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(didn't realize I had to spell it out to get a discussion going on the topic, sorry)
While I don't wish ill-will upon one of the best young players in the game, the injuries have been compared to each other...and we've all seen what happened to Penny's career.
It'd be sad if the same happened to Amare, would any of you really be surprised? For the next few years we coul be dealing with "what could have been".
(didn't realize I had to spell it out to get a discussion going on the topic, sorry)
As a big fan of the Magic back in the day and seeing Penny go through this I would not wish it on anyone. It's total frustration all around, for the player, the fans, etc. I can definately see it possibly happening to Amare but let's hope he is the exception to the normal rule of this injury (that it usually jeapordizes one's career).
Penny survived it though.
I don't think Amare would. Guys like Danny Manning, Grant Hill, Penny...those guys have other areas they can still contribute with. But what else does Amare have other than his pure athletecism and leaping ability?
Amare had it taken care of right away and he's very young. I think he'll recover almost completely.
He sat out almost a whole season, and when he came back he didn't look that great. He had no explosion, no lift. That was BEFORE he hurt his other knee.
I don't see him coming back as the same player. Maybe 70-80% if that.
god i want this guy to fully recoop. amare is the real deal. its good he had it done while he is very young. i want amare and d.howard to run this league.
Chris Webber and Jason Kidd both had the same surgery (at an older age) and came back fine. The medical prognosis on Amare's knee is apparently excellent. It was actually his other knee that was giving him problems at the end of the season when he was trying to come back.
Man I must have missed those seasons.
No doubt. The year the Kings won the NBA le* he looked great. After the injury next season, he has never been close. I would say 70%. He can't shuffle his feet on D worth a darn nor can he explode for boards and shots like he used to.
They won. I don't recognize the 28 4th qtr FT fixed Game 6.
While I hope the best for Amare, I would think 90% would be great news.
I see more like 80-85 with 90 being tops.
CWebb has never been the same, and Kidd's game is played close to the floor anyway, not really requiring any explosion.
There's a reason it was Amare's other knee that went blotto: either he didn't trust it, or it wasn't up to snuff, causing him to over stress the previously OK knee.
Amare may never be the same explosive player again.
Can someone refresh my memory on Tim Duncan's knee injury/surgery. Did he suffer the same injury in question?
Tim had a scope to clean/even out a cart. tear. Nothing like microfracture.
Wasn't Antonio Mcdyess in the same situation? He was young, it was taken care of right away, and he played for Phoenix. I think that's a better comparison between the two instead of Penny and Amare.
Same here, isnt't he like 22 or something? D howard and Amare are just so damn fun to watch.
Yah, I forgot about McDyess. He tried to come back to soon tho and it cost him what, 3 or 4 years until he got with Detroit? I hope Amare comes back too because I want to beat them again with as full and healthy team as possible.
But, yah he's young and he's taking his time to recover, but look at McDyess, Randolph, Webber... nowhere near the same after the surgery.
It's scary.
Is this a joke? Webber went from being an explosive dunker, driver, and finisher to being a spot up mid-range jump shooter.
Honestly, it's sad seeing what happened to that Sacramento team. They were fun to watch and were only a game away from beating the mighty Lakers in Game 7 and ending the dynasty. Then Webber goes down the next year on a fluke play against the Mavs in the second round, comes back the middle of the next year nowhere near like his old self, gets traded halfway through the next season... and the team falls apart (Vlade gets back problems and retires, they trade Bobby Jackson and Doug Christie, and then trade Peja this year). That was a good team and probably should have beaten the Lakers in '02 and possibly the Spurs in '03. But Webber's injury changed him, and that teams window shut immediately.
Webber went from being a dominant star to being a 2nd or 3rd option because of that injury.
kings never won the le
well if they did then
spurs won the 2006 nba le
either way he robb the suns of a max contract
Amare will be the next Shawn Kemp.
I think their is a reason they are not trading marion
the gm said why would they trade him with amare coming off 2 yes 2 knee surgies
I hope he is ok and comes back 100%
I think though if you get a good offer for amare you move him and keep the other team intact
had they are been healthy who knows they could have beaten those damm mavs
Again, CWebb and others who have come back are different types of players.
CWebb can go with his little floater, and is a great passer. He was never known for his rebounding ability to begin with, so nobody really noticed it after his surgery. Amare can't do that. His consist of : 1) Jumping over you for a dunk 2) Jumping over you for a block 3) Jumping over you for a rebound.
If he can't jump anymore, what will he do?
Say what?
Okay I missed this. When did that happen? Amare's surgery was the same as Kerry Kittles. The type of surgery he had takes almost two years to rehab from. When Kittles had it done, he sat out almost two seasons. They drilled holes in the knee cap folks!!!
CWebb and JKidd never had micro fracture surgery during their NBA careers and different knee operations require different recovery times. Mostt knee surgeries are out patient things now; especially scopes and such. But micro fracture is intricate as and requires an extensive time to heal.
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