Marcus Camby: Sprained Right Ankle, Will Not Play in Toronto
by Ben Golliver on Feb 24, 2010 9:07 AM PST
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PrintUpdate (Wednesday, 9:06AM): The Blazers have announced that Marcus Camby is out for tonight's game in Toronto.
Original Post (Tuesday, 6:57PM):
Blazers Center Marcus Camby sprained his right ankle during the first quarter of tonight's game against the New Jersey Nets. The team initially listed him as questionable to return and he did not play in the second half. Camby left the floor for the locker room and underwent X-Rays, which were negative.
Blazers Broadcaster Mike Barrett said after the game, "We don't know what his availability will be for tomorrow night." The Blazers play in Toronto Wednesday night.
Update (7:09PM):
Nate McMillan's post-game comments regarding Camby's ankle...
Hey, Camby, welcome to Portland. It's just amazing what our guys are going through. We think he's going to be ok. Not a real serious sprain, not a lot of swelling. So we're hopeful for tomorrow night.
Nate also noted that Jerryd Bayless "tweaked" his ankle while shooting a corner 3 pointer.
Bayless steps on a fan's foot. Tweaked his [ankle]. He should be ok too. But that's just part of being a Blazer this season.
Further updates when they become available.
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Startin to feel like a Blazers jersey is the NBA equivalent of a Madden cover..
Brandon Roy - The Savior Of Portland Basketball
by rise_stand_resist on Feb 23, 2010 6:59 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
i guess if bosh is out...
It doesn’t hurt the blazers as much that cambys likely out, but still, what’s going on with these injuries?
by NEPBlazer4life on Feb 23, 2010 7:02 PM PST via mobile reply actions
I really wanna blame someone...
But I understand now..
Official Adrian Wojnarowski Hater.
The Ardent Optimist.
Can't blame trainers or coaching or anything but pure dumb luck
for Camby and Bayless getting hurt.
Of course that didn't stop Dwight Jaynes last night on Talkin Ball.
Talk about playing to the crowd. His calling for an outside audit of the training staff and arguing that Nate isn’t the coach this team needs – I’m losing respect for this guy by the day.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
there's a huge number of Portlanders who are starting to see the light on Nate
do you not respect any of them either?
by Theghostofsomeonefamous on Feb 24, 2010 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Generally I am of the opinion that most of the critics ....
… don’t know anywhere near as much about what is involved as they think they do.
Ask yourself this – Would Dwight Jaynes make a decent NBA coach? Could he step in and perform even marginally acceptably even on a short interim basis? I say the answer is not even close. That doesn’t mean he isn’t allowed an opinion or that he can’t provide some meaningful analysis. But I doubt he knows even half of what it takes to be a head coach. His best bet – along with that of all the critics – would be to sit back, go through the motions, let the assistent coaches make the real decisions and hope for the best. And guess what? I have a strong feeling that when it comes to coaching in the NBA (or any level for that matter) even the best coaches will tell you that often times that last bit is all you can do anyway.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
Didn't stop him, and shouldn't have.
DJ is the one media guy around here unafraid to call it like he see’s it, and I appreciate that.
Listen, you think he’s the only one calling for an audit of the training staff?? LOL… not by a long shot, amigo. I’m not saying the recent Camby/Bayless incidents are necessarily on them, but looking at the entire season as a whole, the way B Roy was basically left to decide for himself when he could play, the back and forth, it’s all a mess.
And by the way – he’s absolutely right about Nate. The Nate Fluffers just can’t admit that while he might be a good coach, and a good motivator for a young team, it’s becoming painfully obvious that there’s just no chance the Blazers are winning a title with McMillen.
Listen to the most recent Dontonio Wingcast. Ben hits a home run talking about Nate.
And everyone who said Roy shouldn't come back was right?
Looks like the training staff got that one right, he needed to use the muscle and play through this, and all the wailing wannies on Bedge were wrong.
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#7 #10 #52 -- #5 & #88 are back!
Let's wait and see on that one.
What I primarily have a problem with is that nobody – not the trainers, doctors, coach, ownership, or even Brandon, seemed to know what in the hell the plan was. That’s frigging ridiculous. You don’t just “wing it” with your franchise player. You get all the available medical input you can, you put together a treatment plan, you stick to it. End of story.
None of this not knowing if you’re even making progress crap.
Really?
Did you talk to the trainers?
It’s pretty obvious to me that we were dealing with post-injury mental blocks, compounded by the normal stiffness that comes from trying to get an injured and now recovered muscle working again.
And the plan was to play through it, but Brandon was finding that difficult. And the trainers WEREN’T going to go public with, “Oh, Roy’s a mental case, he’s fine, he just needs to play through it, the stiffness will go away before too long.”
But that was the plan after the ASB, and Roy knew that was the plan, but got frustrated because it didn’t happen as quickly as he hoped, so he said some frustrated things after the Clippers game, and the whole world went into panic mode.
Mental blocks after injuries can be a tough thing.
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#7 #10 #52 -- #5 & #88 are back!
the trainers WEREN’T going to go public with, "Oh, Roy’s a mental case, he’s fine, he just needs to play through it, the stiffness will go away before too long."
Right, they just defered to Nate/Roy who said that Brandon needed to find his “rhythym”…which amounts to the same thing but sounds more PC
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
You know I'd rec you ....
… but I’d get nothing done all day if I recc’ed every excelent post you made.
I am curious to see the age breakdown on BE. Getting older certainly doesn’t make you any smarter, but I can’t help feeling that a lot of what we see here is the result of folks not having experienced enough to recognize how little they know about anything. I’ve learned that I can be in a group of a 100 people and have 98 of them be certain I was the most knowledgeable one among them on a topic and still find out that
a) my level of knowledge is only relative to that of the group
and
b) there is likely to be that 1 guy who knows far more than me.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
It doesn't sound like they're "winging it"
We’ve talked to every possible person that has knowledge. We’ve talked to guys in football that deal with hamstring injuries all the time. We’ve talked to track (doctors) that deal with track athletes and their hamstrings. We’ve been very aggressive with our treatment of him with the (platelet-rich plasma) injection. We’ve exhausted with acupuncture. We’ve done massage. We’ve done rest. He’s done an extensive rehab program to get his hamstring very strong. And he’s passed all those tests. What you cannot test is how he feels. And that’s something that Brandon has to tell you.
Are you saying they didn't all the available input they could?
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
Can you explain why it is "painfully obvious" and "no chance"?
McMillen has done nothing but improve the team his last couple of years. The first year the team does not noticeably improve is during a particularly injurious time. What is obvious (to me) is that McMillen has an idea of what he is shaping this team for. Yes his rotations this season have seemed off but throughout the last few months can you blame him, as he is trying to balance a hot hand with young players, and you cannot ride a young player for too long a stretch or you wear him out. So whether or not you agree with McMillen’s direction he does indeed have a direction and unarguably knows the game better than you or I.
I would judge it by this rubric; Barring another unusual season if we do not make it past the second round next year we should seriously look at another coach. Until then we ought to allow our chickens to roost and hope our coop comes to fruition.
by Sir.Ludo on Feb 24, 2010 11:18 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
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and for all us “nate fluffers” (meaning if you don’t hate the guy or want him fired apparently you want to fellate him) the question still remains:
For everyone that is so sure Nate should be fired, who do we replace him with?
by Billy Hoyle on Feb 24, 2010 11:47 AM PST up reply actions
Do you think we'd get a chance to meet out favorite Blazer if we did?
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
The people calling for an audit have their heads well embedded ...
… up their rectums.
To begin with, I doubt 1 in a 1000 is a licenced or degreed medical practitioner of any sort. Secondly, they have (or until the other day had) zero information regarding how any of the Blazers were being treated. All they have is "Portland has an unprecedented number of injuries, ipso facto (sp?) it must be the fault of the training and medical staff. " Has Jaynes or any other reporter turned up even the slightest evidence of malfeasance? Is there anyone who is recognized as being knowledgeable in sports medicine on record as questioning the practices of the Blazer staff? Jaynes comment is equivelent to throwing a match in a wastepaper basket to create some smoke and then claim the building is on fire.
Oh, and remember the people wondering why Portland wasn’t trying leading edge stuff like platlet injections or homeopathic treatments like acupuncture? Jee whiz, guess they were. They just didn’t give up to the minute updates to keep those susceptible to mass idiocy from imagining the worst.
One last point. Do you really doubt that Portland is not going to be evaluating everything they do or don’t do with regard to player training, treatment and practice regimes? No one has more incentive to look at this than the organization.
Clarence, It's better to have a gun and not need it, then need a gun and not have it.
oh god, you've got to be kidding me.
this entire season is such an anomaly. I can’t even take this. Seriously, the guy we just got TO FILL IN FOR OUR INJURED CENTERS just got injured? you can’t write this.
I went to the malls and I balled too hard
'Oh my god, is that a Black Card?'
I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term
African American Express
You can if want
I blame Miller. He has yet another victim of his injury vampirism.
by tominhawaii on Feb 24, 2010 10:49 AM PST up reply actions
I vant to suck your health
blah blah, blah blah
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
Set up by some strange calls to help the Lakers catch up.
In Bayless I trust.
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I hate him too
But there’s nobody I’d be more dismayed to see getting a game winner attempt against my team. He’s clutch as hell.
This is why Camby was upset about becoming a Blazer.
Who wants to get signed up for an injury in the near future?
In Bayless I trust.
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Hey, its true.
Columbus til I die, Columbus til I die. I know I am, I swear I am, Columbus til I die!
Damn it feels good to be a Buckeye!
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by Andrew Tolliver on Feb 24, 2010 6:20 AM PST up reply actions
I believe the moral of this story is:
don’t play center for the Blazers.
I didn't get to catch the game.
But did it look bad? was he able to walk off by himself?
I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
He needed help getting up, but did walk off unassisted.
"Batum must be french for:
being at the right place at the right time"
- StudMuffin15 @ Rufus On Fire
"I don't always read blogs regarding the Trail Blazers
...but when I do... I read Blazers Edge."
- resurrect_ha28
by FiveOhThree-RipCity!! on Feb 24, 2010 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
Yes, but he was also limping pretty bad
by Michael Baller on Feb 24, 2010 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Very true.
"Batum must be french for:
being at the right place at the right time"
- StudMuffin15 @ Rufus On Fire
"I don't always read blogs regarding the Trail Blazers
...but when I do... I read Blazers Edge."
- resurrect_ha28
by FiveOhThree-RipCity!! on Feb 24, 2010 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
"Bayless steps on a fan's foot. Tweaked his [ankle]"
Anybody else constantly annoyed by how close fans, scoring tables, benches, and photographers sit to the court? Many, many NBA ankles and knees are tenderized by stepping on, diving into, or avoiding these things.
Well first off he was shooting a three...
And personally I couldn’t tell if he just came down on a fans foot, or just came down weird and fell back into a fan… From my judgement it didnt look like he jumped back enough to have landed on the guy sitting there so I would guess the latter.. But I didnt have the angle so :P
I love Nate's line
“Well, getting various absurd injuries is what happens to this team this year.” Sadly true.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I wish I could tell you guys I’m surprised but, REALLY?
Columbus til I die, Columbus til I die. I know I am, I swear I am, Columbus til I die!
Damn it feels good to be a Buckeye!
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by Andrew Tolliver on Feb 24, 2010 6:20 AM PST reply actions
No Bosh for them
Not a huge problem. Not really.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Is that confirmed?
I thought it was a game-time decision.
Maybe the training staffs got together on a conference call and said, “We’ll hold out our guy if you hold out yours.”
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#7 #10 #52 -- #5 & #88 are back!
from twitter
CRomerDome: Bosh and Camby both out for tonight’s game. #blazers #raptors
but it could always change right before the game.
#52
by bustabucket on Feb 24, 2010 10:58 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Camby Gets Injured every Years
He averages about 58 games a season, and he’s played in . . . 54!
This was to be expected.
Crap, so we only get 4 more games of Camby?
We better make them count…
I blame the trainers!
I kid. Bad luck and we have it in bunches right now. Sometimes you just cant beat bad luck. I was having a debate with someone on here about a week ago. He was thinking it was all on the trainers. I suggested it was just bad luck. I stand by it. Now way you can prevent every injury ever conceived possible. Luck plays a role in winning and it plays a role in getting hurt.
Of course, it's possible
that it’s a combination of bad luck and mistakes by the trainers.
After all, medical science is not an exact science, they have to make judgment calls, and sometimes they’ll get it wrong. That’s life.
I’m pretty sure we’ve seen some mistakes in the last couple years by the Blazers medical staff. That doesn’t mean they aren’t good at what they do, just that, like everyone else, they aren’t perfect.
But I suspect the primary factor is luck.
Give Blake the MLE in 2010!
Farewell to #2 and #25, good luck to you!
#7 #10 #52 -- #5 & #88 are back!
It's either a curse,
or Blazer management needs to take a serious look at the training and medical staff. Sure injuries happen, but this is ridiculous !
Til the wheels fall off.... Marcus Camby
Go Blazers !!
There is NOTHING the training staff could do about either injury
both were rolled ankles due to stepping on an opponent’s foot. There is basically no way to prevent that.
If the injury list was only both this season, I might agree.
If I owned a company and things were out of service in excess, I would at least look into it.
This is a business.
Til the wheels fall off.... Marcus Camby
Go Blazers !!
Nate said it best...
“Hey, Camby, welcome to Portland.”
"The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the Power of RIP CITY!!!"
http://www.darthblazer.com
Well at least I'm used to this kind of news
Its happened so much that it doesn’t even bother me anymore.
Juwan Freakin' Howard
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