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Really sorry for this guy.. Can't even live to the expectation that people wanted him to be..“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.” - Sir Edmund Hillary -
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Unfortunately yes but what's sad is that it's his injuries and not him playing bad which was the cause for this (unlike guys like Olowakandi and Kwame Brown).Originally posted by obama2008 View PostComment
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Wizards' Wall (sprained foot) misses third straight
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington rookie guard John Wall and center Yi Jianlian will both miss their third straight game.
They'll be out for Friday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Wall is averaging 18.1 points and 9.8 assists after being the top draft pick last spring. He has been sidelined with what the team has been calling a sprained left foot.
The 7-foot Yi has a bruised right knee. He is averaging 7.6 points and 3.1 rebounds.
Washington coach Flip Saunders said he was hoping Wall could play at Detroit on Sunday, but wouldn't unless he was able to run without pain. Saunders said that Wall still had "a bit of a bone bruise on the inside of the ankle."
Yi said he doubted that he would be able to play Sunday.Comment
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Originally posted by Khalid80 View PostYao to miss at least two more weeks
HOUSTON (AP) -- Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is expected to miss at least two more weeks due to a bone bruise in his left ankle.
The 7-foot-6 Yao hurt his ankle in Houston's 98-91 loss to the Washington Wizards on Nov. 10. The Rockets were already limiting the injury-prone center to 24 minutes per game as he comes back from offseason foot surgery.
Team doctor Tom Clanton said Friday that Yao's left foot is "completely healed and the structural integrity of the foot is intact."
Yao has averaged 10.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in five games this season. The Rockets (3-8) play in Toronto on Friday night.Comment
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Suns' Nash sits out against Magic with sore groin
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash is taking a night off to rest his sore groin.
Suns coach Alvin Gentry said Nash would sit out against the Magic on Thursday as a precaution. He said Nash probably could have played but there's no reason to push the injury this early in the season. Goran Dragic started in Nash's place.
Nash scored 17 points in Phoenix's 123-96 loss at Miami on Wednesday night. But he had only two assists, the fewest he's had in a game in almost two years.
The Suns were playing their fourth game in five nights Thursday. Gentry said he expects to have Nash back in the starting lineup Saturday at Charlotte.
Suns' Nash to remain sidelined with groin injury
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OKC's Durant sits out game with sore ankle
BOSTON (AP) -- Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant will miss Friday night's game against Boston because of a sore left ankle.
Durant had been a game-time decision, but a Thunder spokesman said about an hour before tipoff that Durant would not play.
Durant took a couple of hard falls in Wednesday night's game against Houston, but did not leave that game.
The No. 2 overall pick in the 2007 draft and the 2008 rookie of the year, Durant is leading the NBA with 28.0 points per game.
It was the second straight game the Celtics have missed out on facing a young star. On Wednesday, Boston beat the Washington Wizards with top overall draft pick John Wall sidelined.Comment
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Wade misses game with injured wrist
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Miami guard Dwyane Wade is inactive for the Heat's game against the Memphis Grizzlies with an injured left wrist.
Wade received treatment on the wrist before Saturday's game in an attempt to play, but was declared inactive.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Wade hurt the wrist when he fell during a fast break in Miami's 95-87 home victory over Charlotte on Friday night.
Spoelstra said Wade was to have an X-ray on the wrist.
Wade also has been suffering from a flulike illness, but Spoelstra said his fever has passed.
Heat forward LeBron James said someone else was going to have to "step up" and everyone on the team has to be more aggressive.Comment
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Heat's Haslem exits game with leg injury
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Heat forward Udonis Haslem was carried off the court during Miami's loss on Saturday against the Memphis Grizzlies, and it's not certain how long the team's co-captain will be out.
Haslem collided with Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph deep in the paint late with 1:25 left in the third quarter. The Grizzlies won 97-95 on a last-second shot by Rudy Gay.
Much of the Heat team gathered around Haslem as he stayed on the floor under the basket during a timeout. Haslem was carried off the court, unable to put any weight on the foot.
X-rays were negative and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Haslem will be re-evaluated Sunday in Miami.
The Heat were already without guard Dwyane Wade, who missed the game with an injured left wrist.
Haslem entered the game averaging 8.3 points per game and leading the Heat with 8.8 rebounds per game, coming off the bench as an undersized 6-foot-8 power forward.
He is also known as the team's emotional leader and solidifying force on the court, known for doing the "dirty work" - battling for rebounds, taking offensive fouls and diving for loose balls.
Haslem is a close friend of Wade's and was a key cog in the Heat's NBA championship team in 2005-2006. He took less money as a free agent to remain in Miami in an offseason where the team signed big-money free agents Chris Bosh and LeBron James.
After the game, James said he heard Haslem had a dislocated second toe and tore "a few ligaments in his foot somewhere." He said Haslem thought he broke the foot.
"It's huge," James said of the injury. "He's like our heart of our team. He's our power. He's our pride. He brings everything every night. Size never really matters to him. He always plays above his height, plays above his weight."
Heat forward Chris Bosh said it was not a good sign that the ever-tough Haslem was carried off the court.
"Unfortunately the game goes on," Bosh said. "You're always going to have to play through adverse situations. I think we did a decent job of responding. We just came up a little short."
That's 2 injuries to 2 key players from the Heat. This will definitely affect the results of the team if the injury is found to be serious.Comment
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Originally posted by Khalid80 View PostHaslem out indefinitely, will have surgery on left foot
MIAMI (AP) -- Udonis Haslem and the Miami Heat spent parts of two days reviewing many scenarios, hoping there was a way to avoid surgery.
There wasn't.
And Miami's toughest player is out indefinitely - possibly many months.
The Heat said Haslem will have surgery Tuesday to repair a badly torn ligament in his left foot, an injury that came Saturday night against Memphis on a play that looked almost harmless at first. Instead, it'll go down as a significant blow to the Heat, who entered Monday ranked 19th in rebounding in the 30-team NBA, and now will be without their best player in that department.
"We lose a warrior," coach Erik Spoelstra said.
In the short term, the Heat plan to give more minutes to Juwan Howard at the spot backing up starting power forward Chris Bosh. LeBron James and James Jones will be used at that position as well in certain situations, Spoelstra said.
"There's no replacement for UD. We all know that," James said.
The Heat will not know how long Haslem will be out until after the surgery. Spoelstra declined to speculate on a best-case scenario.
Aided by two massive crutches, Haslem made his way to the Heat bench just moments before tip-off of Miami's home game Monday against the Indiana Pacers. He got a hug and two smacks on the back from James, a fist-bump from Dwyane Wade and said hello to a few courtside ticket-holders.
"His toughness, not disrespecting anybody on the team, is going to be tough to replace," point guard Carlos Arroyo said. "He's such a tough guy and what he brings is something special every night. But we have the guys to do it. We understand it's going to take everybody to continue to work on those details that he provides for us. Rebounding, loose balls, charges. We just have to step up."
Haslem is considered by teammates to be not only Miami's grittiest guy, but the primary locker-room leader as well.
The Heat have said for years that Haslem's work off-the-court and in the locker room is one of the reasons why he's so valued, and Spoelstra said he expects the co-captain to keep that leadership role during his absence.
"That was the first thing I mentioned to him yesterday when he was getting his tests," Spoelstra said Monday. "I said, 'You've been through a lot already in your life. You will get through this. And secondly, your role as team captain and leader won't change.' We will still need that leadership and his voice behind the scenes."
It's been a trying few months for Haslem, who thought he was going to leave his hometown during the offseason and sign elsewhere because the Heat, at first, simply could not afford to keep him. Then James, Bosh and Wade all agreed to take less money in their Heat deals, which helped Miami offer Haslem $20 million for five years.
Days after Haslem accepted the new Miami deal, his mother died of cancer.
And now comes another blow.
"He's down," said Mike Miller, another injured Heat forward and one of Haslem's closest friends.
Wade missed almost the entire preseason with a strained hamstring and now has a sprained left wrist, but was back in the starting lineup Monday night. James has been dealing with a shin problem for a couple weeks, and Miller hasn't played yet this season and isn't expected back until after Christmas because of a broken thumb and ligament damage.
Miller signed with Miami so he and Haslem could play together. For the next few weeks, at least, they'll be sitting together in suits on the Heat bench.
"You never want to lose a guy like him," Miller said. "Heart and soul of this team. So it's going to be tough for a while. We'll hold it down until he gets back."
Haslem's 8.2 rebounds per game are tops among all NBA reserves; entering Monday, San Antonio's Antonio McDyess was second on that list with 6.6 per game. Haslem also has four double-doubles already this season, more than any other two NBA reserves coming into Monday's play combined.
"If we want to make a collective change in our rebounding and controlling that paint area ... individually guys have to make a change," Spoelstra said pregame Monday. "We have to have some career-high rebounding numbers as we move forward from each individual."
Clearly, replacing Haslem will be difficult. Miami's reserves were outscored 40-4 and the Heat were outrebounded 48-39 in Monday's 93-77 loss to Indiana.
If Miami looks outside its roster for help, the choice could be free-agent center Erick Dampier, who worked out for the Heat over the summer.
The Heat were prepared for the worst with Haslem after he needed to be carried off by center Jamaal Magloire and trainer Jay Sabol on Saturday night.
Magloire said Haslem didn't say anything as he was getting taken from the floor.
"It was strange," Magloire said.
Haslem was playing body-to-body defense against Memphis' Zach Randolph on the left side of the lane, trying to draw a charge. No foul was called after the two collided, but that wasn't what did the damage to Haslem. After Haslem fell backward to the court, he immediately pointed to, then grabbed, the inside of his left foot.
"I knew it. I knew something was bad," Miller said. "It's crazy, too. I rewound it about nine times to try to see what happened. Freak accident."
With this injury, I don't believe Miami will be able to challenge the top teams in the East (Boston+Orlando) any longer especially considering that Haslem is a very vital player on the Heat's roster and his absence will greatly affect the team.
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"On paper," Miami should still be the best team in the East. Unfortunately, with Miller and Haslem out, they lose some of their punch. It still isn't "panic mode" for Miami, but they need to stop isolating LeBron at the top of the key. That was why Cleveland couldn't get "over the hump" and it will be why Miami is "good but not great."Originally posted by Khalid80 View Post With this injury, I don't believe Miami will be able to challenge the top teams in the East (Boston+Orlando) any longer especially considering that Haslem is a very vital player on the Heat's roster and his absence will greatly affect the team."I really like the attitudes of eagles. They never give up. When they grab a fish or something else, they never let it go. It doesn't matter. In a book, they write they find a skeleton of [an] eagle and there is no fish. It means that the fish beat him and killed him, but he didn't let go." -- Donatas MotiejunasComment
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Magic's Carter (knee) game-time decision vs. Heat
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Orlando Magic shooting guard Vince Carter will be a game-time decision against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night after he sprained his left knee.
The Magic say an MRI on Carter's left knee was negative and he was diagnosed with a sprain. Orlando did not practice Tuesday.
Carter was injured in the Magic's 106-97 loss at San Antonio on Monday night. In the fourth quarter, Carter made a spin move and layup but his left leg landed awkwardly. He limped off the floor and did not return.
If Carter can't play, J.J. Redick will likely start in his place and be charged with guarding Dwyane Wade. The Heat routed the Magic 96-70 behind Wade's 26 points in the first meeting in Miami this season.Comment
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Celtics guard West breaks right wrist
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston guard Delonte West left the Celtics' game against the New Jersey Nets after breaking his right wrist.
West crashed to the ground after a layup with 2:48 left in the second quarter. He stayed there, grimacing in pain, until the medical staff came to help him. A few minutes later, he walked off, holding his right arm in his left, still in obvious pain.
No foul was called on Travis Outlaw, who was guarding him.
West had four points in 12 minutes on Wednesday night. He was averaging 7.5 points in about 19 minutes per game since returning from a 10-game suspension for his guilty plea on gun charges.
The Celtics were already short at guard because of a hamstring injury that has kept Rajon Rondo out the last three games.Comment
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Wizards rookie Wall out with bruised right knee
WASHINGTON (AP)—Washington Wizards rookie guard John Wall will miss Saturday night’s game against the Orlando Magic with a bruised right knee.
Center Yi Jianlian and forward Al Thornton are also out for the Wizards.
Wall, the No. 1 draft pick this spring, is averaging 18.0 points and 9.1 assists to lead the Wizards. He had missed four games with a sprained left foot before returning for Washington’s last two games.
This is Thornton’s second straight game missed due to a sprained left ankle. He averages 10.6 points and 4.8 rebounds.
Yi will miss his seventh straight game with a bruised right knee. Yi is averaging 7.6 points and 3.1 rebounds.Comment
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Nets' Harris to have MRI on injured left knee
NEW YORK (AP) -- New Jersey Nets guard Devin Harris injured his left knee midway through the third quarter against the New York Knicks on Tuesday night and said he will have an MRI exam Wednesday.
Harris was hurt when teammate Kris Humphries landed on the back of his leg while trying to block Wilson Chandler's fast-break layup. The point guard remained on the court for a few minutes before slowly limping to the back with a Nets trainer.
Harris said he's never had knee problems in the past and didn't seem too worried about it now.
"We're just going to do an MRI tomorrow to rule out a meniscus tear, but can't rule out anything until then," Harris said. "Just a little bit stiff. A little bit swollen. But all in all I think it's not too bad."
Harris, tied for the Nets' lead with 18.2 points per game, had eight before leaving. Coach Avery Johnson said Harris' departure changed the game, which the Knicks won 111-100, and knows the Nets need him back quickly.
"We are concerned. We have to see how it goes," Johnson said. "We're just hoping and praying for some good news. Just hoping and praying for goodness."Comment
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