Nic Batum to have shoulder surgery per KP per the Blazers Facebook feed.
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ya beat me too it
What the crap! He must have really hurt it again in practice. Shoulda had surgery in the summer……
- Neil
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This is a bummer. Fortunately, it happens at a position where the Blazers at least have a decent option, but if he’s out for a long time it costs us a couple games.
He will be out for a long time, that takes 4-6 months (Nelson still played badly in the playoffs, Raef was out all season)
Nic was good for 4 wins last year.
I dunno about 4. After thinking about it, I'll say it costs us 2.
KP2 says he was worth 1.5 WARP last year. I think he’d have been up closer to 2-2.5 this year. I think Martell and Outlaw are more or less replacement level at the 3 (Outlaw is above replacement level at the 4 but not the 3 IMO). So I’ll say it costs us 2 wins, possibly 3.
Well that's sucky
But at least we can plug in Martell, Rudy and Travis. Outscore the opposition!
"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.
by blazermaniac32 on Oct 26, 2009 11:46 AM PDT reply actions
What is it with
Our SFs getting hurt, geeze. Its apparently Batum’s turn this year.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I'm excited to see what Martell can do starting, but I would rather have Batum uninjured.
Truth never was or can be propagated by fire and sword - Albert Gallatin
my last.fm
This is why I've been saying we need to trade both Batum and Rudy before the Olympics
That is right in the middle of our window and they’ll be useless that year.
wtf
this is not cool at all.
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
cutting Ime doesn't look so good anymore.
Oh well, at least we have the most depth at this position.
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
This Sucks....
Well now that we have 2 at the small foward position im guessing…. Martell will start outlaw behind him and then Juwan behind LMA right? Hope Nic recovers fast.
likely go to a 9 man rotation
just like last year. Outlaw will play the primary minutes at both the 3 and 4, and this will open up more time for 3-guard lineups as well.
That said, this is bad. Nic is by far and away our best (only?) perimeter defender. Second guessing will run rampant, but it’s looking like maybe we should have done the surgery a month ago.
How did you guys win that?
"We scored enough points. We scored 107, they scored 105.
-Nate McMillan Postgame, 3/4/2009
Very disappointing news
Batum was looking to really pick things up this year.
It does mean Outlaw can play his minutes where he belongs, at the 3, and we can showcase him for a potential trade. Howard now gets to play as the back-u 4, which should help stabilize the second unit. It may also mean that we actually get to see Cunningham in some games.
I’m just concerned that Webster hasn’t looked great in the pre-season and we’ll be missing a huge part of our defense. Let’s hope Webster really can get up to speed and play better D this year.
All that glitters isn't chrome
This ends the possibility of an Outlaw for a backup PF/C trade.
It also means the Blazers will have a tougher decision when Outlaw becomes a free agent this summer.
by BlazerFanSince1970 on Oct 26, 2009 2:33 PM PDT reply actions
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