He or somebody in his camp made sure that the Channel 2 story mentioned the possibility of a season ending injury. He or somebody in his camp made sure that the Channel 2 story mentioned the possibility of microfracture surgery. Both of those claims are bogus. Maybe he's hurt but if he is it's a minor injury. The foremost expert in the country on these types of injuries has examined his MRI's twice now and HASN'T FOUND ANYTHING.
Do you have that big of a problem trusting what someone says. You have no information about how mcgrady feels. Mcgrady's the only person who knows what it feels like and he stands in front of cameras and says "the injury is for real. ive regressed. the pain came back. etc etc etc." and you think he's just scared? You dont dunk on someone one day, and the next day you cant even elevate and get an uncontested dunk. His knee is messed up. And in basketball, to play at the superstar level, you need to be able to elevate and jump/cut quickly and with strength. Mcgrady cant do that. What does that have to do with being scared?
yup...that is the only answer to the problem. he needs to have surgery. if there is nothing wrong then he will be back very quickly (a couple weeks). if there is something wrong then the problem will get fixed.
Do you recall his back persistent back problems? They disappeared after he visited the alternative medicine doctor, who from what was communicated, basically is almost like a psychiatrist. Based upon that episode, I think people have valid reason to believe McGrady has mental blocks to performing that may not completely correlate with his actual physical condition.
Have you ever had surgery? Just asking. Its not like you just magically heal after a surgery. During the surgery your body underwent significant changes that create problems of their own. Yeh, you may have fixed what the doctor intended to fix, but in the process, there are problems created that weren't there before. It takes alot of time and rehabiliation to get back to a point where you feel ok. Thats just for the normal human being. for the athlete who is used to jumping over and blowing past his opponents, thats something that may never be the same. And if you cant do the things youre used to doing, youll do whatever it takes to get back to that point. Including getting different doctors opinions on what to do.
More than likely, there was already cartilige damage at the beginning of the season, and either it has regressed over that time, but it may not have changed any after his last MRI. He is pissed that it isn't getting better. He is UNTRADABLE right now anyways, so I really don't understand this reason of him doing to stay in Houston. It makes no sense. Maybe he did talk to much a couple of weeks ago when he was rehabbing for 2 weeks. Maybe he thought he could just strengthen the knee back up and hope that it would be pain free, but obviously that wasn't the case. The man is trying to get back, he does care about the team's success, and he knows he needs to be there for this to be a successful season. With all of the recent mistakes the Rockets medical staff has made recently, maybe they didn't want to admit to another mistake by misdiagnosing Tmac's lack of cartilige in his left knee. They already screwed up both of his surgeries over the summer, Battier's surgery, and didn't catch Yao's stress fracture when it became apparent that he was in pain. But I still can't believe people are still questioning his injury. I understand people are going to be frustrated, hell, everybody is, and for good reason. Our expectations have been high for the last 4 years, and injuries ALWAYS seem to get in the way of that expectation. I just don't like the idea of questioning an athlete's injury. If it were that easy, none of us should ever take a sick day off from work, or skip a class occasionally, or skip a workout at the gym. Its not easy to do everyday work when your hurt/sick, yet, we all try to go through our daily activities, but sometimes, you just gotta rest. I mean, does anybody here know how hard it is to play at the level of a healthy Tmac against some of the best athletes in the world night in and night out? The NBA is too good for that. Maybe in Europe, Asia, college, AAU, or high school level, its possible, but in the NBA, with a major injury, it is not possible to play at that level, or sometimes even play at all. Let Tmac deal with this the way he is advised to by other doctors and hope for a miracle, because thats all we can hope for to be honest. If he has to have microfracture surgery, it is highly unlikely he will ever be the same Tmac again...
Exactly. It's obvious the doctor was asked questions in order to get him to say certain things that could be misconstrued and fed to the media. It probably went like this. Mystery Source: "Doc, McGrady had another MRI and we need you to look at it. Is microfracture surgery an option? I read about it on wikipedia." Doc Andrews: "Well, I need to look at the MRI before I can make any sort of diagnosis but it's way to early to talk about microfracture surgery. After all, microfracture surgery is only used to save careers and from what I have seen Tracy's knee is fine." That's all anyone would need to quote the doctor and make a non-story into this mess.
All I know is this dark cloud that's been hovering over the team in its first 53 games of the season better not be there after the all star break. The organization needs to stop the horrible cycle.
You surely can't expect a sports doctor to fix a psych issue. Its all in his head and he has to fix it. If he really has a chronic knee injury, then he needs to be benched until someone finds an answer. If its all in his head, then he needs to be benched until HE fixes it. If he's faking it because he's not confident enough, then he needs to be benched for the duration of his contract. All avenues point to him needing to be benched. You don't send a wounded comrade out to battle as he's a liability to the rest of the team. McLady is a liability right now and he needs to man up and sit his own self down.
OK let's say that's what's best for McGrady, but what should the Rockets do? Should the organization give up on their highest paid player for the season, and shoot for a second round exit at best in the playoffs? This would be despite the fact that their doctors are saying McGrady can play. And if he goes on the injury list, he can't be traded either. Man, what a bind.
Guys, come on let's be real for a minute. Yesterday, Tmac was asked about his knee, and he said it was fine, but he was afraid of jumping off of it. Fast forward to today, and all of the sudden it is a major issue. Come on......he is clearly embarrased right now and is scared, I doubt his knee is all that bad, but his faith in it is seriously frayed. DD
has the org asked for a scope? as far as i know, tmac was saying he was against another surgery, but nothing about a scope. i havent heard DM/RA asking tmac to undergo a scope. all ive seen so far are them believing what the doctors say about MRIs and advices of playing through the pain to get better. not once have they asked tmac to take a scope. not unlike the problem with landry before that dm was adamant about a scope before resigning him. if that's the case, then they should definitely go for a scope to finally see what the problem is. from what ive seen so far with tmac's play, it looks like there's something wrong when he's running and forcing himself.
You mean his chronic back spasms? How exactly is that linked to a "metal block". Its a real health problem. And the doctor who helped heal mcgradys back problems was not a psychiatrist. He performed physical therapy. "What we did is make sure what caused the back to go out in the first place," Patterson said. "Once we located that, we used passive resistance I call 'synergy release therapy.' Basically, it's looking for what caused the soft tissues or muscles to retract and correct that." Patterson said the technology, a frequency specific microcurrent machine, was developed in 1996 by Carol McMahon in Vancouver, Wash. Since then, Patterson has used it on many athletes, including Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz, Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens, Olympians Michael Johnson, Gail Devers and Butch Reynolds and Roddick. "My main point is to rehab them so they don't get hurt again the same way," Patterson said. "And then, it's to prevent another injury because biomechanics are not right. It's basically a combination of biomechanics and a microcurrent machine. Between the two, you can make it heal faster and prevent it from happening again." That doesnt sound like the work of a psychiatrist to me.
Anyone thinking TMac's confidence will be restored after another scope hasn't been paying any attention. As you know this organization is almost ridiculously supportive of their players, and their silence today was deafening. I was unhappy TMac was humiliated in the Bucks game, but now it's going to take something pretty concrete before I ever consider his perspective again.
