I thought the Spurs ran a real risk of missing the playoffs?
The chance is there. Minimum 50 games to make it and there's at least 10 teams in the mix this year. Thankfully Beli is back Friday/Saturday and it sounds like Splitter will be back next week; injuries are the big issue for them not making it.I thought the Spurs ran a real risk of missing the playoffs?
A team that plays a guy like Draymond green for over 25mpg, Harrison barnes and an SG that is easily neutralized is a contender?
cant even have one big guy healthy...
Not really worried about New Orleans until I see how Splitter defends Davis.
That's what worries me. The depth getting hurt increases the workload of those three and therefore the injury risk.
Splitter will be fine on Davis, but Asik's ability to shut down Tim and their scrubs playing like world beaters against the Spurs is concering ( ing Evans and Tom Rivers Jr average 20 and 10 points respectively iirc). They're also pretty athletic which is something the Spurs struggle with.
Worried about a Pelicans team that has one of the worst coaches in the league, very thin bench and that is no where close to guaranteed a playoff spot?
They're not guaranteed one, but they have a great chance to this year with the Thunder's injury woes. I also already mentioned MW would be their downfall and their bench seems to play well against the Spurs for whatever reason. Don't think they'd beat the Spurs but it'd be a bad first round match up.
yeah. Ended up trading for him in Fantasy after he got hurt. Just need Melo to get better.
I got him too at the 11th pick, you got a steal if you just traded for him and Melo is on your team as well. Thats a good one two punch.
I hope they're not just rushing him back because of their terrible record.... Hopefully he really is fully healed.
I wouldn't bet on that. He was supposed to miss 6 weeks last year, and he played in the 3rd game. Ultimately, he needed TWO more surgeries after the first one. OKC isn't known for their patience with injury recovery. Kawhi and Danny both missed 6 weeks with this same hand fracture last year, and it's barely been four for Westchuck.
Yeah. Russ went fourth right in front of me. I settled on Melo. After he got hurt, I picked him and Jennings up for DeRozan and Ellis.
This whole brace business sounds like he's getting rushed back...
I don't know about you, but if I sprain my ankle, I walk around in a brace for a good month after it's healed, just to be sure. Nothing says healthy like requiring additional external support.
Splits described it well downstairs, they're literally at the verge of not making the playoffs. This just sounds like a desperation move. If it doesn't work out, I expect them to shut them down for the rest of the season and go straight to the lottery.
He got injured on October 30th, and the initial timetable was 4-6 weeks. So him coming back now makes sense based off that. On the front end of that timetable but not unusually early or anything.
Danny and Kawhi wore braces when they came back iirc
If Im playing defense against Westbrook, the first thing i do is try to slap down on the ball when he tries to drive. Thunder FO is taking a huge risk if their rushing Westchuck and Durbetta back to the court. Oh well, it'd be nice to see them be a lottery and hear all the talk on if Durbetta is going to Washington.
You ripped the other guy off, period. Good trade.
OKC isn't known for their patience with injury recovery? Recall, this is the same team that chose to repair Westbrook's meniscus in 2013 (in effect ending their playoff run), rather than merely removing it and getting him back on the court ASAP. They operate with the big picture in mind.
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