Wesley Matthews Done For The Season

[JAWSFreelao]

Achilles tear. Done for the entire year. Blazers title hopes done as well.

[Andrew]

Seems they got lucky with Aldridge's injury, but the luck ran out. Really tough break for Matthews and the Blazers.

It still feels like more and more players have been going down with ACL and Achilles injuries these past few years. Not that they're uncommon or unheard of injuries in basketball, but it seems like a lot of key players are going down with major injuries a lot more often. I still wonder whether there is an issue with shoe designs these days, whether something's changed in strength and conditioning training...indeed, is something different about the court, a different finish or type of paint used for the decals? Maybe it is all coincidence, a string of bad luck in a sport that does carry the risk of those injuries, but I do wonder if there are as yet unidentified factors increasing the risk.

[[Q]]

Luckily they traded for Afflalo who will fill that role for them. Has there been an uptick in achilles injuries lately? that makes the 3rd one this season (Jennings, Pierre Jackson) and honestly I've never really paid attention to achilles injuries until Kobe got one. I remember Chauncey & Elton Brand had the same injury but can't recall too many from before that.

[Andrew]

From memory, Dominique Wilkins missed half of the 1992 season with one.

[deihatein]

I'm sure Lamrock is mad right now

[NovU]

Yeah as Q said, Afflalo now comes handy.

I also like re-emerging Batum these days. If he's healthy, the Blazers should be good to go.

[Lamrock]

I'm sure Lamrock is mad right now

You'd be correct.

Horrible turn of events. Matthews is easily the third best player on the team and I love his game. He's everything you want at the 2 guard position and would be an all star in the east. We'll still back into our first division title of the Millennium but hopes of playoff success beyond maybe winning a series is out the window.

Pretty handy that we picked up a starting caliber sg with Matthews's skillset a couple weeks ago!

[bowdown]

What a fucking waste.

[shadowgrin]

@WojYahooNBA: Yahoo Sources: After losing Wesley Matthews for the season, Portland makes a call on Ray Allen. It was worth a shot. http://t.co/qPJOUlGJTe

[Kevin]

Seems like they don't trust Afllalo to shoot threes.

[Ofek99]

sad to see that injuries again and again this season.
specially to see future stars injured
hope to see Wes return to be the player he was before the injury,the 3 point machine
#Pray4Wes

[Kevin]

sad to see that injuries again and again this season.
specially to see future stars injured
hope to see Wes return to be the player he was before the injury,the 3 point machine
#Pray4Wes

#Pray4YourSig

[Ofek99]

KevinParker13,
for my what ? not understood

[NovU]

You can't have all those nice things in your sig. It's against the forum rule.

Get rid of them and keep only the pic.

[Ofek99]

You can't have all those nice things in your sig. It's against the forum rule.

Get rid of them and keep only the pic.

oh thanks .