F' the Olympics

[bonesinaz]

This is the third time that he's rolled the same ankle. Don't you think it's partially due to the rigors of the schedule?

YES. You are exactly right here Kori. The bones and muscles get a better blood supply than do the tendons and ligaments. That is why it takes a longer time for tendons and ligaments to heal. Add to that:re-injury after re-injury and a player will have to sit out a few games.

The argument about less support in TD's shoes this season is ridiculous. The shoes available to the public only resemble an NBA star's shoes on the outside. The inside of the shoe is custom to the player. I am sure that the Spurs' team doc, trainers, PTs and OTs make sure that TD's shoes give him enough support.

[stéphane]

YES. You are exactly right here Kori. The bones and muscles get a better blood supply than do the tendons and ligaments. That is why it takes a longer time for tendons and ligaments to heal. Add to that:re-injury after re-injury and a player will have to sit out a few games.

The argument about less support in TD's shoes this season is ridiculous. The shoes available to the public only resemble an NBA star's shoes on the outside. The inside of the shoe is custom to the player. I am sure that the Spurs' team doc, trainers, PTs and OTs make sure that TD's shoes give him enough support.

word.
good to see a smart post time to time
thank you

[Drachen]

If this is true, its a sad comment indeed. Prefering your local team over your National Team . . .

I would say that this is indeed true, in any of the professional sports that americans follow. I was happy about the olympics because it was a good distraction until the "real" (NBA) season began. Would I have liked the USA to win gold? Sure, it woulda been nice, but Id rather have the Spurs win the Championship.

I really think that the Dream Team was the last gasp of the olympics to stay relevant in the US. After the fall of the Soviet Union, they needed some kind of spin to keep us interested, luckily we decided to use NBA players and this worked, for a while. (damn it was fun to watch those guys play together)

[smeagol]

Shoog, thanks for your response.

What I don't understand is people saying the US should send basically a group of nobodies to the Olympics. I guess if the US gets their ass kicked several Olympic Games in a row, people will change their view.

As per the Olympic-related injuries, the only ones having trouble unfortunately are Manu and Timmy (and Gasol, I guess) and we don't even know if their current injuries have something to do with the fact these two players played during the summer. People here are just speculating that that is the case. What I want to know is all those other players that played in the Olympics and are alive and kicking: Marion, Amare, Bron, Melo (he did not play much, I will give you that), Arroyo, AI, etc, etc.

[ShoogarBear]

Personally, everything in the Olympics except for track and field events is far less interesting to me than it was.

20 years ago, you couldn't tear me away from the TV during the summer Olympics. Even stuff like diving and bicycling that ordinarily would hold no interest. Now, between the professionalism and the politics . . . eh.

[polandprzem]

^^^
World is going down.
Everything becoming ed up.

[ShoogarBear]

And I forgot to add, probably the worst thing of all is the television coverage.

Used to be, they'd just show the SPORT. And then occasionally you'd get some little background snippets on the really good athletes or the ones with an interesting story.

Now everything is a prepackaged 15 minute "Up-Close-And-Personal" (followed by 2-3 minutes of actual compe ion and 5 minutes of commericals) where every 25th-place US athlete has some mocked-up heartbreaking story. And if you're not a US athlete? Good luck ever getting on TV.

[stéphane]

And I forgot to add, probably the worst thing of all is the television coverage.

Used to be, they'd just show the SPORT. And then occasionally you'd get some little background snippets on the really good athletes or the ones with an interesting story.

Now everything is a prepackaged 15 minute "Up-Close-And-Personal" (followed by 2-3 minutes of actual compe ion and 5 minutes of commericals) where every 25th-place US athlete has some mocked-up heartbreaking story. And if you're not a US athlete? Good luck ever getting on TV.

enjoy US TV