Update: Blazers G Raymond Felton "Probable" Vs. Rockets With Sprained Left Foot
by Ben Golliver on Feb 8, 2012 10:50 AM PST
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PrintUpdate (Wednesday): Chris Haynes of CSNNW.com reports that Portland Trail Blazers guard Raymond Felton participated in Wednesday morning's shootaround and will be a game time decision for Wednesday night's game against the Houston Rockets at the Rose Garden with his sprained left foot. The Blazers are officially labeling Felton as "probable." The injury, suffered during a Saturday victory over the Denver Nuggets, kept Felton out of a Monday loss ot the Oklahoma City Thunder. Blazers guard Jamal Crawford started in his place against the Thunder.
Click through for more updates and video of the injury.
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Update (Tuesday): The Portland Trail Blazers announced on Tuesday that guard Raymond Felton is questionable for Wednesday's game against the Houston Rockets at the Rose Garden and will officially be a game-time decision. Joe Freeman of The Oregonian reports that Felton did not participate in Tuesday's practice. The injury, suffered during a Saturday victory over the Denver Nuggets, kept Felton out of a Monday loss ot the Oklahoma City Thunder. Blazers guard Jamal Crawford started in his place.
Update (Monday): Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan said that Jamal Crawford will start at point guard after Raymond Felton did not participate in Monday shootaround, according to Jason Quick of The Oregonian. McMillan officially called Felton "doubtful" for Monday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Matt Calkins of The Columbian reports: Blazers forward Nicolas Batum "said he will start at point guard despite McMillan saying it will be Jamal Crawford." Chris Haynes of CSNNW.com later reported that McMillan denied Batum's statement. Intrigue.
Update again: Calkins clarifies that Batum was joking about starting but is expected to defend Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook at times.
Update (Sunday): The Portland Trail Blazers informed the media on Sunday that guard Raymond Felton is "questionable" for Monday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder after an MRI confirmed a sprained left foot. He is listed as day-to-day.
Original Post (Saturday): Portland Trail Blazers guard Raymond Felton left Saturday night's game against the Denver Nuggets during the third quarter with what the team later called a sprained left foot. He did not return. X-rays on the foot were negative but his timeline and status are currently unknown.
Felton got tangled up with Nuggets center Nene Hilario while the Blazers cleared a defensive rebound. Portland was leading 70-63 with roughly seven minutes remaining in the third quarter when Felton went down. He attempted to hobble up court and the Blazers quickly called timeout. He fell to his knees in evident pain and was taken to the locker room with the assistance of trainer Jay Jensen.
Felton left the game with 6 points, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover on 2-for-6 shooting in 24 minutes.
Blazers coach Nate McMillan said after the game that reserve guard Jamal Crawford will start at the point guard position if Felton misses game time. The Blazers play next against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night at the Rose Garden.
Here's video of Felton's sprained left foot.
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Haha.
Thats the positive way to view this! But im glad he’s getting his shot back on track
Formally known as: My_name_a_rudy
by Blaze_that_trail on Feb 4, 2012 11:29 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
he hired a 3pt shooting coach who worked with him once..was going to work with Felton
again tomorrow but won’t be able to now! Felton is going to work with this guy over the All Star Break. So good for Raymond…taking initiative.
Apparently he’s worked with this guy before…the guy said Ray is dropping one of his shoulders instead of squaring them.
Maybe he needs to hire Nick…
Raymond needs a passing coach more than a shooting coach
by Willie Beamon on Feb 5, 2012 8:07 PM PST up reply actions
He needs practice time with his team. Which I think would help.
He may want to get some tips from Camby about how to pass to REALLY TALL men..“you know…go for the head…rather than the knees Ray.”
I assume 50 blocks, because 50 assists on top of scoring 200 would mean 300+ points for the team.
But yeah, funny stuff.
"I Am Mine"
Almost a triple triple
Law of Logical Argument
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
That pass....
…was made before the timeout was called. Should of been a Blazer turn over.
"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"
DIsagree
The ball didn’t go out of bounds until after the whistle blew.
"Coach said to always be careful around Greg, because Greg costs a lot and even the slightest amount of basketball can damage him." -- The Onion
but we didn't have possession when we called the timeout
by tjv on Feb 5, 2012 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
Williams..
Felton being out gives more time for Crawford and Williams, who is someone very special and could really use more minutes..
And your sources on that are….?
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by Blaze_that_trail on Feb 5, 2012 7:15 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Probably that Williams is automatically assured of playing time in Felton's absence.
I have my doubts about that too. Nate’s rotations don’t always make sense. He could just as easily try to get more minutes out of Crawford or use Nolan Smith.
However, something tells me if Felton can walk, he will play tomorrow. If it weren’t OKC he would probably sit out, but that matchup with Westbrook is one of the reasons we have him.
trying to run around on a gimpy foot??? Really?
He didn’t do all that well guarding Lawson when Lawson was his the 3rd game in 3 days…
yeah - Felton had a real hard time with Lawson this time
Law of Logical Argument
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
by blacknoiseNW on Feb 5, 2012 10:12 PM PST up reply actions
It's all good because Batum is going for 50!
Loud pipes save lives!
Bad knees break hearts!
Time for an exorcism.
No starting PG?
Felton has been playing marginally better. Sounds painful to me.
"Luke is our go-to Chalupa man," Matthews said. "Designated."
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Crawford fan
But Jamal has been far better than Felton this year. We might actually play better with Chuckford getting most of those minutes.
If nothing else, it means more Email, which will be fun to watch.
Phase 1: Collect underpants
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!
Yeah, hopefully Crawford
can shoot 50% and dish out 8 assist per game as the starting PG. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise?
"Coach said to always be careful around Greg, because Greg costs a lot and even the slightest amount of basketball can damage him." -- The Onion
yup
the way to deal with it is to put crawford on either thabo or cook, and let wes/nic go at westbrook on D.
PHILLY!
Exactly 5 point guards shoot 50% or better
and four of those could be below 50% by season’s end.
Speaking of which – Kyrie Irving is doing it as a rookie. Exceptional.
Law of Logical Argument
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
40%+ would be nice right now...
Phase 1: Collect underpants
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!
by HailOden! on Feb 5, 2012 10:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
we cant win with
out felton i dont care what anyone says. he at times can control the point spot. he gets us 8 assists a game without him we have no point gaurd.
Well,
as much as I’ve complained to my buddies about Felton and his inconsistent play over the last month, I now realize what he means to the team with him being out. However, I am really curious as to how this team will play without him. We are definitely lacking in the PG area. Let’s hope that Crawford and Elliot can step it up. Go Blazers!
Sorry, White Mamba is taken...
…by Scalabrine.
Doers & Makers > Movers & Shakers
by Adam Randall on Feb 5, 2012 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
LOL
This is whats going to happen after Kurt AKA. Big Sexy beats up Perkins
That one day Kurt beat up Perkins
If an MRI confirmed a sprained ankle
wouldn’t you say “MRI positive”?
X-rays & MRI Negative
after an MRI confirmed a sprained left foot.
Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.
Here's hopin' EW gets some run tomorrow ...
as a 2 guard off the bench—somewhat filling Crawford’s role while Crawford fills Felton’s.
"These are dreams that we have." --Rudolfo Fernandez
I am looking forward to seeing this team with Crawford getting starter minutes.
Nolan Smith is not ready and we need a healthy Felting. Portland should sit Felton a week to make sure he is healthy.
Kenneth Lewis Moore
by lightskin350 on Feb 5, 2012 9:37 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Westbrook will have 6 steals
4 on Crawford
by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 5, 2012 10:13 PM PST up reply actions
Is that a prediction, or the over/under?
I’ll take over.
Phase 1: Collect underpants
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!
Isn't Felton "questionable"
for just about every game?
by meRoy on Feb 5, 2012 11:06 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
Felton would look nice in other teams' jerseys
Treat people well because Karma can hit you at any second.
Whoa?!
Batum says he is starting but McMillan says Crawford is starting. Weird.
Could be both
Nate may have made the decision to bench Matthews, and hasn’t announced it yet.
Phase 1: Collect underpants
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!
Batum
Pulling a miller. He’s going to confront Nate and scare him into playing him. Never forget, Blake started over miller for half a season……
Some of Felton's problems are that ...
Aldridge doesn’t have great hands in traffic. Anybody that watched Felton-Amare run the pick and roll in NY last year knows that Felton was extremely adept at making the one hand bounce pass off the pick and roll with Amare rolling and finishing at the basket. Amare has extremely good hands catching the ball in the paint in traffic whereas Aldridge struggles catching the ball and finishing in one smooth motion.
I still have some hope that Felton can figure out the tempo of the pick and roll with Aldridge to help him get more easy baskets but let’s not put all the blame on Felton. Yeah, his shooting has been miserable but he doesn’t necessarily mesh perfectly with Aldridge. If Nash came to the Blazers I would reckon that he would have similar problems running the pick and roll with Aldridge until Aldridge improves his ability to catch and finish on the move in the paint. The times I see Aldridge catch, finish in one smooth motion after dribble penetration is when the pass is made at a slightly slower tempo than what you would normally see. I still have hope that they will figure it out though.
Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE Aldridge, but it doesn’t mean that I can’t mention a minor weakness of his.
Lot of Felton's passes have been just a bit off
Bounce passing to shins in traffic etc etc. I sincerely doubt Nash would have much trouble with it at all.
This just looks like something a new PG with some rust and conditioning problems needs time to work out. He’s been improving. As long as he trends upwards I’m good with it.
Batum was kidding
I sure hope Nic can play some D.- the Blazers will need it tonight. I really don’t think they have a chance in hell to beat OKC without a healthy Felton, but it will be a fun game to watch, anyway. I think OKC takes this one in Portland. Sure hope I’m wrong… The Blazers are so thin (crappy) at pg With Felton. Without him, they will be so thin, they’ll have to run around in the shower to get wet. Gonna be a long night without a pg.
And the rest of the tweet:
Marcus Camby, however, is intent on playing the 1.
"Luke is our go-to Chalupa man," Matthews said. "Designated."
Newest rumor: suns open to trading nash.
I like felton and we sure missed him last night.but the thing is we have ZERO star power over the refs on our team. Hope ray ray playd against houston though
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by Blaze_that_trail on Feb 7, 2012 1:18 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Sounds about right
Despite the Suns’ struggles, Steve Nash has yet to express an interest in being traded, league sources said. But the organization will try to accommodate Nash’s wishes if the 37-year-old foundation of the franchise decides he’d like a chance to compete for a championship with a contender. “It’s really on him in terms of what he wants to do or not do,” a person with knowledge of the situation said. Nash, who turns 38 next week, will be an unrestricted free agent July 1.
http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-news-and-rumors/articles/168781-rumor-steve-nash-and-suns-open-to-trade
"Luke is our go-to Chalupa man," Matthews said. "Designated."
maybe
scott foster will ref the game and call some horrible calls… then the nba will come out the next day and say oh sorry portland there is nothing we can do you totally got screwed but oh well.
I find Felton questionable in all of our games
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
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by Tyler Durrden on Feb 7, 2012 10:26 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I don't think Felton should play
Sprains are typically 2 week injuries, yeah I know these are superb athletic specimens but I think he may be pushing it too hard. Its one thing to lose one of your 8 rotation guys for a short time, but tear something in that ankle and he won’t be playing for the season.
Besides, this team without him put 103 on OKC in 48min’s I think they can deal for a little while longer.
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