CrustyCoastBendFan
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Well that blows. Not sure if it’s more frustrating because it means we likely get bounced tomorrow or because this probably means that his injury is worse than initially thought.
Going to end up missing over a month with a minor calf strain
Dylan Harper had an MRI-confirmed calf strain that was worse than Wemby’s. He needed a boot, while Wemby did not. Reports indicated he had a Grade 1 sprain with acute pain and was unable to bear weight, requiring crutches. Victor and Davis had no such needs and reported none of those symptoms—no boot, no crutches. Harper missed 24 days, while Davis missed 31 days.
No medical team is holding Wemby out; he clearly got reevaluated like Harper and Castle and was practicing with the team. Are people really going to argue that a person is more likely to get injured in a game than in practice? Especially with this new boogeyman of calf strains magically turning into Achilles ruptures—a conclusion with no scientific basis. Or is some desk jockey going with their gut to decide that Victor can work out, warm up, and practice, but can’t play 25 minutes of a game on December 10th, 26 days after his injury, which wasn’t as severe or acute as Harper’s since he wore no boot and used no crutches?
I don’t think this is Victor versus the doctors—they already re-evaluated him days ago and cleared him to return to physical activity. The Spurs have set up a pass-the-buck system where the coach says, “It’s out of my hands, luckily,” deferring to the doctors, who already gave him medical clearance, so some executive (wonder who?) can look at Davis and make the same illogical conclusion that Victor is Anthony Davis, and if Davis took 31 days, then so will Victor.
Scientifically, this means he—and anyone—could suffer an Achilles tear out of nowhere, because that’s how they happen. Calf strains aren’t symptoms of an Achilles rupture. They just happen.
Kobe’s Achilles injury was a case where an old, grizzled vet with many miles on his body suffered a rupture, and the post-mortem revealed bone spurs and a twisted ankle. So now, are the Spurs and the whole NBA going to look back at that incident and start holding players out for days just because they twist an ankle? Shout out to @KobesAchilles
That being said, the Lakers aren’t exactly terrifying, but some genius
in the organization decided Victor can play on Day 31 instead of Day 26 because of some mysterious nonsense he’s pulling straight out of his backside.
