Booker to undergo hand surgery

[Suns_fan69]

Gah.

http://arizonasports.com/story/1658...y-hand-surgery-out-indefinitely-suns-phoenix/

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker will undergo hand surgery on Monday and is out indefinitely, reports 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station’s John Gambadoro.

Booker will have the surgery in Los Angeles and is likely to miss the start of training camp.

 

[devilalum]

:angryarms:

 

[Suns_fan69]

Whoops, didn't see the posts in the other thread before starting this one. Feel free to fold it in with the other.

 

[Mainstreet]

What bothers me is the severity of the hand injury is unclear.

Training camp in Flagstaff starts on Sept. 25th.

 

[Suns_fan69]

What bothers me is why he didn't have the surgery as soon as the season finished. Or before the season even ended for that matter. I highly doubt it would have impacted the Suns decision to sign him long term.

 

[WildBB]

How did this happen? If it was from last season, this is dumb!

 

[Mainstreet]

What bothers me is why he didn't have the surgery as soon as the season finished. Or before the season even ended for that matter. I highly doubt it would have impacted the Suns decision to sign him long term.

These were my thoughts as well. Why wait this long.

 

[Suns_fan69]

How did this happen? If it was from last season, this is dumb!

Looks like it happened late last year in practice:

The bothersome right hand injury lingered for Booker throughout the end of the 2017-18 season after he jammed it in practice on March 14, a day before the team’s game against the Utah Jazz. Booker went on to play and shot 3-of-18.

From that point on, Booker was required to wear a splint until his condition improved and he missed the last 12 games of the season.

 

[JCSunsfan]

How did this happen? If it was from last season, this is dumb!

Probably thought it would get better, but either it got worse or he reinjured it.

If this team is going to get better, it has to be able to function with or without Booker. Maybe not on the highest level, but still. Book is not LeBron. He cannot carry a team all by himself night in and out.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Probably thought it would get better, but either it got worse or he reinjured it.

If this team is going to get better, it has to be able to function with or without Booker. Maybe not on the highest level, but still. Book is not LeBron. He cannot carry a team all by himself night in and out.

I'm going with both.

 

[taz02]

any ideas on how long he will be out

 

[SirStefan32]

Oh geez!

 

[Cheesebeef]

well, that sucks.

 

[sunsfan88]

Pretty foolish to not have done this earlier if it's an injury from last season.

 

[Mainstreet]

Pretty foolish to not have done this earlier if it's an injury from last season.

I think a lot of fans didn't think it was that serious. I was hoping it wasn't.

At the time, Booker and the Suns took criticism, with some suggesting it was a tactic to improve the team's position in the draft.

“Everyone thinks I’m faking it. They think we’re trying to tank but that’s not the case,” Booker said last March. “I always pride myself on playing and playing through injuries.”

https://www.azcentral.com/story/spo...rgo-hand-surgery-out-indefinitely/1252400002/

 

[SirStefan32]

Good news is that minor hand surgeries shouldn't take more than 4-6 weeks to heal. I wish they'd say exactly what the procedure is.

 

[Mainstreet]

The swelling is not particularly encouraging.

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[Hoop Head]

The swelling is not particularly encouraging.

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Was going to post those tweets here since they are basically the only tweets that explain why he didn't have surgery sooner. Since he's been battling with this hand injury for some time now, I would think part of it was he became accustomed to it not being 100% and figured it was ok as is and then something happened that caused it to swell up, basically sending him back to square one and the training staff now opting for surgery so it doesn't get bothered again.

 

[Phrazbit]

The swelling is not particularly encouraging.

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Swelling is a symptom, if it wasn't injured it wouldn't swell and he wouldn't be having surgery. Inflammation is the body attempting to repair damage.

 

[Mainstreet]

Swelling is a symptom, if it wasn't injured it wouldn't swell and he wouldn't be having surgery. Inflammation is the body attempting to repair damage.

I agree. This is why it is discouraging.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Pretty foolish to not have done this earlier if it's an injury from last season.

I am sure that they thought it would heal on its own--most injuries do. He probably made it worse with all the play this summer.

If its a tendonitis type of procedure its 6-8 weeks--12 max. We just don't know what the particular issue is. Its amazing he shoots this well with an injury in his shooting hand.

 

[Raindog]

So who's volunteering to start the tank the season thread?

 

[leclerc]

Tank for Zion! Let's get greedy and be the new Clippers/Sixers. Recurring suckness is in our future.

 

[StreetTruckinTitan]

So who's volunteering to start the tank the season thread?

Maybe one of the doom & gloom Cards "fans" can double duty and start another on this Suns team?

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

So who's volunteering to start the tank the season thread?

Wasn’t me!