ploto
10-23-2008, 05:44 PM
Just for you, timvp:
There are nagging ailments of even more significance, too, as Beno Udrih missed Monday's game with a left hip flexor he suffered Oct. 7. The fifth-year point guard now has rested in two exhibition games because of his hip and might not play Thursday. Chemistry and cohesion with the starting unit, in other words, must wait.
"I've been playing on it for two weeks now," Udrih said. "The doctor said maybe it's best to sit (against Portland) and see how it's going and maybe (play) on Thursday. I'll be ready to play (against Houston). If not then, I'll be practicing with the team and for the opening game in Minnesota."
The team didn't know of Udrih's absence against Portland until the starting lineup was announced to the crowd, this after the coaching staff was told just 15 minutes before tipoff. After rookie Bobby Brown was told after the national anthem he was starting, the Kings were down 16-6 just six minutes in.
"It was unfortunate that we didn't know (about Udrih's absence)," shooting guard Kevin Martin said. "We've just got to know a little ahead of time, and if you're only 60 or 70 percent and you can play, we need you out there. But whoever's going to be out there on the court when game time comes, we've got to play them."
Theus, who made it clear he was not second-guessing the team's medical staff, is confident Udrih would have played had the game counted.
"I understand (sitting in the) preseason, but to me that's something he's got to work through," Theus said. "You're not going to ever be 100 percent. … After training camp starts, there's very little time that you're ever 100 percent. But I do believe that if it was a regular-season game, he would've played."
http://www.sacbee.com/kings/story/1332945.html
There are nagging ailments of even more significance, too, as Beno Udrih missed Monday's game with a left hip flexor he suffered Oct. 7. The fifth-year point guard now has rested in two exhibition games because of his hip and might not play Thursday. Chemistry and cohesion with the starting unit, in other words, must wait.
"I've been playing on it for two weeks now," Udrih said. "The doctor said maybe it's best to sit (against Portland) and see how it's going and maybe (play) on Thursday. I'll be ready to play (against Houston). If not then, I'll be practicing with the team and for the opening game in Minnesota."
The team didn't know of Udrih's absence against Portland until the starting lineup was announced to the crowd, this after the coaching staff was told just 15 minutes before tipoff. After rookie Bobby Brown was told after the national anthem he was starting, the Kings were down 16-6 just six minutes in.
"It was unfortunate that we didn't know (about Udrih's absence)," shooting guard Kevin Martin said. "We've just got to know a little ahead of time, and if you're only 60 or 70 percent and you can play, we need you out there. But whoever's going to be out there on the court when game time comes, we've got to play them."
Theus, who made it clear he was not second-guessing the team's medical staff, is confident Udrih would have played had the game counted.
"I understand (sitting in the) preseason, but to me that's something he's got to work through," Theus said. "You're not going to ever be 100 percent. … After training camp starts, there's very little time that you're ever 100 percent. But I do believe that if it was a regular-season game, he would've played."
http://www.sacbee.com/kings/story/1332945.html