Anthony Davis appears to be grabbing at his achilles
Not sure why Mavs listed him as probable for this game right after being diagnosed with bilateral Achilles tendinopathy. Seems like he shouldn’t have even been playing in this game
our medical team is beyond dogshit. Tim MacMahon wrote a whole espn article on this.
we used to have the best before Nico got insecure and fired him.
Before Nico. What a beautiful time in life.
2023 B.N.
If Nico was a musician, he would know not to be so dog shit
Before Nico life in general was better lol
Casey Smith is arguably the GOAT of basketball athletic trainers. Mavs had him for 20 years before the terrorist fired him
He then went to the Knicks, and then OG played the most games since his rookie year, and Brunson has credited Casey by name in terms of how he was able to come back in the playoffs. Nico is awful, but in this instance I thank him massively.
Dude should be arrested for espionage how many more evidence do we need? What’s next Flagg for an empty bag of chips?
Flagg for Bronny and a conditional second.
Nico would probably be confused thinking it was LeBron he traded for.
Flagg for Andrew Wiggins straight up. Not like the league has any current events that would make Silver Nico trade him to Miami.
Knicks hired them and suddenly guys are healthier. Funny how that works…
I think they fired both of last year’s medical team
I think we hired them
Yep, Casey Smith, who was with the Mavs for two decades and kept Dirk going in his twilight years. Won the training staff award for you guys last year, BUT he wasn’t a Nico glazer, so obviously had to go.
Edit to add: somehow totally forgot that he was fired while caring for his terminally ill mother who passed a couple weeks later. So that’s fun.
Aint that some shit? Get an award this year, essentially fired the next.
Thats what happens when you get a guy to run your team who is already successful in a completely different arena. He doesn’t feel the need to fight, scrap. He is so used to everyone blowing him when he entered a room as an executive at nike, he probably never contemplated he was wrong. To have it blow up this bad, to where you can’t go to the games in your home arena with getting hooted at, is hilarious.
Man, the guy who hired him must be really stupid. Wonder who that was…
I thought it was an incredibly stupid decision back then, too. This was the guy who botched signing Curry to Nike.
Casey won it with the Knicks… with Thibs at the helm, literally the year after Nico sent him packing. If Luka wins MVP this year, he’ll be two for two… pretty impressive in all the wrong ways. Austin Reaves, who definitely should’ve been included in the Luka package, also been tearing it up.
Unfortunately the rot in this organization goes higher than Nico and includes transgressions waaay more important than hoops. Far as I can tell, franchise is being run by absolute sociopaths. Personally somewhere between just being a league casual, or trying to develop some level of fandom for the Spurs… which is mildly blasphemous. Won’t abide by the Mavs in their current state. Can’t do it.
I think he famously sucked shit at Nike, but I might be wrong
Once you make the right friends, you only fail upward.
Well Nico Harris is just smart. He traded for a player thats always hurt cause Luka was 10 pounds overweight.
After firing the people that could help the players prevent injuries.
I know that it wasn’t the point of posting the article but I’m freaking appalled…
Smith told Nick he couldn’t meet because he had gone home to be with his dying mother.. And so nick fired him by video conference..like.. That’s fucked up…
No, that’s definitely part of the point of the article.
Damn- this ALMOST makes me glad for Vivek instead of Nico.
Holy shit what a disaster.
Not sure why…
Because Davis has been dealing with this chronic issue for at least five seasons now.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30903501/los-angeles-lakers-star-anthony-davis-re-aggravates-achilles-injury-mri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZFiMDs4REY
https://www.threads.com/@stephenasmith/post/CuW8r7NMOzO?hl=en
If he never played with Achilles tendinopathy, he’d never play.
So Nico traded Luka because he was frustrated at him being several pounds heavier (solvable) and taking time to heal for accumulated injuries due to high usage…for a player with a chronic condition that’s never going to go away
To be fair he originally tried trading Luka for Greg Oden but found out he was retired
In the time that Luka had been in the league, he played nearly a full season more than AD in the same span.
Pretty sure Luka has played more in the time since the trade too
I’ve had this injury for the same amount of time.
One of the NBA team doctors actually cleared me and made things way worse. Saw 5+ doctors on this injury, nothing worked. All the best doctors in Texas, at least on Google.
I think y’all would be surprised at how genuinely stupid NBA doctors actually are. I also have to ask what his rehab even is? Are they telling him to stretch? There’s a recent study over how stretching makes it worse.
My new PT has actually made the injury much better with heavy strength training, which was supported by the same study.
However, he adds the caveat it “could” take as long to fully heal as long as it’s been injured. For both me and AD, that’s… Five potential years.
It’s doing amazing after 6 months of this though. Can actually walk.
I think y’all would be surprised at how genuinely stupid NBA doctors actually are.
I wouldn’t, NBA or otherwise. Doctors “lost” one of the ligaments in the human knee for 150 years.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/11/07/243710560/surgeons-discover-quirky-knee-ligament-all-over-again
It turns out that one of the reasons why athletes had such a hard time recovering from knee injuries was because medical science forgot about this ligament, and knees were not being surgically repaired correctly.
Not only are doctors bad, personal trainers of majority players and teams are even worse. But peoole see Luka training and just blindly assume what he is doing is good.
What kind of strength training are you doing?
Mostly VERY slow calf raises. Like 100+ pounds on my knees then raising. Then like 200+ pounds on the leg press and VERY slowly raising the calf. There’s some other crazy exercises that I can’t do very well.
I can DM you to my PT. He is literal need about the Achilles. He said I have his “favorite injury” 😂
Funny you say this, I was watching a YouTube video where KG was saying he thinks guys get more Achilles tears now because they don’t do enough calf raises these days.
Sure! I have the same problem and it’s just a bitch. Always afraid I’m going to tear the damn thing
Sent
He needs to go to Germany like McCaffrey and get on his rehab program. I have the same injury and there isn’t a bigger bitch than it
I’ve had it for 4 years now. My James Andrew fellow orth surgeon who worked on MLB players pretty much said
Not moving makes it hurt, and overuse makes it hurt, so do something between that.
Oh damn. That’s rough. I thought this was a new development
This makes the trade for him yet again somehow even worse
Because the Mavs/Nico/JKidd like to run their guys to the ground even during the regular season. They did that to Luka and will do the same to AD/Coop, unless its a major injury they are playing you.
They did it to Kyrie too
On the other hand, if you run them into the ground, there probably won’t be a playoffs to save them for.
🤦🏾♂️.
Didn’t Christian mccaffrey miss about 10 weeks due to this? Granted that’s nfl…. But still…
Yeah but the Mavs from ownership down don’t give a shit.
Seems like he shouldn’t have even been playing in this game
Probably trying to get his fat ass back in shape. AD’s not helping his own cause either.
Nico traded Luka for this guy, poor Mavericks fans
At least they have Flagg.
They need to just transition to fully building around him. You can’t have win now aspirations while playing Flagg at PG.
Cooper Flagg could go on to be a ten time all star and be a massive downgrade from Luka
Okay but is he fat?
This is the reality that should be addressed
What is Flagg’s ceiling?
He is athletic but what is his peak, Dirk with better passing?
I’d still take Doncic over that.
Dirk is the greatest Maverick of all time but Doncic was on his was to surpassing him easily.
Every year you have maybe five guys that have a legitimate shot at MVP if they stay healthy and it’s been Doncic, Jokic, SGA, and Giannis firmly in those conversations.
Does Flagg have that type of peak?
I don’t think Flagg ever develops into the type of passing wizard that Doncic and Jokic are, or even Nash was.
But if he can’t be that level of passer, that severely stunts his ceiling.
He also isn’t the type of marauding rim finisher and athletic monster like Giannis is that can carry on team on his back with his physicality.
An underrated part of Giannis’ game is how durable he is and also when crunch time comes, you know he’ll carry the freight on defense against one through five.
Does Flagg develop into the type of scorer that SGA has become where he can get to his spot anywhere on the floor and score no matter what whether it be deep on the perimeter, in the mid-range, with his back to the basket, or right at the rim.
If Flagg ends up like a more mobile Anthony Davis that’s still a disappointment.
I dare say that as good as Flagg is, if his ceiling ends up being Durant, I’d still take Doncic over that.
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Imagine if they didn’t get lucky AF with ping pong balls
“Lucky”
Yeah I’m sure Steve Ballmer and Herb Simon were overjoyed to help the mavs and lakers
Still so mad I didnt put money on the Mavs to get the first pick, writing was on the wall.
I wish we didn’t so I could see the organization burn.
I know, but it’s still a positive they can appreciate during this dark time.
Think consolation is what you’re looking for
Yea. Disgusting typo lmao.
Better than nothing lmao. It’s all cope but it could definitely be way worse.
Nico:
Lose your multi million dollar mansion on the beach to a fire. “Well at least you still have your health!”
I mean it’s trading a Ferrari for a BMW 3 series
I’m so poor, I don’t even understand that sentence
It’s like trading your Lucerne real milk cheese singles for Great Value “this product may contain dairy” singles.
It’s like trading McDonald’s for the 4 day old spaghetti in the fridge as a child
i’ll be honest mate, nothing about flagg so far has seemed “build around” worthy
he’s 18 and has played his first 5 NBA games out of position while surrounded by bigs and other guys who can’t dribble. maybe he’s not that guy, but he’s also not being used correctly so it’s tough to say
Ship him to the Lakers
Steps foot in LA and immediately has 25+ point games
Yeah, feel like people are gonna take my comment as a negative but it’s more a neutral “nothing really good, nothing really bad”. And as you said, he’s an 18 year old rookie in a turbo shit situation so people shouldn’t try to put weird ass expectations on him
HMMMMM i remember mavs being in a super turbo shit situation but then they got luka. I wonder if having Luka would help them
It’s been 5 games
Exactly, building around someone after 5 so-so games would be incredibly stupid
And to build around a player you need assets
Mavs have no other real young players outside of Lively who isn’t a star and after this year they have no picks either. They need to tank badly
If Nico was smart he would have realized he basically got a do over with the draft lottery and started looking into AD trades.
Instead he made smart ass quips about “the vision.”
We need to tank this year and capitalize on our last pick for a while in a stacked class. Was hoping we’d turn AD into something of value before he got injured again, but between Nico’s ego and AD’s glass body, that was wishful thinking.
Everybody should be on the block besides Lively and Flagg. Retaining PJ and Gafford are high priorities, but not essential. Feel awful for Kyrie n Klay, but they’re wasted here beyond over glorified mentorship roles (which IS valuable, but…). Honestly the kindest thing we could do for em at this point is ship em out to a competitor. Mavs are not that.
Outside of an unintentional tank, none of this will happen until Nico gets shitcanned.
He’s a tough defender already and plays an unselfish style. I think he can be the 2nd banana on a very successful team but you’re right about Mavs needing a true #1.
Flagg is a great asset to have
NBA discourse is cooked
He’s 18 and our coach has him playing out of position for whatever reason. He won’t be ready to carry a team for a few years and that’s okay.
Thanks for outing yourself as an idiot
He’s played five games, averaging 13.4⁄6.2 on 41% shooting He’s almost the same age as Lebron was as a rookie. Lebron was averaging 16⁄7 on 43% shooting at the same point of his career. Was averaging 16⁄6 on 41% shooting by the time he registered he dropped 30 for the first time in his 17th game. Absolutely crazy the expectations people put on young players today.
Luka was 1st in scoring second in assists 10 rebounds as a guard and dragged that team to the finals the season before even if they knew there were getting him + ad for fact it Dosent make up for it
With what draft assets? We don’t own any of our firsts until 2030. tanking does nothing for us
That’s if the Mavs medical team doesn’t cripple him first
Honestly feel bad for Davis, dude got absolutely shafted. Forever going to be attached to one of the most boneheaded trades in sports history as if it’s his fault. Now he’s stuck in an incompetently run organization, entirely driven by dollars, forcing him to do shit like this.
He’s now center of a big 3 that includes 33 yo blown ACL Kyrie Irving who hasn’t had a crash out in 2 years (virtually guaranteed to happen this season), the 18 yo potential boy who is already being horrifically mismanaged by his coach Jason Kidd. And he’s expected to somehow just hold all this up on his shoulders when he’s managed to stay healthy for 60 or more games in a season once in the last 5 years.
I’d just hang it up man.
I want to die every time. Literally never going to be able to get over this trade as a franchise until Flagg gets some time. And even then my all time favorite player plays for another team in his prime. God fucking dammit Nico
Traded Luka because health and availability concerns….
You acting like Luka healthy 😭😭
No matter how dumb the clippers get, at least they never traded Luka. That’s like nightmare fuel forever
I mean, Luka is injured right now too…
honestly feel bad for davis, he probably shouldn’t even be playing for this game but because of the org being pressured by proving something, they are probably forcing him to play or maybe he also wants to prove something
AD constantly was playing through pain for the Lakers. I think he’s very aware of the criticism about his durability and does his best to play through injuries.
He’s never not in pain or injury list. The dude has to play some time.
Tbh I don’t think this is a serious Achilles injury as well. At least not a tear like people are acting.
Bilateral tendinopathy isn’t as serious as a tear, no… But unless he gets some rest he’s going to be dealing with this until he does. So not as serious but playing on it is not helping at all.
To be fair I said he would be out in the first 5 minutes. He made it 5 games. So magnitudes better than I thought
He wanted the Jay huff match
lol I’m learning a ton of new names Watching this game tonight. I have no idea who like 5 Pacers that are getting legit minutes
We don’t either really
that’s GLeague DPOY Jay Huff put some respect on his name
A lot of mismanagement from this team, AD playing through injury and Flagg playing out of position
Injuries always were his Achilles heel
Turns out his Achilles heel is his Achilles heel
like..literally
That’s Mister Street Clothes to you
“Yep, still there”
“Just”
Fire Nico. Trade AD. Be done with this nightmare ship him somewhere else.
Nico: maybe I should trade Flagg for former all-NBA defense, Mr. Paul George
Might as well at this point lol
Defense wins championships!
Lakers FO: we’ll offer Jaxon Hayes +DK, take it or leave it.
Sure. Don’t think we give a fuck about AD.
What did Mavs fans do to deserve this???
What did they do to deserve Kennedy being shot? Nothing. Cuban hired Nico, lost a buttload of money in his fintech crypto play, and then had to fire sell.
Not paying and moving Luka was the new ownership idea pitched by Nico.
None of them know or live in Dallas.
A Cuban-hired asset conspiring with a mob connected casino owner? This really was JFK all over again.
are you talking about the shooting or the missile crises?
AD injured, Kyrie injured, Klay washed, Flagg playing out of position causing him to give a less than optimal performance, Lively back to Earth with no Luka buff…y’all really have it rough. Nico gotta be burned at the stake
You touched yourself last night.
Obligatory Fire Nico
Anthony “Street Clothes” Day-to-Davis strikes again
be a whole lot longer than day to day if its his achilles
Who could’ve seen this coming
This is so awful for Davis and the Mavs fans.
Maybe they want the number one pick again.
3 centers injured already. Time for Flagg to play the 5
Can’t be worse than him at PG
Mr glass 😭😭
Yeah nicos trade of luka is gonna down as one of the worst trades oat. Cooper doesn’t look good, AD is always injured, kyrie is injured. Christie is the same player hasn’t improved. He really traded a generational player in luka lol
One of the worst?
How about the WOAT.
Isn’t the Achilles behind the leg?
Still cannot believe a known injury riddled older big man was what Luka was traded for
You will never convince me that it wasnt a conspiracy to keep the Lakers relevant.
Under the table deal and everything.
No way.
He trying to get back to LA 😂
They tried to replay the clip of when it happened so the commentators could try to explain it and even they were at a loss for words
No vacations for Mavs players tho even when injured according to their owner!
Not trading AD this past offseason and restructuring everything about Flagg’s timeline was such an insanely awful decision
AD’s trade value could go from franchise altering to literally nothing in the blink of an eye
With what happened to KD, Tatum, Hali and many others, shouldn’t teams know not to mess with rehab time when it comes to achilles related soreness and symptoms.
If there’s one area you want to take extra precaution, its any kind of achilles pain, soreness etc.
wtf is happening in the nba man
It’s fine. Just start Flagg at point guard and power forward. Nico’s plan has zero flaws
Mavs fans suffering just doesn’t end.
Street clothes
Athletes typically have amazingly low resting heart rates
In AD’s case, it will be because he is sitting on the bench in street clothes
Mavericks have damned themselves.
This isn’t new he is tissue paper
That purple jersey got special powers. As soon as he was out of it, he limping around like he back in the big easy
He was limping around when he was with LA lol
He’s cooked
Zero persons are surprised
“Nothing to see here, everything is fine”. Luka can still walk. Fair trade.
NEXT: Zion and/or Kawhi
Investigate him for gambling
Being injured is his Achilles heel
Fire Nico. Sell the team. Miss you Luka, my sweet prince
I am not a Mavs fan and I am furious at Nico again.
They injured him so they could tank better…btw Flagg won’t be better than Markkanen but that’s just me
Mr. Glass
This dude never drank milk growing up. Made of glass.
This dude’s been cooked for a long time. He’s just not reliable. No one wants a player they can’t rely on even though in a theoretical sense he’s really good.
He’s cooked lets be honest
a good moment to be thinking about firing nico
Nico’s win-now mentality
Steet clothes at it again. Unfortunate that he can’t stay healthy.
Street Clothes coming yo!
Unfortunately, I don’t think hes ever going to be fully healthy again
Damn Already..
Another normal ass day in the life of a Mavericks fan.
Mr glass
People blaming the medical team? This soft azz dude is always hurt. It doesn’t matter what they do, he will be hurt. He missed months one time because a guy bumped into him and his shoulder was hurt and he missed a bunch of time.
BN AN. Gonna be spoken about like the bible
“at least he’s not fat” - nico probably
Availability wins championships.
Mavericks are such a fucking loser org with Nico
Should have bet the under
Nico you bum! Fire nico. The piece of sh*t
Heck why not. Waiting for the Ruby to can Nico back to Portland.
Time to bet on the game
That’s better than grabbing somebody else’s Achilles!
It’s Game #5 and the mavs are already down Davis, Lively, Gafford, Irving.
hahaha hahaha 4 games in ….this dudes been stealing money for years
Bro
Lawd have mercy Mr. Glass is back!
Oof
Will never understand Nico. Obviously AD is an amazing player, but the writing was on the wall with his history of injuries in the recent years and he’s well on his way to the downward trajectory of his career from said injuries, but he’s supposed to help the Mavs “win now.” A bit unfair for him cuz I bet he definitely feels pressure to contribute for the team and the fans, but it’s gonna end up injuring him even more.
Nico: what did i do??
Achilles wins championships.
Lol
Whenever he appears injured the crowd should yell out “eyyy” and he will spring back into life.
At least he got out before it blew completely.