In the aftermath of left knee surgery, Boston Celtics All-Star guard Kyrie Irving will miss the rest of the regular season and playoffs, league sources told ESPN.
He had knee surgery, even minor arthroscopic procedures come with long recovery times. Three weeks would have brought them into the second round of the playoffs. What were you guys expecting? There was never any way they were going to risk aggravating that knee injury for a key player.This sounds legitimately career threatening. Its not an acute situation. Its a pre-existing condition. That they KNOW 100% he cant play in a month is a terrible sign moving forward
Come back down off the ledge. At best this was a 4-5 week return which takes us to the ECF. What could make a knee injury a chronic problem is rushing back prematurely into the intensity of EC Finals games.This sounds legitimately career threatening. Its not an acute situation. Its a pre-existing condition. That they KNOW 100% he cant play in a month is a terrible sign moving forward
LeBron will be absolutely wrecked by the Rockets or Warriors if he gets that far. I don't get why all of a sudden the mainstream pundits seem to think the Cavs with their #27-ranked defense can compete with those teams.That's all she wrote. Good year for the young guys to develop and get a boatload of playing time. Let LeBron get out of the East and run the league straight to a banner in 2018. But until then go balls to the wall and see what happens!
Well that explains the announcement now. I'm actually less concerned for the long term now. Clearly they just didn't get it all or there were residual issues, and now we can assume we start with a totally clean slate in the fall.Shams Charania @ShamsCharania 12s13 seconds ago
Celtics All-Star Kyrie Irving will undergo surgery on Saturday and miss four-to-five months.
Not that there was much chance, but I think this goes hand in hand with the Kyrie news.According to Woj on ESPN, "no chance" Hayward returns this year either.
Yeah, this makes sense. And it should help BSJ come off the ledge.Shams Charania @ShamsCharania 12s13 seconds ago
Celtics All-Star Kyrie Irving will undergo surgery on Saturday and miss four-to-five months.
Welp, There goes the season.
Honestly this makes zero medical sense from what we know at this point. Potential theories include some combination of:
1. Infection from recent surgery
2. Found something at recent surgery they didn’t report yet
3. New injury or hardware complication during rehab (they left some hardware in apparently)
4. Kyrie spooked by team docs (bad press from IT situation?)
5. Kyrie’s team and Boston front office tension leading to Kyrie deciding not to play
6. Kyrie needed to go on a quest to find the end of the Earth
Damn good call.Adam Himmelsbach @AdamHimmelsbach 39s40 seconds ago
Celtics say Kyrie’s recent surgery revealed a bacterial infection. Screws from 2015 procedure being removed to help clear the infection.
He doesn't mean it, okay?!?!Fuck off, basketball gods.
Which reminds me, has anyone here heard anything on Smart returning for the playoffs or not?JFC
time for Rozier to step up with real pressure and see how the other young uns play in the real season.
Hope Smart can return in time to wreck some havoc
Danny ruled him out for the first round. Beyond that TBD I thinkWhich reminds me, has anyone here heard anything on Smart returning for the playoffs or not?
God forbid I put our 2% chance of keeping the Lakers pick in jeopardy...He doesn't mean it, okay?!?!
Can you fuck off until May 16th with the blaspheming, please?
Pretty cool that IT gave him some words of encouragement. Love that guy.
Especially if there is anything to all the Kawhi talk the past couple days.Well shit. This team will dominate next year.
Hmm?Especially if there is anything to all the Kawhi talk the past couple days.
Yeah. Are we talking voices in HRBs head? Guys down at the local packie? Or is Zarren a member here under some obscure username and he is PMing people inside color about a Nad(i)r/Larkin for Claw swap that's brewing?Hmm?
Since we're talking pipe dreams, Kawhi is so talented but man, I do not trust his heart at all.Especially if there is anything to all the Kawhi talk the past couple days.
Honestly this sucks for this year but I think his knee will be fine for next year
I’m at the Sox game, my fingers are too cold to type anything more