Monkeyball injured in Team USA scrimmage

[Venti Quattro]

Adrian Wojnarowski (http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/223472172306399233): Blake Griffin hurt his knee in a Team USA scrimmage Wed and is returning to LA to be examined by doctors.

:lol Clipper Nation

[VBM]

Blake Griffin "twisted" the knee in a scrimmage, source says, and the severity is unclear. He's expected to get an MRI as soon as today.

[Mel_13]

Did he sign that 95M extension yet?

[Juggity]

Anthony Davis gets to play after all?

[jeebus]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
USA Basketball has summoned Unibrow Faggot to report to Las Vegas for training camp immediately, sources tell Y! Sports.

[Spurtacus]

:lol monkeyball

:lol 95 million

:lol 2012 team usa > 1992

[lefty]

Jason Smith suspended 2 games
ESPN.com news services

[Sportcamper]

I was watching highlights of team USA practice & they were really going at it…Especially Blake Griffin…Hope he is OK…

[Banzai]

Bosh, Wade,Howard,Griffin out..damn who else is next?

[baseline bum]

CROFL Olympics; what worthless bullshit. Why the hell are the Clippers letting him play this garbage after he sprained his MCL barely 2 months ago?

[Sportcamper]

CROFL Olympics; what worthless bs. Why are the Clippers letting him play this garbage after he sprained his MCL barely 2 months ago?
And then there is Pau who runs out of gas in mid season representing....:lol

[Mel_13]

CROFL Olympics; what worthless bullshit. Why the hell are the Clippers letting him play this garbage after he sprained his MCL barely 2 months ago?

Griffin was injured in a Team USA scrimmage Wednesday, source confirms. Same knee he sprained during playoffs.

https://twitter.com/KBergCBS

[Darth_Pelican]

Anthony Davis gets to play after all?

Yes. Davis is being flown to Vegas.

Blake Griffin Injures Knee, Anthony Davis Summoned to Las Vegas (http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/12/blake-griffin-injures-knee-anthony-davis-summoned-to-las-vegas/)

NBA (http://thebiglead.com/index.php/category/nba/) Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (http://thebiglead.com/index.php/author/cousins-of-ron-mexico/) July 12th. 2012, 1:46pm
http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/blake-griffin-dunking.jpg (http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/blake-griffin-dunking.jpg)

Blake Griffin has hurt his knee (https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/223471374126170113) in a Team USA scrimmage according to Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Griffin, who just signed a 5-year, $95 million extension (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/8148819/blake-griffin-los-angeles-clippers-oks-five-year-95m-deal) with the Clippers, will return to Los Angeles to see team doctors and get an MRI. Anthony Davis has been asked (https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/223471753513537537) to join Team USA’s training camp.

[Clipper Nation]

Sons, Team USA is CURSED, tbh:

Wade
Cornerstone
CP3
Griffin

Who's next?

[baseline bum]

The Olympics are just fucking worthless. I'd never play in them if I was an NBA star.

[Killakobe81]

Like I said ... they ARE the Clippers.

Hope he is Ok, though you dont want little brother to fail, you are proud of your sibling. you just dont want him to do better than you. Sons on the other hand, you want to surpass you in every way ...

[Killakobe81]

Sons, Team USA is CURSED, tbh:

Wade
Cornerstone
CP3
Griffin

Who's next?

Clip fan calling Olympics cursed ... only Portland has had more fluke injuries to star players than the Clip show. It's just no one has watched them play much until recently and they havent had many true SUPERstars.

[InRareForm]

Another reason why it should be just 18 to 20 year olds on the squad.

NBA is more important.

[HeatChamps]

Fuck the Olympics. You need to perform the best for your team that you are getting millions to play for.

[Clipper Nation]

Considering the Lakers have Bynum on their team, Lakerfans probably shouldn't be talking injury smack, tbh, because he's had one healthy year in recent memory...

[Dex]

The Olympics are just fucking worthless. I'd never play in them if I was an NBA star.

Why? For a lot of athletes, participating in the Olympics and representing their country is the pinnacle of their athletic careers.

NBA athletes get to have the pleasure of doing so simply by dedicating a few of their summers to the program, and only have to do what they do professionally the rest of the year (and already get paid millions for). NBA players, particularly, are almost guaranteed a gold medal for doing so (2004 :cry)

Contrast that to athletes who train their entire lives to have once chance to be in the Olympics, and are typically forgotten to the obscurity of time after they are done, and it seems like a pretty damn good deal for NBA players to me.

[Mel_13]

Clip fan calling Olympics cursed ... only Portland has had more fluke injuries to star players than the Clip show. It's just no one has watched them play much until recently and they havent had many true SUPERstars.


Bill Simmons' "Open letter to Blake Griffin" right after the 2009 draft. Details the curse of the Clipper franchise:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090624&sportCat=nba

[Venti Quattro]

Bill Simmons' "Open letter to Blake Griffin" right after the 2009 draft. Details the curse of the Clipper franchise:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090624&sportCat=nba

This was the first thing that popped up in my mind when I read about this news.

[TE]

why? For a lot of athletes, participating in the olympics and representing their country is the pinnacle of their athletic careers.

Nba athletes get to have the pleasure of doing so simply by dedicating a few of their summers to the program, and only have to do what they do professionally the rest of the year (and already get paid millions for). Nba players, particularly, are almost guaranteed a gold medal for doing so (2004 :cry)

contrast that to athletes who train their entire lives to have once chance to be in the olympics, and are typically forgotten to the obscurity of time after they are done, and it seems like a pretty damn good deal for nba players to me.

+1

[cheguevara]

So can they still beat the 92 Dream Team?

:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[cheguevara]

So can they still beat the 92 Dream Team?

:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[Killakobe81]

Considering the Lakers have Bynum on their team, Lakerfans probably shouldn't be talking injury smack, tbh, because he's had one healthy year in recent memory...

It's not "smack". I lived in L.A. for over 20 years Manning, Derek Smith, Blake Griffin, Livinston's knee cap ... it's just the tip of the iceberg, off the top of my head. I too, remembered Bill's article ...but I cited those from memory.

[Venti Quattro]

One of the team doctors is from *drumroll* Portland. :lmao

[Clipper Nation]

One of the team doctors is from *drumroll* Portland. :lmao
No wonder everyone's getting hurt on Team USA this year, tbh... that medical staff is inept...

http://zigsports.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/greg-oden-brandon-roy-what-what-happened/

[djohn2oo8]

Sam Amick (http://twitter.com/sam_amick): Source says Griffin woke up with swelling after suffering the injury yesterday. Team USA's problem with Bigs grows bigger. 3 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/sam_amick/statuses/223484103767490560)

[djohn2oo8]

Alvaro Martin (http://twitter.com/AlvaroNBAMartin): YahooSports: #BlakeGriffin (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23BlakeGriffin) twists knee, "looks bad" says a source. Today, an MRI. #AnthonyDavis (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23AnthonyDavis) summoned to replace him on TeamUSA. 1 minute ago (http://twitter.com/AlvaroNBAMartin/statuses/223487101285564417)

Brian Mahoney (http://twitter.com/briancmahoney): As Dr. @Adrian Wojnarowski (http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA) reported, Blake Griffin's knee is hurting again and he has returned to LA for evaluation. 2 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/briancmahoney/statuses/223486951964164098)

[Brazil]

:lmao $95M

[Venti Quattro]

:lol Clipper Curse
:lol always omnipresent
:lol $95 million

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Clipper Curse
:lol always omnipresent
:lol $95 million
Just worry about Bynum's knees, dude... :hat

[Venti Quattro]

:cry but Bynum's knees!!! :cry

[TE]

Yeah, Griffin is out. Anthony Davis will be next in line to attempt to avoid injury.

[djohn2oo8]

9:lol million

[Clipper Nation]

9:lol million
Ya:lol Ming

[djohn2oo8]

Ya:lol Ming

:lol Blake most expensive one dimensional player

[Venti Quattro]

:lol $95 million dunking machine
:lol $95 million flopping machine

[djohn2oo8]

:lol career ended by practice

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Blake most expensive one dimensional player
:lol Not even the most one-dimensional player on his own team
:lol DeAndre Jordan's contract
:lol Neil Olshey trying to overpay even more rough centers in Portland

[jeebus]

:lol $95 million mascot minus the fancy suit

[Clipper Nation]

:lol career ended by practice
Allen Iverson was right about practice, tbh...

[Venti Quattro]

:lol $95 million monkey

[Clipper Nation]

:lol $95 million monkey
:lol $30 million fossil

[jeebus]

:lol $95 million person with the ability to jump over the bumper of a KIA

[Nathan89]

:lol Not even the most one-dimensional player on his own team
:lol DeAndre Jordan's contract
:lol Neil Olshey trying to overpay even more rough centers in Portland

:lol Making fun of your own team

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Making fun of your own team
It's a coping mechanism for how terrible DeContract Jordan really is, B...

[Nathan89]

Hope the contract isn't signed.

[Venti Quattro]

:lol Blake Griffin
:lol DeAndre Jordan
:lol $135 million worth of one-dimensional monkeys

[Venti Quattro]

:lol $95 million person with the ability to jump over the bumper of a KIA

:lol $95 million poster machine
:lol Pau Gasol

[Nathan89]

TBH, Clippers should have been trying to package Blake and whatever for D. Howard. Blake isn't ever going to get the job done.

[Venti Quattro]

Hope the contract isn't signed.

:lol Blake Griffin signs extension (http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/8148819/blake-griffin-los-angeles-clippers-oks-five-year-95m-deal)

[Clipper Nation]

TBH, Clippers should have been trying to package Blake and whatever for D. Howard. Blake isn't ever going to get the job done.
It's been two seasons, B... :lol

[Nathan89]

^ :lol Blake sleeping fine tonight no matter how severe the injury is.

[djohn2oo8]

^ :lol Blake sleeping fine tonight no matter how severe the injury is.
:lol

[VBM]

:lol odds of Chris Paul signing an extension

[Darth_Pelican]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--dKVTMD-0yU/TivTveetfTI/AAAAAAAABdI/VphklcPmg64/s1600/blake-griffin-kia-car-dunk-crash-nba-funny-photos.jpg

[djohn2oo8]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--dKVTMD-0yU/TivTveetfTI/AAAAAAAABdI/VphklcPmg64/s1600/blake-griffin-kia-car-dunk-crash-nba-funny-photos.jpg
:lmao:lmao:rollin:lol

[Nathan89]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--dKVTMD-0yU/TivTveetfTI/AAAAAAAABdI/VphklcPmg64/s1600/blake-griffin-kia-car-dunk-crash-nba-funny-photos.jpg

Well there's your problem... He has undigested pigs in a blanket in his legs.

[Indazone]

torn meniscus...out for the season!

:lol

[Venti Quattro]

torn meniscus...out for the season!

:lol

Source or fuck off.

[djohn2oo8]

Source or fuck off.
This.

[Indazone]

can't tell sarcasm when you see it? lol

[Jt.ONE]

down goes another "big". the roster is basically composed of 1+2 guards and small forwards :lol

:lol 95m monkey-baller whose a few injuries away from serious damage

[Nathan89]

:lol odds of Chris Paul signing an extension

CP3 is going to the Mavs.

Clippers fans will cry.

Cuban will get a statue put up celebrating his great foresight.

[benefactor]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--dKVTMD-0yU/TivTveetfTI/AAAAAAAABdI/VphklcPmg64/s1600/blake-griffin-kia-car-dunk-crash-nba-funny-photos.jpg
:lol

[VBM]

torn meniscus...out for the season!

:lol

Not even Griffin could miss an entire season with a meniscus injury. That's a Greg Oden special right there.

[Clipper Nation]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--dKVTMD-0yU/TivTveetfTI/AAAAAAAABdI/VphklcPmg64/s1600/blake-griffin-kia-car-dunk-crash-nba-funny-photos.jpg
:lol

[lefty]

:lmao this thread

[ElNono]

Sterling finally puts some serious money and the guy can't play :lol

[VBM]

Sterling finally puts some serious money and the guy can't play :lol

Sterling gettin' his Tio Salamanca on right now

http://mediocritycomplex.com/uploads/tio.salamanca.loop.gif

[pass1st]

Why the fuck did we get somebody from Portland on staff?

They are bringing the curse to other players, Kobe better get the fuck out before his German knees blow up :lol

Good thing Bynum isn't in there

[Venti Quattro]

I wonder why they picked an already injured Davis over Cousins though. The selection committee must really dislike Cousins.

[The Gemini Method]

:lol @ Clipper curse
:lol Yuvo Play Funk
:lol Subway

[pass1st]

I wonder why they picked an already injured Davis over Cousins though. The selection committee must really dislike Cousins.

A lot of people dislike Cousins, a lot of people wouldn't want to play with him either. They probably would see it as bad PR to have him represent USA

[ginobili's bald spot]

I wonder why they picked an already injured Davis over Cousins though.

:lol

[stretch]

The Olympics are just fucking worthless. I'd never play in them if I was an NBA star.

Do you really think that? Or are you just saying it because Timmy D refuses to play after he blew monumental amounts of ass in it?

Most decent people wouldn't care about that, but with your history of retardation and GNSF-esque takes, I wouldn't put it past you.

[ginobili's bald spot]

Do you really think that? Or are you just saying it because Timmy D refuses to play after he blew monumental amounts of ass in it?

Most decent people wouldn't care about that, but with your history of retardation and GNSF-esque takes, I wouldn't put it past you.
http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom//img/2010/05/28/sunsbrooklopezgif_20100528102802_0_0.GIF

[mavs>spurs]

I'd much rather see someone like Lamarcus Aldridge or a hustle guy like Noah suit up than either monkeyball or unibrow

[ginobili's bald spot]

I'd much rather see someone like Lamarcus Aldridge or a hustle guy like Noah suit up than either monkeyball or unibrow


Aldridge would be a good choice IMO.

[stretch]

I'd much rather see someone like Lamarcus Aldridge or a hustle guy like Noah suit up than either monkeyball or unibrow

Yeah, why isn't Aldridge playing? Is he hurt? Did he decline? He would be a great big-man for FIBA-style ball.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Idk why Bynum doesn't get an invite at all. He's another guy I'd much rather see over monkeyball.

[VBM]

Yeah, why isn't Aldridge playing? Is he hurt? Did he decline? He would be a great big-man for FIBA-style ball.

He was shut down at the end of the year for some leg-related injury I thought. Probably rehabbing.

[TimDunkem]

Aldridge had hip surgery.

[Venti Quattro]

Idk why Bynum doesn't get an invite at all. He's another guy I'd much rather see over monkeyball.

Probably because he's too slow for Team USA's pace. That, or questionable character issues.

[mavs>spurs]

Idk why Bynum doesn't get an invite at all. He's another guy I'd much rather see over monkeyball.

Just too injury prone, it's better that he stays at home. I thought of this too, because I'm not totally convinced that small monkey ball is the magic formula for winning international ball. But Bynum is just too injury prone and slow, no way he plays for team USA on a contract year.

[ginobili's bald spot]

Idk why Bynum doesn't get an invite at all. He's another guy I'd much rather see over monkeyball.


It seems like they don't want him around because of his attitude issues. And like m>s said, I think they want to play more up tempo.

Edit: didn't notice venti said the same thing.:lol

[Juggity]

Timmy D refuses to play after he blew monumental amounts of ass in it?

Are you sure?


Opening its training July 26, after 15 practices and six exhibition games, the U.S. opened the Olympics against Puerto Rico on Aug. 15. Facing a team they had defeated three times and by an average of 23 points a game in 2003, and a team the U.S. had beaten by 25 (96-71) in Jacksonville 16 days earlier on July 31, 2004, the USA's frigid 34.7 percent shooting from the field spelled trouble as Puerto Rico opened up a 22-point lead at halftime and then fought off every U.S. comeback attempt to earn a decisive 92-73 win. Lost in the loss was Duncan's inspired effort of 15 points, 16 rebounds (11 offensive), five steals, four assists and two blocked shots in 36 minutes.



Regrouping two days later, the USA behind 17 points by Iverson, who was playing with a fractured thumb on his shooting hand, fought off host Greece and its boisterous home crowd 77-71 to get its first win. Continuing preliminary round play on Aug. 19, the U.S. fought tooth-and-nail with Australia for three quarters, then outscored the Aussies 24-12 in the fourth quarter to earn an 89-79 victory and improve to 2-1. USA co-captains Iverson and Duncan paced the U.S. Duncan finished with 18 points on deadly 7-of-11 shooting, and grabbed 11 rebounds, AI added 16 points, while Marion made 8-of-10 shots and scored 16 points also.



Facing unbeaten Lithuania on Aug. 21, a team that had challenged the USA in the 2000 Olympic semifinals before ultimately falling short by two (85-83), the USA led 84-79 with just over three minutes to play, but was unable to hold on as Lithuania made big shot after big shot to rally back for a crushing 94-90 victory. Jefferson led the USA effort accounting for 20 points, while Duncan posted his third double-double in four Olympic games, compiling 16 points (6-7 FGs) and 12 rebounds. Two days later, the U.S. again bounced back from a loss and easily defeated an overmatched Angola squad 89-53 to close out preliminary round play as Duncan recorded a team leading 15 points in just 13 minutes of action.



The USA as a team ranked second among the 12 Olympic teams in scoring, averaging 88.1 points a game. Grabbing 38.9 rebounds a game, the U.S. ranked first in rebounding and outrebounded its opponents by an Olympic best margin of 10.8 rpg. (38.9 rpg. to 28.1 rpg.). The U.S. also ranked first in blocked shots (3.75 bpg.) [mostly due to the presence of Duncan], first in assists (15.13 apg.) and steals (10.63 spg.), and ranked second in turnover margin (+3.00).



Iverson established a new single game mark for 3-point shots attempted, launching 10 versus Puerto Rico to pass Reggie Miller's previous record of eight (versus China,7/26/96), and Duncan's 16 rebounds against Puerto Rico tied the USA single game record of 16 set by Jim Brewer (versus Australia, 9/28/72).



Duncan tied the U.S. mark for most rebounds in an Olympics with 73 (9.1 rpg.), equaling the mark set by Kevin Garnett in 2000.



Iverson FG%: .378
Duncan FG%: .567

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Just too injury prone, it's better that he stays at home. I thought of this too, because I'm not totally convinced that small monkey ball is the magic formula for winning international ball. But Bynum is just too injury prone and slow, no way he plays for team USA on a contract year.
It's not the way you win international ball, but when you have so much more talent than the other team, you can be an unskilled monkey and still win :lol

It's cray how bad big men are at basketball these days

[mavs>spurs]

I think it all boils down to they don't want him because of his attitude problems and the team being built to play up tempo, and the fact that he also has his own reasons for not wanting to play. Even if they begged him I doubt he'd risk his knees on a contract year, if he goes out there and tears an ACL he fuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked.

[FkLA]

Noah plays for the French NT alongside Boris mothafucking Diaw :lol

[mavs>spurs]

Noah is french, wtf? Or is that like a bootleg Chris Kaman type situation where he just found an excuse to play?

[JJ Hickson]

Noah plays for the French NT :lol


Don't you have a be@ner NT thread you should be posting in?

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Noah is french, wtf? Or is that like a bootleg Chris Kaman type situation where he just found an excuse to play?
rofl yeah he's french. His dad was a French pro tennis player

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Does the be@ner team have anyone other than Eduardo Najera :lmao

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao Lorenzo Mata
:lmao be@ner national team player
:lmao UCLA

[baseline bum]

Why? For a lot of athletes, participating in the Olympics and representing their country is the pinnacle of their athletic careers.

NBA athletes get to have the pleasure of doing so simply by dedicating a few of their summers to the program, and only have to do what they do professionally the rest of the year (and already get paid millions for). NBA players, particularly, are almost guaranteed a gold medal for doing so (2004 :cry)

Contrast that to athletes who train their entire lives to have once chance to be in the Olympics, and are typically forgotten to the obscurity of time after they are done, and it seems like a pretty damn good deal for NBA players to me.

I can see why runners, swimmers, speed-skaters, etc. want to be in the Olympics. Without the Olympics they're nobodies but if they win a couple golds they can make some bank doing Subway commercials and other endorsements. With NBA players I don't see what the point is. Playing through fatigue and nagging injuries after a brutal NBA season for no pay, no better endorsement opportunities, and a medal no one in the country could care less about since they're supposed to win gold by default doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

[JJ Hickson]

Does the be@ner team have anyone other than Eduardo Najera :lmao


Everyone else on the team is 5'5 gardeners.

:lol poor nutrition
:lol third world country

[FkLA]

G3ftXBhbgFk

:downspin:

[Killakobe81]

Idk why Bynum doesn't get an invite at all. He's another guy I'd much rather see over monkeyball.

I thought he declined the invite, because he planned to have the Kobe german procedure? Not sure if true but could of swore I read that on LG. In fact, fans on there were glad he declined.

[Venti Quattro]

Everyone else on the team is 5'5 gardeners.

:lol poor nutrition
:lol third world country

:lol constantly on the run from border patrol

[pass1st]

Idk why Bynum doesn't get an invite at all. He's another guy I'd much rather see over monkeyball.

I think he's getting the German knee treatment, not available.

[Mel_13]

I think he's getting the German knee treatment, not available.

He gave interviews back in April saying he was getting the treatment and wouldn't be involved with Team USA.

[JJ Hickson]

I thought he declined the invite, because he planned to have the Kobe german procedure? Not sure if true but could of swore I read that on LG. In fact, fans on there were glad he declined.



I don't think that procedure would stop him from playing. I think I heard Kobe got it again and he's playing. I'm not sure though.

[Venti Quattro]

I don't think that procedure would stop him from playing. I think I heard Kobe got it again and he's playing. I'm not sure though.

You're probably right. Kobe had this procedure right off after they were swept by Dallas in May last year. He was playing basketball in the Philibeaners by July as part of an NBA Stars tour there.

[DMC]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
USA Basketball has summoned Unibrow Faggot to report to Las Vegas for training camp immediately, sources tell Y! Sports.
If they really read like that, they would be inundated with new viewers and would have to get a bigger server.

If he could get 40 as a number, he could be UB 40.

[Brazil]

rofl yeah he's french. His dad was a French pro tennis player

who won Roland Garros smoking pot the whole two weeks 84 IIRC... quite impressive tbh