dwight's best pal is probably josh powell so he's gucci. I'm sure everyone in the team gets along great. Not too sure on Donuts or Papa, but I'm sure everyone still enjoys each other. I'm not sold on KD coming to Houston though despite Harden and KD being amazing friends. Some real bad stuff has to happen up in OKC for KD to think about leaving. It sucks that they're been injury riddled these past three seasons.
Went through the dreaded foot injury with Yao and have seen what it has done to others like Bill Walton and Ilgauskas.
It is not just foot injuries. Any injury to the foot, ankle, knees, pelvis and /or back is just devastating for an NBA player. I was never a big fan of Tracy McGrady, but you have to believe that we would have been legitimate contenders if not for the chronic back injuries. Before Tracy McGrady, who can forget Ralph Sampson. I became a Rockets fan in the 86/87 season. If that team had a healthy Ralph, it would be hard not to mention the Rockets as dark horse candidates in all the years the Lakers won their championships. There are other guys that have been hobbled from chronic knee and foot injuries. Chris Webber, Antonio McDyess, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Derick Rose. A lot of NBA players just don't return from injuries, or they become chronic, and if they do recover from injuries, they are never the same. Take Mario Elie for example, after the hard foul where he landed on his back, Mario was never the same. Jeremy Lin is another example. I was a huge Jeremy Lin fan after seeing him play those 15 or 20 games in New York before he signed with us. After Jeremy Lin signed with us, to say I was disappointed in Jeremy Lin's performance would be an understatement. I have to believe that it was the injuries that hampered his game. The same goes for Patrick Beverly. Patrick is not anywhere close playing at the level he was last year, and I have to believe that even if he has recovered 100% from last year, that the foot/knee injury that Beverly had last year has effected his game this year. That is the only reasonable /plausible explanation for the drop off in performance.
thats what I'm saying... going hard after Durant is a big gamble given the foot injury he has been dealing with. We have all of next season to see how he recovers though.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p>James Harden told <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_amick">@sam_amick</a> today that he won't change even as Dwight Howard returns: <a href="http://t.co/ZYYmjDQFTZ">http://t.co/ZYYmjDQFTZ</a> <a href="http://t.co/DLix2PluxW">pic.twitter.com/DLix2PluxW</a></p>— USA TODAY Sports NBA (@usatodaynba) <a href="https://twitter.com/usatodaynba/status/580454849701113856">March 24, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> We'll still have to see but thanks CyberGod!
I think is safe to say Bev CAN play through it, he will. If he can come back from a partially torn meniscus in just a few weeks, he can come back from a sprained wrist on his non-shooting hand...If it is more severe than a sprain, perhaps he won't be able to come back...but I think we all know Bev will fight through anything to be on that court come playoffs.
I dont know... It seems tough... They can't go far without a defensive player in the PG spot IMO. Its tough.
So Beverley is the difference between a first round exit and a deep playoff run ? I disagree. Anyway thanks for any news you provide to us.
With Terry iffy, it just makes it harder.. I never said out in the first round... I just think Bev does little things and adds extra toughness. Hopefully he is ok! I know he will avoid surgery at all costs.
Trying to see the "half full" perspective here, but in this case I guess we will see a lot more of Harden-Ariza-Brewer lineup in the perimeter, and maybe, just maybe, that can be a boost. In this scenario anyway we would be givin major back up minutes to McDaniels or Papanikolau. For some reason I think McHale believes in them more than johnson.
Just out of curiosity, what is the recovery time on wrist ligament surgery? I know Aldridge's thumb ligament was supposed to take 6-8 weeks if he'd opted for the surgery. Granted that's a thumb and not a wrist, but is that what Bev would be looking at? Or are we looking at several months?
Nope. There's another option......play Josh Smith at SF. You've already got too many quality PFs and too few minutes to give them. I'd rather move Smith down for a few minutes, and have Brewer/Ariza guard PGs than give McDaniels or Papa minutes.
So it would look like PG: Harden SG: Ariza SF: Smith PF: Jones C: Dwight that is a long and big lineup no homo, the defense would be incredible.
smith already doesn't really play huge chunk of minutes and that's without dwight. now that dwight is coming back those minutes will move down further.
