient. We just need him for the post season. The team is good enough to get win 50 plus games in the regular season.

We just need his offense for the post season.

 

I'm not as confident as this board is about us winning if we are missing either one of the big 3.

 

Bad news comes in threes. Will McGrady "shut it down?"

The word kept coming back from the bench: "He's fine. He could play."

There was a condition, however, that could be more troublesome than any the injuries that sent Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming and Ron Artest off the floor early. That's the one to watch on Tuesday.

McGrady felt a sharp and sudden pain in his troublesome left knee and fouled Earl Watson so he could find refuge on the bench. But he was seen hopping later in the quarter around and told coaches he could play. He was unusually vocal with teammates during timeouts and into the game.

Yao landed oddly on a jump hook and looked awful as he left the floor. Minutes later, however, he was laughing on the bench. Even before he could be asked he said, "Just so you know, my ankle is fine. My goal, is still (to play) 82 games."

Artest's injury looked worse. He stumbled into a photographer on the baseline, spraining an ankle and needed to be helped off the floor. But he too said he did not think he would miss a game.

There was, however, another condition that was not treated.

McGrady's disposition hurt worse than the knee, to the point, he had grown tired of struggling with his rehab and frustrated with his most ordinary level of play.

He will undergo an MRI today, seeming very ready to accept the bad news he has become conditioned to expect.

"My knee gave out on me," McGrady said. "They told me if I was to go back in, and they saw me limping they were going to take me back out. I was like, "Well, that's what you're pretty much going to see.' My knee is feeling right. I hate to do this, but I'm going to get an MRI tomorrow and until, further notice, I'm going to have to shut it down.

"Tonight, I went back to square one, like before even surgery. I've always been feeling it, but tonight, before that particular play, I came up and it just gave out on me. I've been trying to work my way into playing shape and strengthen my leg. I've never been 100 percent. I've just been hoping playing on it would put me over the edge and I won't have any more pain, but it hasn't worked."

It was barely a week ago that he went to a doctor in Phoenix and after a brief examination and visit, was told that his course of action - playing his way back into strength and shape - was correct. He ditched the protective wrap on his knee and burned the Suns for 27, hitting a season best 11 of 18 shots, including 4 of 5 from the 3-point arc.

There is a chance today's exam could leave him as encouraged. He understandably cannot be thrilled with his level of play this season. He has been in single digits in four of the past six games. He is making 39.9 percent of his shots this season.

No one can say how he feels. The most useful bit of information a doctor gets often comes right after the question, "How does it feel?" Last year, when McGrady was mysteriously out for inexplicably long with pain in that knee, the Rockets eventually did discover the injury. He proved to be right all along.

This time, however, he seemed to be battling his aggravation as much as the knee.

"It's very frustrating," McGrady said. "I want to play, man. I want to play. To get off to this start, for me personally, it's a bad start. To have to play your way through an injury that I never had before and surgery that was my first surgery, it's just very frustrating."

McGrady, Yao and Artest will get treatment. McGrady will get his MRI and it could provide answers, helping to define his condition.

If it offers reassurance, it could be as valuable as remedy to the pain of disappointment and frustration.

i think tracy can still play if you read the earlier part (he was seen hopping and could come back). but i think the reason he wants to shut it down is b/c he's really frustrated with how he has played (he's play very average) and so inconsistent that he just wants to shut it down and play when he feels he can contribute at a high level.