Links to the Present: Traditions Edition
2014-03-17
He can play in a mask, but can he play in a sling?
Every year at several points during the Cavs season, I find myself furiously searching “Kyrie Irving Injury.” I thought this year was going to break that tradition, since Irving has made it more than half of the season missing only three games. It seems I’m wrong again.
Mary Schmitt Boyer of The Plain Dealer reported about Irving’s past injuries and the chance he might be out for the year early this morning.
Irving, the Cavs All-Star point guard, left the game with a left biceps injury late in the first quarter, and he left the arena with his left arm in a sling. He is scheduled to have an MRI on Monday in Cleveland, but two NBA sources indicated the injury could be severe enough to end his season in the worst case scenario.
However, ESPN just announced Kyrie is going to be out for at least two weeks and then will be looked at again. At least there’s a possibility he returns this year.
Cavs fans are understandably still freaking out on Twitter because the playoffs are almost certainly out of the future if Kyrie is done for the season or even two weeks. This injury just leaves me wondering if our star point guard is injury prone or just extremely unlucky on a consistent basis.
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In unrelated news, Jacob Rosen at Waiting For Next Year has an article up about all things relating to the Cavs front office and analytics team. It’s a great read for fans of analytics and Cavs fans that want an idea of the inner workings in the front office.
Raoul,
Thanks for the heads up. Never been. I’m staying in Montecito and driving out to Creech almost daily … Should be fun until in 2 months when im in Afghanistan. Win some, lose some.
kojo,
When you get a break, there is all kinds of great desert areas to explore. You will be smart to stay out of Vegas as much as you can.
Screw it, we’ll probably be drafting Marcus Smart in that late lottery range … especially if they can – PLEASE GAWD – get rid of Jarrett.
– a small request from a travelling Airman. I’m in Vegas for a couple months doing training and am looking forward to the game updates … I know the season is winding down fast and we are Kate Winslet trying to not let go of our drowning and lifeless significant other but the Cavs aren’t on TV here … I needs my fix. Don’t let them go all crap here on out please.
Give Donald Sloan a call. Problem solved.
Over the last few weeks.
Grover it would make perfect sense that Kyrie has improved more at running an offense given that he’s had more experience at it. But before Dion got hurt he was running the second unit pretty damn well. And let’s be honest, Jarrett Jack has been running the point pretty much 45% of the time with Kyrie, Dion and Delly splitting up the remainder.
why risk further injury playoffs or no playoffs let the injury hea–l we are 4.5 games out with the most difficult schedule of any of the other contenders— let some younger players get some time good opportunity to evaluate for next year– we are now sitting at the 9th spot in the draft with 5 other teams ( providing they are not in tank mode –ha ha )within striking distance of overtaking us with more wins— I am not suggesting for the cavs to ” cash ” in this season but lets be realistic and smart about injuries ( no… Read more »
I think Kyre had made far greater strides this year (particularly in the last 4-6 weeks) in running an offense than Dion has. Dion still basically plays iso-ball at every opportunity. I’ll credit him in that he seems to have largely stifled the 20-footers with 15 seconds left on the shot clock….but I fear if he & Jack are left to run the show, there’s going to be a permanent wearing of the gloss on the court of the Q about 28 feet dead-center from the hoop due to the repeated ball-pounding at that particular spot. The Cavs will end… Read more »
Let’s see what Dion Waiters can do as the alpha-dog. Earlier in the year he didn’t step up.
They weren’t making the playoffs either way. And if, by some aligning of the cosmos miracle, they did, they’d get swept in the first round. I’d rather a lottery pick in a deep draft than a playoff drubbing.