Kyrie Irving Has a Broken Finger 2012-11-19 Off By Colin McGowan He’ll be out for roughly four weeks. It’s your team now, Jeremy Pargo. 0015 – Is It Summer Yet? Thoughts on James Harden Part II: What Does the Thunder’s Crisis Mean for the Cavs?
Ok I’d rather have the draft pick than JJ. I got to believe by 2017 the kings will slide out of the bottom 10. 2015 or 2016 we could have the 11th pick in the draft
A broken hand from hitting whatever it is he hit has nothing to do with how good shape he’s in. And all the stretching in the world won’t make the bones in your finger stronger.
Nate, I do, and I know that the more fatigued/out of shape I am, the more likely I am to get random strains and sprains. Again, my theory about Kyrie is all speculation, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a connection.
I’m a junior in high school on my basketball team. Started playing in 8th grade. No injuries in 8th or 9th grade. Last year I had two concussions (both from taking random fluke elbows to the head, so I’ve been told). Also sprained knee. Now this year I’m dealing with a bone bruise in my foot that didn’t seem to be a big deal but its lingering and if it gets worse I might have to shut it down for a week or two. So that’s 4 injuries now in 13 months for me. I wouldn’t consider myself injury prone… Read more »
Damon, have you ever played basketball regularly? You can jam your finger every time you play for a week, or you can not have an injury for a year. It is complete and utter random chance, and the thing about random chance is that it happens in clusters we assign to patterns that have absolutely no meaning. Fatigue plays a role in injuries, but hand/shoulder/whatever injuries are in some ways inevitable.
I still has a sad.
When a player seems to show a consistent pattern of getting injured and missing significant time – that’s injury prone. No other word for it. This is 3 years in a row, how much more of a pattern does somebody need? I guess this will really ‘push’ Dion to pick it up a bit. Not that he needs help finding a shot that he likes, but I think he’ll be forced to be more of an overall playmaker. I don’t see him letting Pargo/Sloan lead the team. He said before that he’s use to being ‘the man’ everywhere he’s been,… Read more »
The finger injury doesn’t really worry me. I would like for him to stop hitting the floor ala Wade though.
I may be looking into things too much, but the types of injuries Kyrie seems to be receiving — strains, random breaks, etc — are the type I associate with someone just not being in great shape. Now, obviously, “great shape” is relative. But, when you look at his injury history as well as the fact that he seems to take a lot of “breaks” on the court — not just on defense, either. there are times on offense when you can clearly see that he’s taking a breather — perhaps there’s some correlation between him getting fatigued so often… Read more »
What Chris said, basically. It’s incredible how snarky people get… @Scott, “Torn ligaments? Sprained ankles? Concussions? Diptheria?” Diptheria, no. Concussions, no. Torn ligaments and sprained ankle’s could lead to injury prone-ness, but not definitely, unless that particular ligament/ankle becomes problematic repeatedly. Non of Kyrie’s injuries have repeated themselves, and most of them are freak. They haven’t affected his ability in the slightest. Injury prone is Brandon Roy, Greg Oden, Steph Curry’s high ankle sprain, Yao Ming, Andrew Bynum. I mean, take Bynum. Kid goes bowling and inflames his good knee, or whatever. That isn’t ‘freak’ so much as it is… Read more »
Thanks Richard, I guess I did forget about hockey, rugby, etc. But my point about concussion being a freak injury in basketball stands.
bravo Chris!
p.s. – You forgot about every other contact sport on the planet. Ask Syndey Crosby if concussions only happen in the NFL.
p.p.s. – People are still upset that we traded J.J. Hickson?
Irving isn’t injury prone. I mean yes, he’s had five minor/major injuries in this past 3 years, but they have all been random, ‘freak’ injuries that does little to suggest his bodily weakness or injury prone-ness. He’s had a foot ligament injury, a concussion, a shoulder joint injury, a right hand fracture, and a left index finger fracture. This is the most eclectic list of injuries you can find. First off, his foot has been fine since he injured it in college in ’10. Second, a concussion is a ‘freak’ injury in most sports, except football. A concussion could happen… Read more »
Well this totally sucks. It was fun to watch the team with Kyrie and Dion. Now that it’s just Dion it’s going to get pretty bad.
I blame the trade of JJ Hickson for all of this.
Who will start,Pargo or Sloan?
I don’t know if Grant will do this, but it’s a good opportunity to try out some D-League guys. They probably won’t amount to much, but it’s worth a try. There’s no point in playing Andy too many minutes trying to win games, and we already kind of know what we’re going to get from Pargo and Sloan.
You guys need to chill. Its not yet time to mail in the hopes and dreams we all have riding on this kid yet. He doesn’t have bad feet, bad ankles, or bad knees, bad shoulders, concussion proneness, etc…yet. All of these Injuries are fluky, we see the outlines of a trend, but so far they’re unrelated. I don’t think its time to jump ship and trade him. However, if you want to blame someone for what you all perceive to be his injury-proneness, blame Chris Grant and Byron Scott. Our bench is poorly assembled on purpose. We’re designed to… Read more »
Just think of the xmas day promotions. I’m more interested in his teammate.
SAVE US NERLENS NOEL!
I was having a pleasant morning here in Germany, until I made my way over to my favorite little blog. Normally, a lovely experience, but today, er, well,,, anybody got a nail to drive in my eye? I suppose at some level, it can help Dion’s development, assuming his impending struggles as the number one guy aren’t exacerbated by Byron’s occasional nonsense. (Dion’s recent poor play began precisely after Scott sat Dion for the 4th quarter a bit ago). Expect Dion’s efficiency to go into the tank, but if he doesn’t build bad habits, we could be stronger for it.… Read more »
Luke Harangody has been sealed off in a glass case with a hammer and a sign saying, “Break only in case of emergency.”
@Isaac:
“Broken bones do not an injury-prone player make.”
So, what does, exactly? Torn ligaments? Sprained ankles? Concussions? Diptheria?
Well to all the people that wanted us to get a top draft pick this is a step in the right direction. But in terms of Kyrie I say let him take as much time as he needs. I wouldn’t think nutrition would be a problem for him (he wasn’t poor or anything growing up) as far as that being a contributing factor in his injuries. I would say this is becoming a problem, how serious it is I don’t know yet. My gut says that these are all silly little injuries that are unrelated bad luck. I think if… Read more »
Isaac, not nec true – broken bones (which he’s had number of) could be due to poor nutrition, etc.
Lets hope this is just flukey. but darn…I’m sad….words…failing….
I’m with Kevin –
Broken bones do not an injury-prone player make. It’s just luck. Bad, in this case
Well that explains why he couldn’t make baskets yesterday. UGH!!! Get ready to wear paper bags!! We could sure use a Jeremy Lin to save us! If ONLY!!!
It’s prime time for Nion Dion to step up and…oh God help us all.
I was at the game Saturday night and saw him break his finger. As someone who broke a number of fingers in basketball, it was clear as soon as he started shaking his left hand that he broke his finger. And yet incredibly, not only did the training staff take a look at his finger during a break, they let him back into the game. And then they took x-rays, found nothing, and then let him play again. And the next night. I hope that didn’t exacerbate the injury.
Well Kevin, now it’s REALLY time to start doing draft profiles. Cavs are now the worst team in the NBA by a fair margin. I hope Dion Waiters is ready for the gauntlet.
Did I say he could, genius? I said he’s been injured now for three straight seasons, suggesting he might, you know, be injury prone.
I know each incident is unrelated, but when does a player become injury prone? Maybe he has weak bones…I am going somewhere to cry now.
Rich ur a dumbass as if he can help gettin a broken finger
This….is becoming a problem. That’s three straight years of basketball with three straight injuries that will cause him to miss significant time.
Better google ” pictures of tanks”