Shams: Wemby OUT for the Remainder of the Season

[baseline bum]

His career is sadly over...I'm an ER doctor doesnt mean I'm right but if you ask me if an athlete has a thrombus in their peripheral what it means? I cant imagine him playing longer than 3 years at best. Shame... I routinely diagnose this in sweet old ladies and tell them their days of doing whatever they wanna do are limited now much less a franchise athelete...shame because the kids amazing. Spurs dont deserve this

What makes it different from the one Ingram had in 2019?

[Ice009]

I am...for example for a thrombus you order up a pT/pTT test and an MRA. It's kinda no biggie to be an ER doctor. Again, outside looking in doesnt mean a lot but a thrombus in the shoulder? LMAO you're borderline extra chromosome if you think this isn't career ending. Why would I wish that?

Did Brandon Ingram and Ausar Thompson not have this? They seem to have recovered. What is different about Victor's? And what makes you qualified to give these details when you haven't even examined Victor yourself or know his complete test results up to now?

I hope you're not yanking us around being a Laker fan and all.

[Fizziksman]

think 6th seed is as good as we can do

6th seed in the Draft?

[Leetonidas]

I am...for example for a thrombus you order up a pT/pTT test and an MRA. It's kinda no biggie to be an ER doctor. Again, outside looking in doesnt mean a lot but a thrombus in the shoulder? LMAO you're borderline extra chromosome if you think this isn't career ending. Why would I wish that?

Considering Brandon Ingram and Ausar Thompson had the same issue and returned to action without issue I think you claiming it's a career ending injury is a bit premature

[Chillen]

Now we know how Mavs fans felt after the Luka trade. Except we still have our star player so it's bitter sweet.

[baseline bum]

I know it's hard to fathom now, but this could be a blessing in disguise long-term. Imagine if this leads to us getting a top-4 pick and getting one of Flagg, Harper, Bailey, or Edgecombe?

We could be a dynasty for a decade and a half.

None of those players is worth the fear this could come back and then Wemby's career is 100% over.

[Mugen]

Now we know how Mavs fans felt after the Luka trade. Except we still have our star player so it's bitter sweet.

At least Wemby isn't fat tbh

[Thebesteva]

Did Brandon Ingram and Ausar Thompson not have this? They seem to have recovered. What is different about Victor's? And what makes you qualified to give these details when you haven't even examined Victor yourself or know his complete test results up to now?

I hope you're not yanking us around being a Laker fan and all.

All BS aside...a thrombus makes that limb weaker. The first sign someone notices is difficulty lifting the limb or shortness of breath. It can be the same my issue is Wemby's location. The shoulder is where the brachial plexus is aka all the nerves that control the limb. It's going to mess with the limbs function.

I hope not because the guys fun to watch even as a Lakers fan I am not rooting for this despite the responses. I guess my assumption is he's too young to experience such a bad prognosis. I think Ingrams location for the thrombus was better. It's a complete clot of that region. The further away from the limb the better the prognosis. Wemby's is in his shoulder.

[Russ]

Could this have happened when he dove for the ball and hurt his shoulder? A player jumped on him while he was on the ground and landed on itI think this is probably the case. I remembered that when I read the news.

If the cause was some incidental trauma in a basketball game, as you suggest, might not this be a reason for some long-term optimism?

If it were the result of some chronic condition or the result of some repe ive basketball movements, that might be worse for the long term.

(This opinion is given by someone with no medical expertise, but with a whole lotta concern, and, within the last hour or so, a whole lot more alcohol.)

[Thebesteva]

Considering Brandon Ingram and Ausar Thompson had the same issue and returned to action without issue I think you claiming it's a career ending injury is a bit premature

Very fair point tbh...I just think what it would require for this to work out is this is a one off injury. As I said I don't have his medical info but you tell me a dude in his 20's has a thrombi in his shoulder I'm telling you the dudes career is all but over. That's something that 99% of ER doctors would agree with. For context an ER doctor would only make the preliminary diagnosis...like someone comes in for shoulder discomfort or shortness of breath and you make the diagnosis. Then they are transferred to another department. that's a case that goes to surgery/internal medicine/radiology in other words beyond my expertise.

I suppose the accurate criticism would be I'm only an ER doctor and this is beyond my expertise but a thrombi in the shoulder is very bad news. Hope I am wrong as the guy is very fun to watch. Even Lakersground loves Wemby

[tim_duncan_fan]

Damn. Tank in full effect. Let's get De'Aaron his surgery and *really* see what level current-day Steph Castle is at.

None of those players is worth the fear this could come back and then Wemby's career is 100% over.

We're not really in a choosing situation though. Let's hope that such a blessing is in this.

Wemby coming back to another lottery young'n would be potentially awesome for a long time.

[DAF86]

What makes it different from the one Ingram had in 2019?

Do not fall for the troll, tbh.

[RC_Drunkford]

Don Harris is saying it's not genetical, but injury related. So maybe it was GG Jackson falling on him.

[Maddog]

We don't have enough information to say much
In general Upper extremity DVTs are less likely to embolize to the lung versus lower extremities

That said upper extremity DVTs are much less common.
If I remember correctly Ingram had thoracic outlet syndrome as a cuse.

[z0sa]

Don Harris is saying it's not genetical, but injury related. So maybe it was GG Jackson falling on him.

If it's injury related, that would be a basketball gods-send. Still sucks for this season, but a one-off that was caught early would be best-case scenario in my humble opinion.

[NASpurs]

Didn't know you could get a blood clot from an injury. TIL, crazy stuff

[Kawhi Duncan]

Sad because with our coaches, he wasn't growing as a player...and now with this setback, it will give the front office the excuses needed to make no changes to the coaching staff

[DAF86]

Sad because with our coaches, he wasn't growing as a player...and now with this setback, it will give the front office the excuses needed to make no changes to the coaching staff

Taking this into account, I think it's pretty obvious why Wemby wasn't developing as much as we thought he could. He clearly was playing with some handicap. Looking back at it, it is pretty evident. He didn't look like himself at all.

[pookenstein]

Of course his health is the #1 concern, but I'm operating from the assumption that he recovers and goes on to have a long career. If that does happen, it sucks that he's getting deprived of significant career accolades.

I wasn't replying to you or anybody else. Just stating my feelings. But of course, basketballwise this is ed as well. FUBAR.

[itzsoweezee]

Very fair point tbh...I just think what it would require for this to work out is this is a one off injury. As I said I don't have his medical info but you tell me a dude in his 20's has a thrombi in his shoulder I'm telling you the dudes career is all but over. That's something that 99% of ER doctors would agree with. For context an ER doctor would only make the preliminary diagnosis...like someone comes in for shoulder discomfort or shortness of breath and you make the diagnosis. Then they are transferred to another department. that's a case that goes to surgery/internal medicine/radiology in other words beyond my expertise.

I suppose the accurate criticism would be I'm only an ER doctor and this is beyond my expertise but a thrombi in the shoulder is very bad news. Hope I am wrong as the guy is very fun to watch. Even Lakersground loves Wemby

Wasn’t Ingram’s clot also in his shoulder?

[DAF86]

Of course his health is the #1 concern, but I'm operating from the assumption that he recovers and goes on to have a long career. If that does happen, it sucks that he's getting deprived of significant career accolades.

At least he got his first ASG this season, so it's not a completely lost season, tbh.

[Atl Spur]

I am...for example for a thrombus you order up a pT/pTT test and an MRA. It's kinda no biggie to be an ER doctor. Again, outside looking in doesnt mean a lot but a thrombus in the shoulder? LMAO you're borderline extra chromosome if you think this isn't career ending. Why would I wish that?

D dimer / coag studies etc…. I was a lab tech before going Bio Med Anything Heme / Micro / Chem / and little Blood Bank I still remember a little bit.

[DAF86]

Wasn’t Ingram’s clot also in his shoulder?

Yeah, he's just trying to stir up. Just go look at the thread he started on the NBA forum to see what his intetions are. Don't fall for the passive/agressive bull , tbh.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Does anyone think the Spurs haven't done a full body scan to look for clots?

Anyone think they haven't done a deep blood draw and genetic sequencing at this point to determine if it's genetic?

Think a bit here. They believe it's injury related and not career ending. I'd be shocked if they don't have that info in hand.

All I know at this point is next time we play Memphis someone needs to put Jackson head first over the scorer's table.

[objective]

Still disturbing if the GG Jackson hit was the cause, because hits like that aren't uncommon. Guys are getting hard knees, elbows, forearms, and body blows all career long. Even if you can prevent him from diving on the court, there's still enough reckless or dirty players that he'll have to deal with multiple times a season

You just know Draymond is already planning on how to hit Wemby in the shoulders