Bledsoe out for the year?

[sunsfan88]

Roy is a bad example as the meniscus was the least of his problems
He had degenerative arthritis in his knees. From everything I read, Bledsoe should be be fine, for the next five or so years. Issues may arise later in his thirties much like Wade. Luckily he is 25 and a five year contract should be low risk signing. But you never know.

Roy's degenerative arthritis was a result of having multiple meniscus tears....

 

[JCSunsfan]

Roy's degenerative arthritis was a result of having multiple meniscus tears....

BOTH knees and constant rehab in which he had the habit of coming back too soon. The Portland med staff is notoriously bad.

It will be interesting to see where this goes.

 

[Suns_fan69]

BOTH knees and constant rehab in which he had the habit of coming back too soon. The Portland med staff is notoriously bad.

It will be interesting to see where this goes.

Yeah, didn't he come back to play the Suns in the playoffs a couple weeks after one of his menisectomies?

*Edit - Holy crap, he came back in 8 days.

 

[ProdigalSun]

Yeah, didn't he come back to play the Suns in the playoffs a couple weeks after one of his menisectomies?

*Edit - Holy crap, he came back in 8 days.

That was criminal what the Blazers did to Roy essentially robbing him of his career

 

[Folster]

Roy's degenerative arthritis was a result of having multiple meniscus tears....

Roy's knees were a concern coming out of college. He already had a couple surgeries prior to the draft. This is from DraftExpress dated 5/3/2006

The biggest issue for Roy has to do with his bad knee, which has bothered him for quite some time now. It really hampered him early last season, and a couple of surgeries may have robbed him of a bit of explosiveness. While Roy probably isn’t in the same category of a Kennedy Winston, you can bet that his knee will get lots of attention from NBA teams.From DraftExpress.comhttp://www.draftexpress.com#ixzz2qFG5kBRGhttp://www.draftexpress.com

 

[JCSunsfan]

NBC sports (referencing an AZ Republic article that I cannot find) is reporting that Bled only had a small piece of his meniscus removed. The 4-6 week time table is what is expected and the ramifications for his career long-term should not be significant.

This is good news all around considering.

 

[Superbone]

NBC sports (referencing an AZ Republic article that I cannot find) is reporting that Bled only had a small piece of his meniscus removed. The 4-6 week time table is what is expected and the ramifications for his career long-term should not be significant.

This is good news all around considering.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....turn-in-six-weeks/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

According to the Arizona Republic on Monday Bledsoe had a small piece of his meniscus removed, which is a much less serious surgery than had been suggested previously. Removal of the meniscus in a player this young would be unusual, but if is is an arthosopic surgery they may have needed to take off part of it. That would leave a lot of cushioning that will allow a (hopefully) long career.

Bottom line in the short term expect Bledsoe back sometime after the All-Star break.

 

[JS22]

Yeah, didn't he come back to play the Suns in the playoffs a couple weeks after one of his menisectomies?

*Edit - Holy crap, he came back in 8 days.

Wow that is just terrible. I remember him being pretty useless but I had forgotten that it was just 8 days.

If I recall, there was a great article about how the Portland training staff essentially ruined his career. I can't seem to find it though.

 

[Suns_fan69]

Wow that is just terrible. I remember him being pretty useless but I had forgotten that it was just 8 days.

If I recall, there was a great article about how the Portland training staff essentially ruined his career. I can't seem to find it though.

I know exactly the one you're talking about: http://zigsports.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/greg-oden-brandon-roy-what-what-happened/

It's more centered around Oden, but either way it's very damning of the Portland staff.

 

[sunsfan88]

I remember how the Portland crowd gave him a standing ovation in that game and then we lost that one and everyone said "Oh it's cause Roy came back, Blazers have al the momentum now" and then we proceeded to destroy them in the next game lol.

 

[JCSunsfan]

I know exactly the one you're talking about: http://zigsports.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/greg-oden-brandon-roy-what-what-happened/

It's more centered around Oden, but either way it's very damning of the Portland staff.

That is one of the most damning articles I have read about an NBA front office/staff ever. Why would ANY nba free agent ever want to go there unless there are big changes.

 

[Errntknght]

You'd think the owners and GM's would be all over any training methods that would allow them to get more out of their players. Heck, the league and the players union should be all over it, too. Even the agents have good reason(monetary) to take an interest. If the players were pets the humane society (and others) would raise a tremendous uproar about the (apparently) needless pain and suffering some of the current methods inflict.

I've never had anything good to say about the players union but this is a situation where they could do something to really help their members. The owners would rant and rave about losing control over their players but the players need to be able see someone about their health concerns that is not on the owners payroll. Of course, they like the rest of us should take control of their own medical destiny but thats very time consuming and who knows where to start.

At the very least the players union should counsel every player about their options for seeking non-team care and supply information about the kind of medical/rehab people they should look for, if not a list of the known available ones.

Ideally, the entire sports community would join forces and fund one or a number of institutions devoted to improving training, preventive training, rehabilitation and the related testing methodology. The institution(s) could have paying students who would graduate and become trainers etc. If subsidized to the tune of 100 million a year it would small potatoes compared to the wasted salaries teams currently pay and in time the ideas might trickle down to high schools and junior highs where the problems start. Who knows it might even spread to the general populus... I've got this hip thats been bothering me for years...

 

[95pro]

there's a bledsoe update

http://www.nba.com/suns/news/bledsoe-contributing-team-while-rehabbing

 

[Phrazbit]

Looks like Portland is not the only wildly incompetent front office when it comes to dealing with knee injuries...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...llinari-recovery-acl-tear-212647179--nba.html

Thats too bad. I think he is an entertaining player, that Denver team last season could have been really dangerous in the playoffs if injuries hadnt torn them apart. A healthy Gallo would be a perfect fit on a team like ours.