Bledsoe out for the year?

[Superbone]

I just want management to make good decisions. If they want to make a push for the playoffs, fine, just don't give away our future. If they want to call it a day and trade Dragic and Frye I'm fine with that too. But if they give away Goodwin and our four draft picks for an aging veteran that won't be part of the rebuild (Melo for exampe), I'm likely to be disconsolate for quite some time.

Steve

That's a big word for us uneducated posters.

 

[Folster]

Silver lining is that this will likely make a huge max contract for him doubtful. Also doubtful is Bledsoe accepting his qualifying offer and playing out his final year to become an unrestricted free agent. He'll probably want to lock up a long term deal now that he's experienced some injuries and understands the risk.

 

[AzStevenCal]

That's a big word for us uneducated posters.

I think its means incontinence, go ahead and use it interchangeably if you prefer.

Steve

 

[AzStevenCal]

Silver lining is that this will likely make a huge max contract for him doubtful. Also doubtful is Bledsoe accepting his qualifying offer and playing out his final year to become an unrestricted free agent. He'll probably want to lock up a long term deal now that he's experienced some injuries and understands the risk.

Does it? I'm pretty sure his agent is going to point to the Suns performance with Bledsoe versus the Suns without. If we go from arguably the 7th best team in the league to the 12th best team in the West he's going to have some ammunition to back up his demand. I really don't know how that will play out especially since we all heard the rumors of max contract demands even before Bledsoe had stepped on the court as a Phoenix Sun.

Steve

 

[Sunburn]

Elite athletes return to practice within one to two weeks after surgery, but they are a motivated group of people who spend hours each day in rehabilitation. For most other patients, return to mild routine activity occurs in less than six weeks.

http://www.medicinenet.com/torn_men...overy_like_for_a_patient_with_a_meniscus_tear

This sucks but it doesn't sound like a season killer.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Elite athletes return to practice within one to two weeks after surgery, but they are a motivated group of people who spend hours each day in rehabilitation. For most other patients, return to mild routine activity occurs in less than six weeks.

http://www.medicinenet.com/torn_men...overy_like_for_a_patient_with_a_meniscus_tear

This sucks but it doesn't sound like a season killer.

Everything is conjecture at this point

Sources told ESPN.com that the scope and severity of the injury will not be known until Bledsoe is in a surgeon's care

Steve

 

[JCSunsfan]

Elite athletes return to practice within one to two weeks after surgery, but they are a motivated group of people who spend hours each day in rehabilitation. For most other patients, return to mild routine activity occurs in less than six weeks.

http://www.medicinenet.com/torn_men...overy_like_for_a_patient_with_a_meniscus_tear

This sucks but it doesn't sound like a season killer.

Um, did you copy and paste my quote from another board? Regardless, it depends upon the severity of the tear. The bad news is that this seems to be the second time in that same knee. The last time he was projected to be out 6-8 weeks.
http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/bledsoe-injury-update-111209.html

 

[JCSunsfan]

I jus don't see any scenario where he can be out for the season though. If. Bledsoe was a player who has had prior knee trouble and tore the meniscus in tha same knee, then yes big concern. But I believe this is the first time right?

It depends on the severity of the tear too which none of us will ever know but even if that's extremely bad, I would say 8 weeks with good rehab. And that's worst case scenario.

Nope, not the first time.

http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/bledsoe-injury-update-111209.html

 

[JS22]

Nope, not the first time.

http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/bledsoe-injury-update-111209.html

Interesting. I had no idea.

 

[Chaplin]

I just recently watched the Clipper game and you can definitely tell when this current injury occurred--but I believe after some time on the bench he came back into the game. If this was a terribly horrible injury, I don't think we would have seen that happen.

As it stands, it sucks that he's injured at all and we can only cross our fingers that it won't be that serious.

 

[Sunburn]

Um, did you copy and paste my quote from another board? Regardless, it depends upon the severity of the tear. The bad news is that this seems to be the second time in that same knee. The last time he was projected to be out 6-8 weeks.
http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/bledsoe-injury-update-111209.html

Lol I absolutely did not. I saw yours at realgm just now. I thought you copy and pasted mine. What are the odds of that.

 

[Folster]

Does it? I'm pretty sure his agent is going to point to the Suns performance with Bledsoe versus the Suns without. If we go from arguably the 7th best team in the league to the 12th best team in the West he's going to have some ammunition to back up his demand. I really don't know how that will play out especially since we all heard the rumors of max contract demands even before Bledsoe had stepped on the court as a Phoenix Sun.

Steve

We'll see, but the new CBA has changed the thinking of a lot of front offices.

 

[AzStevenCal]

We'll see, but the new CBA has changed the thinking of a lot of front offices.

I agree but it only takes one. Look at what our front office tried to do with Eric Gordon. I know announcers aren't General Managers but if they are any indication, there are a lot of teams convinced that pre-injury Bledsoe was already worthy of a max contract.

Steve

 

[Chaplin]

I agree but it only takes one. Look at what our front office tried to do with Eric Gordon. I know announcers aren't General Managers but if they are any indication, there are a lot of teams convinced that pre-injury Bledsoe was already worthy of a max contract.

Steve

Except even with his horrible injury history, Gordon had a good amount of time playing at a high level, much more than a couple months for Bledsoe.

 

[Arizona's Finest]

well...crap.

this sucks...we won't be good enough/nor really build as unit with him out and we've already won too many games to really tank.

this sucks.

Exactly. Would have been alot better if this happened Game 2. Now im praying we lose every game the rest of the way. And was just starting to like this team too.

Hey maybe now we get him on the cheap. Who the hell is going to max him out now?

 

[AzStevenCal]

Except even with his horrible injury history, Gordon had a good amount of time playing at a high level, much more than a couple months for Bledsoe.

But it was a far worse injury history than Bledsoe has had. I'm not coming down on one side or the other of this, I just think it's as easy to guess this helps his negotiating as it is to assume it hurts. I do know that if you watch most of our games with the opposing team's announcers they all talk about it as a done deal. I even heard at least one set of announcers rip us for failing to sign him back in October because a max deal was now considered a no-brainer (this was in December).

I think he's worth a max contract (healthy) to us but I think most teams will be disappointed by him if they lay out that kind of money. He has flaws as a point guard but as a basketball player he's incredible. With Dragic opposite him we can hide/survive his flaws.

Steve

 

[KloD]

For what it;s worth, I had this injury in my right knee several years ago in my early 20's. I was about the same age as Bledsoe is now. It's painful, but with proper rehab and no doubt he will have the best people working with him he should come back without losing a step. The tricky part is not coming back too soon. Any pain in the knee under any circumstances means he's not ready to get back to work. This varies from person to person, but there is a chance he could miss the rest or most of the rest of the season. I believe if memory servers it took me 2.5 months before I was back practicing (martial arts) and 3.5 before I competed again.

I doubt this will effect his free agency. I suppose other teams might think twice before offering him a contract, but if we've learned anything, there's always at least 1 GM out there that will make an offer the rest of the league and it's fans find unbelievable.

I think he'll be fine, his youth, build, and hopefully his motivation will go a long way in his ability to recover 100%.

 

[Mainstreet]

Nope, not the first time.

http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/bledsoe-injury-update-111209.html

I think this shuffles the cards a bit if it is the same knee. IMO, this likely will take Bledsoe away from max offers by other teams, especially if he misses a significant amount of time.

 

[ProdigalSun]

Man I got home and saw this thread and thought it was joke...bummer

 

[sunsfan88]

Nope, not the first time.

http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/bledsoe-injury-update-111209.html

Whoa, had no idea about this...

 

[Chaz]

I suspected his injury was worse than previously known if they were bringing in Barbosa.

Bummer. Get well soon Eric.

 

[sunsfan88]

Archie Goodwin ‏@A1Laflare10 12h Prayers out to my big bro @EBled2 we gone hold it down for you dawg. Much love #brothers

LeBron James ‏@KingJames 13h Just heard about my lil bro @EBled2! Having a great year! Just a minor set back. Come back stronger bro! #Klutch

And Bledsoe's injury was actually discussed on ESPN, NBA TV and Inside the NBA on TNT as well.

I know its an unfortunate circumstance but damn, the national media is finally talking about Phoenix for once.

Usually when Dragic or Frye or whoever get injured, nobody in the media really gives a ***. But Bledsoe has to get surgery on his torn meniscus and BAM, breakin news!

 

[82CardsGrad]

I jus don't see any scenario where he can be out for the season though. If. Bledsoe was a player who has had prior knee trouble and tore the meniscus in tha same knee, then yes big concern. But I believe this is the first time right?



It depends on the severity of the tear too which none of us will ever know but even if that's extremely bad, I would say 8 weeks with good rehab. And that's worst case scenario.

Gambo reported this is the same knee and same meniscus he tore when he was with the Clippers. Not sure what that really means, but it doesn't sound promising...


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[PDXChris]

Gambo reported this is the same knee and same meniscus he tore when he was with the Clippers. Not sure what that really means, but it doesn't sound promising...


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Could mean they have to do a full repair instead of a quick fix. To compare, Westbrook and Rose both had rull repairs with 6 month recovery times.

 

[Mainstreet]

Could mean they have to do a full repair instead of a quick fix. To compare, Westbrook and Rose both had rull repairs with 6 month recovery times.

I'm not totally sure what a full repair versus a quick repair means, but if a full repair prolongs the longevity of the player, I'm for this option. My understanding a quick repair removes more meniscus, which IMO, is not the way to go.