Greg's knee: Potential cause ...

by bfan on Dec 5, 2009 9:08 PM PST

Posting this as a fanpost because I didn't want it to get lost in the game day injury thread. About.com has some interesting info on fractured patellas. Here is the money quote:

"Patella fractures can also occur when the quadriceps muscle is contracting but the knee joint is straightening (a so-called 'eccentric contraction'). When the muscle pulls in this manner, the patella can fracture."

Contracting quad, straightening joint sure sounds like what Greg was doing at the time while simultaneaously coming to a stop and preparing to go up in the lane. If the fracture is severe enough surgery may require the placement of metal rods in the knee, which would then require an additional procedure a year out to remove the rods. Recovery can still be lengthy even if surgery is not required.

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what a crappy season..

hopefully we bounce back next year and tear apart the free agency

by blazermania92983 on Dec 5, 2009 9:20 PM PST reply actions

who cares about basketball

lets just hope Greg can lead a normal life. I am not trying to be funny. But, the man was simply not meant to play basketball at NBA speed. I wish him all the best in recovery, and hopefully he will not have any long-term problems walking. Imagine being 21 and having to worry about your mobility?

As for the basketball part of it, the decision to draft Oden over Durant made as little sense two years ago as it does now.

Oden did not ask to be anointed the next great center, but he was, and the Blazers have to live with the consequences of their mistake. But it is not Greg’s fault.

Best of luck Greg.

by John Park Williams on Dec 5, 2009 9:28 PM PST reply actions

I agree he was not ment to play this game

Its been 42 games since his last injury so he was due. There is nothing anybody can do he has played very limited minutes in the time he has played only going over 30 minutes 11 times in his brief career. So limiting playing time does not apear to help. For some reason his body can not handle it, but I am sure he will try again.

by Planet29 on Dec 5, 2009 10:23 PM PST up reply actions

Ridiculous...

The Blazers had (and still have) plenty of scoring on the wing. The Blazers were a top five offense last year. KD is a scorer, and that’s it. He can’t play D.

Oden could not have been a more obvious choice, and the argument that KD should have been chosen instead makes as little sense now as it did two years ago. Perimeter scoring is among the most common and overrated commodoties in the league; interior defense and rebounding are among the rarest and most underrated. The Blazers not only made the same call every other GM would have made, but their basketball case for making that decision was among the most obvious in the league.

Q: Is Greg favoring his knee?
Frye: He favors dunking on your head, that's what he favors.

by KP Corleone on Dec 6, 2009 5:52 PM PST up reply actions

And it looked severe

by Kaanyr Vhok on Dec 5, 2009 10:05 PM PST reply actions

Remember he broke his patella last season

but that was a “chip fracture”. It makes you wonder. It was the same knee too.

by Kaanyr Vhok on Dec 5, 2009 10:11 PM PST reply actions

The pictures show that he dislocated his patella.

The fracture is most likely an impaction fracture of the patella on the lateral femoral condyle, unless the dislocation caused the medial portion of the patella to shear-off. The surgery will likely be done to repair his medial patellofemoral ligament and/or open reduction internal fixation of any boney fragments.

by odenator69 on Dec 5, 2009 10:35 PM PST reply actions

So . . . what's the prognosis for a successful NBA career?

put a body on 'em

by RayBourque on Dec 5, 2009 10:41 PM PST up reply actions

Get better big guy....

Yea your right, its not about B. Ball right now its about some ones life and how this will affect he’s mind set through all of this… Im glad we pulled this one out 4 the big fella.. GREAT game tonite. Good all around effort by everyone, especially are point gaurds, MILLER and BAYLESS…. They played their tails off tonite, GO B ROY>>>>>

by bayboi on Dec 5, 2009 10:47 PM PST reply actions