Achilles

So, um, uh-oh. Kristaps Porzingis has missed seven of the New York Knicks’ last 11 games while dealing with a sore Achilles, including each of the past four tilts. Achilles injuries are always fickle, but classifying it as sore implies an optimistic outlook. But that favorable prognosis, assuming there ever was one, may be gone. [...]

Last night, we may have seen the last of Rudy Gay in a Kings uniform. The 30-year-old combo forward, who is set to hit free agency this off-season and was set to earn one final big contract (likely elsewhere as he has made it known he does not want to return to the Kings), may [...]

The Grizzlies’ Mario Chalmers sustained a leg injury Tuesday night and it turns out that he has suffered a ruptured Achilles and his season is over. To add insult to injury, the Grizzlies followed up that news by waiving the 29 year old PG. What a terrible turn of events for Chalmers who was once [...]

Brandon Jennings is back on the court following his rehab from a torn Achilles tendon. But that court happens to be the D-League. He voluntarily chose to begin his return to the court in the D-League before returning to the NBA. It’s actually a smart choice as a way to shake off the rust. However, [...]

After a first round playoff sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs and Dwight Howard taking his talents to Houston, the Los Angeles Lakers are a team in transition and turmoil. The franchise centerpiece future Hall of Fame shooting guard Kobe Bryant faces the toughest challenge of his epic career, returning from a [...]

Straight off of the Twitter account of Kobe Bryant we get our first word of his one-off ‘Medical Mamba’ sneakers that Nike created for him hoping it will help with his recovery from the achilles injury he sustained in April. One surprising thing Kobe shared with us about these sneakers, besides him being out of [...]

When Chauncey Billups went down last season after tearing his Achilles, many feared that would be the end of his career. Luckily, he vowed to come back, even at the age of 36. Well, Chauncey is healed and is ready to suit up for the Clippers tonight. And he will actually be in the starting [...]

February 7, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The Clippers are rumored to make a run at J.R. Smith as soon as he’s back from China. At first, it would’ve probably created a logjam at the guard position, but with the fear of Chauncey being lost for the season, it makes Smith very necessary. We just [...]

November 16, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol What a luxury it is to have your star player go down with an injury and have players of the caliber of Andres Nocioni and Evan Turner to step in and fill the hole he leaves. Nocioni and Turner will be under greater pressure to produce statistically however [...]