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Brandon Roy to Have Knee Surgery: UPDATED 10:35 p.m.

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Wow.

Dave will be here soon to talk us down off the ledge.

Hopefully.

-- Ben (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com)

Adding on from Dave:

I don't know about talking people down off the ledge.  Personally I'm getting a little tired of late summer knee surgeries to our star players.  Can't everyone just get their knees scoped in April when the season ends and be done with it?  Preventative medicine, you know.

Nevertheless, let's not panic yet.  There's no set timetable for Roy's return, which could be good or bad.  Plus Roy being out means more chance to see Bayless, Fernandez, and Martell.  However if he's not back to start the season we can plan to be REALLY hurting with that November schedule. 

Easy surgery...quick recovery.  That's the mantra right now.

--Dave  (blazersub@yahoo.com)

P.S.  In case you need it, here's the complete text of the announcement:

The Portland Trail Blazers announced today that guard Brandon Roy will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery on Thursday to repair a tear in the meniscus of his left knee. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) taken Tuesday revealed the tear in the meniscus.

Trail Blazers team physician Dr. Don Roberts will perform the surgery at Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center in Vancouver, Wash.

A timetable for Roy’s return will be set following the arthroscopic surgery.

P.P.S.  The following conversation was taped at Blazers HQ today.  Names have been disguised to protect confidentiality.

Mystery Player:  Man, that Blazersedge blog is so cool.  I want to start one of those.

Blazer Media Rep:  Sorry [Mystery Player], blogging is intricate work.  Not just anybody can do one.  There are qualifications, exams, licensing...

Mystery Player:  Wait, doesn't Oden have one on the official Blazers site?  He hasn't even played a single game and he gets to do it!

Blazer Media Rep:  That's different.  That's a recovery blog.

Mystery Player:  Recovery blog?

Blazer Media Rep:  Yeah.  He documents his recovery from knee surgery.

Mystery Player:  So you're saying the only way I can get a blog of my own is to recover from knee surgery.

Blazer Media Rep:  Pretty much.

Mystery Player:  Hand me that mallet over there...

(sigh)  Silly Mystery Player.  If you had just asked we would have let you do a guest spot or two.  I mean, on a slow day.

--Dave

P.P.P.S.  Here's Casey Holdahl doing an interview with Nate McMillan just today.  No mention of any of this, so one may assume the issue is relatively recent and known to only a select few until this time.  This conclusion would also be supported by the late-evening announcement.

UPDATE 10:34 p.m.: 

Obviously all of us are going to have to wait and find out together what the results of the surgery will be.  Nobody in the organization knows, nor will they know until the procedure is done.  But because everybody feels like jumping off a bridge over this we went ahead and talked to some official sources.  One of them agreed to share this anonymously:

There are two types of surgery like this.  There’s a minor, and a more serious repair.  Gilbert Arenas had a pretty significant tear, and was out three months.  But, there are cases where it’s much more minor.  Minnesota’s Craig Smith just had this same procedure on August 2nd, and they put his timetable at 6 weeks  We’re still about 80 days out from opening night, so we’ve got some time.  That’s the good news.  The team should release a timeline after the surgery in the morning.  They probably just need to get in there and see how bad it is.  Out of habit, we’re all thinking the worst.  But, hopefully it won’t be that bad.

Maybe that will ease people's minds a little and give us a clearer idea when we might hear more.  Keep checking this post, as we're talking to more people as we speak.

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UPDATE 10:41 p.m.:  Jason Quick helps talk us down too. -- Ben

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--Dave

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Holy Crap!!

Norsktroll -"Carlos Boozer.............is known in China as "Fan Gu Zai," which, loosely translated, means "Betrayal Skull Guy."

by 92wastheyear on Aug 13, 2008 9:23 PM PDT   0 recs

put the gun down

"You'd rather say 'whoa' than 'giddyup.'" ~ Dean Demopoulos

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:23 PM PDT   0 recs

step away from the gun

"You'd rather say 'whoa' than 'giddyup.'" ~ Dean Demopoulos

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:23 PM PDT   0 recs

PLEASE SIR

"You'd rather say 'whoa' than 'giddyup.'" ~ Dean Demopoulos

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:24 PM PDT   0 recs

STEP AWAY FROM THE GUN

"You'd rather say 'whoa' than 'giddyup.'" ~ Dean Demopoulos

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:24 PM PDT   0 recs

No Gun!!

Crossbow….but still….finger tightening….must stop!!

Norsktroll -"Carlos Boozer.............is known in China as "Fan Gu Zai," which, loosely translated, means "Betrayal Skull Guy."

by 92wastheyear on Aug 13, 2008 9:25 PM PDT   0 recs

Well, that logjam at shooting guard just cleared

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Aug 13, 2008 10:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

OMG!

That ton of bricks fell from nowhere!!

by sagebru5h on Aug 13, 2008 9:28 PM PDT   0 recs

i blame this completely on that damn bike he was riding!

"You'd rather say 'whoa' than 'giddyup.'" ~ Dean Demopoulos

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:28 PM PDT   0 recs

I TOLD Brandon to stay off Greg's sofa!

Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."

by MiledAnimal on Aug 13, 2008 10:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:29 PM PDT   0 recs

Looks like Rudy is starting the season.

If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Ice cream has no bones!

by Arby on Aug 13, 2008 9:30 PM PDT   0 recs

First thing is that this is NOT micro fracture

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:30 PM PDT   0 recs

Damn it....neither was Oden's

when he went in the door

Norsktroll -"Carlos Boozer.............is known in China as "Fan Gu Zai," which, loosely translated, means "Betrayal Skull Guy."

by 92wastheyear on Aug 13, 2008 9:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

shhhh

no talk, shhhh

youll make me cry

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hate to crap on everyone's party

But I went in for meniscus surgery in January and woke up with microfracture.

But then, I’m sure a lot of people get meniscus surgery and have no cartilage damage.

by shralpster on Aug 13, 2008 10:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

suddenly it smells bad

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 10:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

how long does a torn maniskus take to heal

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:31 PM PDT   0 recs

how long does a torn maniskus take to heal

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:31 PM PDT   0 recs

Somewhat longer

than it takes to spell correctly.

—Dave

by Dave on Aug 13, 2008 9:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lol

wait no thats not good

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

meniscus!!!!!! there BRoy should be all better soon

please

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Really!

He shouldn’t have been riding that damn bike – it was built for a 7 footer. Can’t B-Roy – or KP – or Paul – or my 2 year old niece – afford his own bike?

I hate my life.

by Griff on Aug 13, 2008 9:31 PM PDT   0 recs

death

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthroscopy#Knee_arthroscopy

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and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
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by BlazerFan1 on Aug 13, 2008 9:33 PM PDT   0 recs

i dont like how I felt inside when I saw you coment apear

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ummm...

That article says an athlete can be back to decent form in a few weeks. Of course we don’t want to assume anything…could be worse and longer. But your subject line is quite misleading. Let’s not get OVER-depressed here.

—Dave

by Dave on Aug 13, 2008 9:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

this is true

depending on what they do, he can be back to feeling normal in as little as 2 weeks. however if they are gonna remove chunks of his meniscus this is bad news longer term.

if they do a repair it might take longer short term for him to get back.

(this is what they told me when they removed most of my meniscus a few months back)

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON (SERIOUSLY DOG)

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How about doing a post on your knee to give us a bench mark for our

knowledge base? We can compare the two to try to gauge Brandon’s recovery time. It sounds like you may have a worst case example.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Aug 13, 2008 9:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

great idea

it will give some focus

"Turns out I'm kind of a jerk."
---ptwnblzr

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

guys

you’re already complaining that i’m turning into canzano. now you want me to write about my knee surgery?

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON (SERIOUSLY DOG)

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I wasnt complaing

‘cept for your scathing but simplistic oppinion of my trade proposal

"Turns out I'm kind of a jerk."
---ptwnblzr

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ah wasn't meant to you or anyone in particular

which trade proposal was it? ak 47?

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON (SERIOUSLY DOG)

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah,

it dont matter, I shouldnt have mentioned it. Brandons more important right now.

"Turns out I'm kind of a jerk."
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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

my apologies regardless

lets now bow our heads together in unison

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON (SERIOUSLY DOG)

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

agreed

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

just listen to ann on this one and write about your knee surgey, ok?

"Turns out I'm kind of a jerk."
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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sure. We need a benchmark on which to base our expectations for Brandon.

"Besides, AnntheFan will be here any minute to #25 you." T Darkstar

by annthefan on Aug 13, 2008 9:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

hmm

i like the idea. i do. but they recommended i never play basketball again.

so you might call it career-ending if i had had a career.

i try to find a twist on topics, but i’m struggling with this one.

;)

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON (SERIOUSLY DOG)

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ok, thats not funny

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

>:-(

Not funny – but for my real take on the situation see Dave’s latest post.

Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."

by Norsktroll on Aug 14, 2008 3:31 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

death to blazerfan1 my heart cant take this anymore

Leaders build cultures that create self-esteem, generate and sustain trust, elevate the dignity of work , create community and foster open communication, and finally encourage growth and learning.

-Warren Bennis USC Professor

That was a very hard winter,
and it was just like one long night,
with me lying awake, waiting and waiting and waiting
for daybreak.
- Black Elk
1881

by BlazerFan1 on Aug 13, 2008 9:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It'll be better in the morning

Hug the kid and think good thoughts.

—Dave

by Dave on Aug 13, 2008 9:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

this is worse then me loosing my job

"Turns out I'm kind of a jerk."
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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:33 PM PDT   0 recs

Dude

I finally get to a computer and the first thing I notice is some fanpost about Roy and a knee, which is conveniently cancelled. I check my pizza, come back, and this. Its safe to say I have lost my appetite. NNNNOOTTTTTT AAAAGGGGAAAAAIIINNNNN!!!!!!!!!!

RUDY > MJ

by myemic23 on Aug 13, 2008 9:33 PM PDT   0 recs

someone hold me

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON (SERIOUSLY DOG)

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:34 PM PDT   0 recs

First ya gotta stop holding

yourself

Norsktroll -"Carlos Boozer.............is known in China as "Fan Gu Zai," which, loosely translated, means "Betrayal Skull Guy."

by 92wastheyear on Aug 13, 2008 9:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i feel

very numb right!!!

by Enigmah on Aug 13, 2008 9:34 PM PDT   0 recs

Knee issues

since before 2006 draft

Blazer's fan since '84, Currently exiled in Tennessee and North Carolina

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by HurraKane212 on Aug 13, 2008 9:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dear Lord,

Let this not be an “Andrew Bynum” meniscus tear.

On the bright side, imagine if we didn’t have Rudy and Bayless…

P.S. From Wikipedia

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by HurraKane212 on Aug 13, 2008 9:37 PM PDT   0 recs

Bynum didn't have a meniscus injury

He had an MCL injury. The knee has a lot of parts that can break.

by baduk on Aug 13, 2008 10:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

And his kneecap went out of its place, which was caused most of the problems

Odenied: Asked whether he noticed Oden favoring his right knee, Frye dismissed it entirely. "He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors."

by Norsktroll on Aug 14, 2008 3:32 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

LET'S ALL LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE

With another three punches in their card the Blazers can get a free knee surgery.

—Dave

by Dave on Aug 13, 2008 9:37 PM PDT   0 recs

Maybe we can use it

on Darius Miles?

Blazer's fan since '84, Currently exiled in Tennessee and North Carolina

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by HurraKane212 on Aug 13, 2008 9:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No, no, no

It’s no good for liposuction. It has to be the same type of surgery, of equal or lesser value.

—Dave

by Dave on Aug 13, 2008 9:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oops...

f the destroyed part of the meniscus was removed, patients can usually start walking a day or two after surgery. Although each case is different, patients return to their normal activities on average after a few weeks (2 or 3).

If the meniscus was repaired the rehabilitation program that follows is a lot more intensive. After the surgery a hinged knee brace is placed on the patient. This brace allows controlled movement of the knee. The patient is encouraged to walk using crutches from the first day, and most of the times can put weight on the knee. The time course varies with each patient, but roughly after four weeks the patient can start walking using the hinged knee brace only. Starting from the second month the patient can walk freely and can also do various “light” exercises (static bicycle, swimming, etc.). If the rehabilitation was done properly the patient can gradually return back to “heavier” activities (like running).

Blazer's fan since '84, Currently exiled in Tennessee and North Carolina

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by HurraKane212 on Aug 13, 2008 9:37 PM PDT   0 recs

Getting your knee scoped....

...from my own personal experience is all about going and and checking out what is going on. I wouldn’t be prepared for a microfracture surgery, but it wouldn’t surprise me to hear that he blew his ACL or something. That is exactly what happened to me – just going in to check on the meniscus, then next thing you know I wake up and I have staples in my knee and I’m out for 6 months. If it is truly just a scope and meniscus, my impression has always been that recovery may be a little as 6 weeks, and as much as several months. Just depends on the severity of the damage…

by pantelakis on Aug 13, 2008 9:39 PM PDT   0 recs

lolz

even this acknowledgment doesn’t bring a smile at this dark hour

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON (SERIOUSLY DOG)

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

well im talking about even further back!

Sam Bowie (no need for anything more), Sabonis not coming over for like 20 years, Isiah Thomas and Micheal Jordon bettering Drexler (then him leaving Blazers and winning one in Houston), Sean Elliot hitting that DAMN three in the Corner, Shaq running down the court making that stupid “O Face,” O’Neil leaving Portland and breaking out as a BALLER, The weed in the tin foil bag….......

by Trail Ducker on Aug 13, 2008 10:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe some nerd hacked the Blazers site

and is now having fun watching most of us freak out.

by Mike-Fu on Aug 13, 2008 9:41 PM PDT   0 recs

i like this denial

much better than the rationalizing

im not ready for the rationalizing

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON (SERIOUSLY DOG)

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i wish

"Turns out I'm kind of a jerk."
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by ptwnblzr on Aug 13, 2008 9:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I actually though that too

for a second

Norsktroll -"Carlos Boozer.............is known in China as "Fan Gu Zai," which, loosely translated, means "Betrayal Skull Guy."

by 92wastheyear on Aug 13, 2008 9:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

OK, assuming a worst case scenario and Roy is out for 4-6 months, this isn’t the worst thing in the world, and here’s why:

1. We aren’t winning a title this year anyway… in fact I’d be happily surprised if we finished higher than 7th in the WCF.

2. Roy was fried by the end of the year last year and the rest will be good for him in the long run.

3. This will be a great chance to develop Oden, and also to see what Rudy, Martell, and Bayless (among others) can do.

Yeah this sucks in the short term, but it doesn’t harm us one iota in the long run, and it might even be good from a player development/sort out the cap space next summer standpoint.

MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)

by The Cactus Leaguer on Aug 13, 2008 9:45 PM PDT   0 recs

good points but
but it doesn’t harm us one iota in the long run

knee surgeries always harm the long run

BRANDON ROY GET WELL SOON (SERIOUSLY DOG)

by Ben. on Aug 13, 2008 9:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

With all due respect

screw player development. This sucks ….tremedously!!!

Norsktroll -"Carlos Boozer.............is known in China as "Fan Gu Zai," which, loosely translated, means "Betrayal Skull Guy."

by 92wastheyear on Aug 13, 2008 9:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

it doesn't hurt as much in the long run

but still hurts. every second those guys aren’t playing together is more time it takes to develop on court chemistry. That’s VERY important, especially given the age of our young team.

written by the Blazer Thoughts artist formely known as "Scott R"

by saregister on Aug 13, 2008 10:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

oh my god

My heart literally dropped when I read that.

PLEASE BE OKAY

ROTUNDITYDOTNET

by damir on Aug 13, 2008 9:46 PM PDT   0 recs