You do realize that all rehab does not go exactly the same, and sometimes it is really important for the player to actually DO THE REHAB for it to work. But, whatever, this is meant as a fun thread, total speculation, as to what is going on. You know, filler on a long boring summer without a first round draft pick. Enjoy, stop the hate.... Cumbayaa my lord....cumbayaa !!!! Say it with me, just a theory.....just a theory....just a theory...... DD
Wow, this blame it on the medical staff excuse is overplayed. These people aren't Conrad Murrays. Freaking Dr McCoy couldn't help these guys.
You're right, but they misdiagnosed Yao. And you're right again, it depends on the player too. This is TMac we're talking about here. So who knows how much effort he really is putting into rehab. Which is why it's doubtful that the Rockets medical staff knows exactly how far along TMac really is
They didn't misdiagnose Yao, they HOPED the hairline fracture would heal on it's own...... It didn't. How is Yao's foot not healing the medical staff's fault? Honestly? DD
I'm not blaming them for the injuries incurred. But, how many times have they been WRONG in their diagnosis? TMac was complaining he didn't feel right, and they said to play through it'll be ok. ..Only to realize he really does microfracture surgery. All I'm saying is, it's hard to assume what DD was assuming which was the medical staff knows E-X-A-C-T-L-Y how far along TMac is in his rehab.
<br> Agreed, people need to stop blaming the medical staff. The rest of the team has been fairly healthy aside from a few breaks here and there. Things like Yao and Tracy's constant injuries and Carl Landry getting shot aren't the medical staff's fault...
They hoped, but yet they came out and said he'd probably be fine in 6-8 weeks. There was no backup fall out plan. No, well, we'll see how it goes and go from there. That's why the entire board was shocked when he was out for the year. NOBODY saw this coming. Why didn't we? Because the medical staff never alluded to the fact that this could be a possibility. Totally different then to put him in a cast for 6-8 weeks, tell everybody that's probably the timetable to recover, only to end up doing a total reconstructure of the foot
Never, they diagnosed all the injuries correctly. That is one way of treatment, to work the knee out and strengthen the quad, perhaps if Tmac had followed the treatment and actually DONE the rehab he might have been able to avoid the microfracture surgery. Which Clanton told him was an option in 2006, again there are various ways to treat the same injury. They know, of course they know...that doesn't mean it is an exact science. Meh, why do I even bother........of course it is the DOCTORS fault that the players got injured. ROFLMAO !! DD
LOL @ thinking the medical staff is totally free of blame. I'm not saying they're causing the injuries. But you're na'ive if you think they haven't made the best choices along the way. Players go and do what they tell them. It took 5 surgeries for Yao to say f it and go the reconstruction route because the medical staff kept trying to stop the bleeding by inserting pins. Same medical staff that told TMac, maybe take a game or two off a week and that'll help alieviate the pain. Wait nevermind. You're right. You're still dinged up. Microfracture it is
With McGrady's luck, he'll come back strong, but the Rockets will draw the Jazz in the playoffs again, haha.
The Rockets are in no rush to dismantle the roster b/c no team is gonna make any good offers for a non healthy Tmac. Its better to wait until we know his progress and once healthy get rid of his sorry ass. Thats the plan!
I disagree, DD. I honestly think if Morey/Adelman could choose they would prefer T-Mac to miss the entire season rather than potentially struggle to reinstall him into the offense midseason (I doubt he'll be ready to go on Day 1).
Yes, that is because a fracture like that typically heals in that time frame. What are you talking about? Backup plan? You only have so much $$$$$ to play with, there is NO WAY to have a backup plan if your stars are injured, how did Boston do this year without Garnet...I guess the Celtics failed with their BACKUP plan? It has always been a possibility, since Yao is 7 foot 6 inches.....the staff has known that things like this are always possible.... You can't plan for the worst case scenario with a limited budget...come on. DD
Funny how the medical staff is to blame LOL at that logic. You should blame the G.M ( past and present ) for bringing in injury prone players. As for the thread. McGrady maybe on schedule but know one knows when he is coming back. Yeah he can look great in the pics. He can say he feels great. But no one knows how great he really is. He needs to run and jump get contact taken. Like JVG said Guys can say they feel great and all but you have to know if your in basketball shape. Or something like that. I don't know what he said word for word but McGrady has to be in basketball shape. We as fans don't know if he is. Just wait.
My prediction is Tmac comes back one day or one week after the trade deadline to kill any chance of him getting traded again. Then plays great and leaves us on his own terms like he likes to make teams do. I hope he goes the brave route and comes back early if he is ready and plays hard to show everybody he is still a great player and teammate. After the past though I really feel he will stick it to us instead and let us just have to have his muligan season by purposely waiting till right after the trade deadline to come back. Thats just my feeling for his character. I could be wrong and he could step and up and show me has some better character than that.
If that is the case the Rockets would be better off not having him play at all, and having insurance cover his contract. DD
I wouldnt mind the insurance route but I am not confident the league would do it for 2 seperate players. They probabl;y just gave it out to us for Yao because we had two seperate athletes out who are both stars. As other fans of other teams have told me often that exception for Yao is rare for the NBA to give.
DD, you're going in circles here. If I was to tell people tracy will come back early in the season and williamsburg re-up after the season, people will laugh. I am not saying he was right, but he made the right careeer move last season by getting both surgeries. We've had discussions via email about tracy last year, so I know your feelings about him. When I was communicatiting with you, this was done with the info I had from someone very,very,very close to tracy.
