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That is so upsetting about Jorge. I feel so badly for him.
Yeah, I remember that. It was awful.
That is so upsetting about Jorge. I feel so badly for him.
Never good to see anyone get hurt; nobody deserves that.
I'll add my wishes that Garbajosa can get well soon and make a strong comeback.
It's not just about basketball at that point; that's a bad injury; hope he gets well
He's having surgery this afternoon.
He will be fine if its just a break
Jose Calderon, Garbajosa’s friend for 13 years, was the first player to reach him. The first thing he did was push his friend’s head down so he would not look at his mangled leg.
“I just want him to lie down because I don’t want him to see his leg,” said Calderon. “I tried to calm him a little bit. It was difficult in that situation because he was in a lot of pain.”
“I hadn’t really seen anything like that,” said Raptors swingman Morris Peterson. “I just had to look away.”
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I think that there is tissue damage.
Doctors say surgery to repair Jorge Garbajosa’s broken left ankle and ligament damage around the joint was successful but don’t think he’ll be able to play basketball for six months.
The 28-year-old Raptor forward went through a 90-minute procedure at Toronto Western Hospital this afternoon to repair a displaced left ankle joint with a ligament tear and fractured fibula suffered in a grisly incident during a game in Boston on Monday.
“We are pleased with the reduction of the fracture and restoration of his displaced ankle joint,” Dr. Paul Marks, the team’s medical director, who assisted noted foot and ankle surgeon Dr. Johnny Lau in the procedure, said in a statement released by the team. “Everything is restored to an appropriate anatomic position, and we will now await post-operative recovery and healing of the soft tissue and fracture.”
Garbajosa faces a long, arduous rehabilitation process, one that could take up to six months because of the soft tissue (ligament) part of the injury, the team’s statement said.
The Raptors have 12 games left in this season and whatever number of playoff games they play. Garbajosa won’t be back until the start of training camp next October and his ability to play with his native Spain at the European championships in September is also in doubt.
The chance to play for Spain was important to Garbajosa, and his Toronto teammate Jose Calderon. They were members of the Spanish team that won the world championships gold medal last fall in Japan and were going to be playing in front of home fans for the first time.
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/196603
i hope he doesnt rush back cause he has a whole future ahead of him. he has a really nice shot. he's not garbage at all, whoever said that. i hope his recovery is fast
Man that was painful to watch....
Just an update.
None other than Jorge Garbajosa was inside the Raptors fitness room yesterday, doing his best to ride a stationary bike, despite a huge cast on his left leg and foot. The Raptors rookie forward, who was a candidate for rookie of the year honours before getting hurt, is out for the season after undergoing surgery to repair a displaced left ankle joint suffered in a fall on March 26 in Boston. He also suffered a ligament tear and fractured fibula. He is walking with the help of crutches.
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Thats bad for Toronto.
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