Portland seems to be keeping very quiet about the severity of this injury (suffered while attempting a dunk on Friday vs. Golden State). I was at the game where it happened -- doing my grim duty as a Warriors fan -- and from both the fall and his reaction, I think it may be a lot worse than the Blazers are letting on, like in the neighborhood of a torn ACL. Bonzi was pounding the floor with his hand like a guy who knew his season was over. ------------------
As of yesterday he was supposed to have further exams done on the knee, and they were uncertain. I haven't heard anything since. ------------------ "So you say you want some intelligent responses? I say give me something intelligent to respond to." -- Dimwits beware, B-Ball freak tells it like it is. Sing it bro!
Based on my extensive experience this year following medical news , when they talk about "further exams" instead of giving a prognosis right away, it's usually a bad sign. ------------------
They say his knee is too swollen to get in a solid MRI, which definitely means he tore his ACL. If the swelling is that bad, at this point, then he totally tore that thing, which is a shame. Ironically or not, I was wondering on Friday night why the hell Dunleavy had his best players on the court that deep into the game, though I was thinking more along the lines of Sabonis and Smitty, not Bonzi Wells. ------------------
Thanks for the info. Maybe NBAtalk isn't all bad after all. (on edit) BTW, now it's official: torn ACL. http://espn.go.com/nba/news/2001/0409/1170531.html ------------------ [This message has been edited by Swopa (edited April 09, 2001).]
I heard he's out for the rest of the regular season (that was pretty obvious), and out for the entire playoffs. Portland's done :-D ------------------ Sorry Clutch; I had to copy the recap headline "the Mo and Fro Show" into my username cause I loved it!
