Injury

September 28, 2011 – Allen Moll What we all speculated during last year’s NCAA Tournament, that Duke’s fab freshman PG Kyrie Irving wasn’t playing at 100%, was apparently true. Per a story at the Cleveland Plains Dealer, doctors have told Irving that his injured right foot won’t be completely healed for another 3 months. Would [...]

January 10, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse for the Cleveland Cavaliers who are struggling big time right now having lost 19 of their last 20, one of the few bright spots on their roster goes down in practice with a severe ankle injury costing him the [...]

January 4, 2011 – Allen Moll I don’t know if you would call the Portland Trailblazers snake-bitten when it comes to the injury bug, but upon finding out that 3 time All Star Brandon Roy will be out of action indefinitely, on top of news that former #1 overall pick Greg Oden will once again [...]

November 24, 2010 – Allen Moll While it may be a case of bad timing with news of former #1 overall pick Greg Oden going down with yet another serious knee injury, the notoriously funny site The Onion.com was at it again poking fun at just how fragile the Portland Trailblazer center has been over his 3 [...]

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 [...]

November 8, 2010 – Kevin Burke In a perfect world, you would like for your Point Guard to spend the majority of his time setting up his teammates, and also scoring primarily when needed or necessary. However, the world we live in is hardly flawless and in Chicago, that isn’t quite the case yet. All [...]

November 1, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The big fella has been playing the team game better than anyone expected this season in bean town. Given the underperforming of Jermaine O’Neal thus far, the Celtics are hoping Shaq won’t miss any significant time with this knee bruise…. Shaquille O’Neal missed his second straight practice on [...]

October 23, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol After the war of words and heated battles between the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat in the 2006 NBA Finals, I never thought i’d see the day that Jerry Stackhouse would play in Miami. But in the NBA you learn to never say never….. Stackhouse joined the Heat [...]

October 18, 2010 – Allen Moll In a stroke of bad luck, Purdue’s senior leader Robbie Hummel has sustained another ACL tear to his surgically repaired right knee, forcing him to miss his entire senior year with the Boilermakers. The news comes on only the first day of official practice, with the Boilermakers predicted as [...]

October 13, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Don’t worry Heat fans, it looks as if it won’t be only one third of the Big Three in action come opening night (Wade still undetermined for opening night with hamstring injury). Lebron left the game against CSKA Moscow with cramps but plans to skip the last preseason [...]