Increase the chances of him actually recovering. Do not play him for the rest of the year and let him continue light rehab and keep practicing his shooting. Resign him for a cheap contract for say two or three years and maybe we will get very lucky.
I think DMO will more than likely WANT to play and his agent will probably not be happy with that philosophy either. Why not play him and see if he holds up? And sign him cheap? DD
DMo at 75% is better than Jones at 100% all day long. Jones should have been traded instead. Even if it was only for a 2nd round pick. This was a bad move by Morey from the beginning.
Seriously? Dekker and D-Mo are still out. Until they are in game shape and speed, they are NOT "fine" no matter how anyone wants to spin it. Howard is still arguably NOT fine. He started the season unable to play back to back and since his back injury has not been anywhere close to what he used to be BEFORE back surgery. Reddick has occasional flare ups which can be triggered by anything. That is hardly the definition of fine in my books. You HOPE D-Mo will be fine, but reality is different usually.
Lots of players like Bill Walton and maybe Yao imho have wrecked their careers by coming back too early. Doctors don't know everything and time especially if you are young can sometimes heal problems almost defying explanation or imaging studies.
Just the ones off the top of my head, but there are countless ones that have had this surgery and played for years. DD
I mentioned Mobley's case only to say that these medical reasons are official records that can later be used in court. I didn't mean to imply Mobley was proven correct. In fact, in Mobley's case, the Knicks did not void the trade, which is what Mobley wanted. Instead they waived the results and requested cap relief for a career-ending injury/condition, plus insurance payment. That request can only be granted by a physician jointly selected by the league office and players association. So, that prevents the team from finding just any doctor to agree with them.
So DMO failed his physical. That's not "healthy" no matter how many times you throw it into the spin cycle
I don't get the "Detroit had all the info on Dmo so why void it now" thoughts...if you buy a car, it doesn't matter how much info you have on it, it's different to actually get to drive it and inspect it yourself.
You sound like the Uncle of Boobie Miles on Friday Night Lights. "Yeah, sure, you are ready to play, son." I'm sure you are right that he wants to play. And indeed, that's what he said after the trade. Yao wanted to ignore his hurt toe as well, and didn't tell anyone. But the team doctors must assure the owner that the player is fit to play. DET's staff refused to give that ok. So now we should take a step back, have our doctors request the medical records of the DET staff and reevaluate the situation. We should not rush this player back onto the court. You don't really believe we should play him anytime soon, do you?
