He must not know iJax isn’t playing. He’ll be safe

Only mostly kidding

Smart move. You don’t mess around with knee stuff, especially for someone built like Wemby. His body is already doing things human frames weren’t really designed for at that height.

No ligament damage is the important part here. Let him rest, let the Spurs be cautious. We’ve seen too many promising careers derailed because teams rushed players back. there’s no game in November worth risking his long-term health over

You mean FIBA German Legend Dennis the menace?

SGA’s still around

Dillon Brooks baby

He’ll return just in time to terrorize Chet.

They’re saying he will be listed questionable for saturday so might only be out for one game.

rough for all nba/ dpoy though

Listed as questionable for the game against the Blazers and day-to-day, so it might be even sooner than that. They’ll likely keep him on strict minutes restriction and keep him off back to back but he might not miss many games

He’ll play Saturday

How close is he to losing All-NBA eligibility? He’s gotta be getting close

??? he’ll be back playing saturday at home

But a worrisome pattern has been happening

feel like he needs to do a regular season where they keep him under 30 minutes a game, STRICTLY. maybe even 25 minutes. Let him go through a whole season, raise minutes in playoffs, then evaluate an increase in playing time carefully

Jordan’s GOAT resume was built on winning 6 titles, which seems impossible to do nowadays in today’s parity NBA. LeBron’s GOAT resume was built on longevity and consistency, to which Wemby won’t be nowhere as durable as that.

I think Wemby’s GOAT resume (if it ever happens) isn’t gonna be like Jordan or LeBron. He has the potential GOAT peak-for-peak. He’s gonna have that 4 or 5 years window span where he will absolutely dominate NBA in his prime. He would be the best offensive and defensive player in the league, claiming MVP’s, DPOY’s, All-NBAs, Finals MVPs. etc.. I also think he’s very capable of winning unanimous MVP in his absolute peak, where he would be averaging 32 ppg, 13 rpg, 4 blocks on insane efficiency. Individually, no other superstar would touch him during his peak window.

Regarding titles, he would win just a couple in those 5 years window, not all of them.

Its gunna be like this every time. People are so ready to get their “wont hold up” takes off.

Yeah, I’m surprised he’s even missing one game, from all accounts it looked like it was just a scare, but he’s fine.

I think people are talking about his durability based on more than this single incident

They are scared

Giannis hyperextend is his knee even worse and he finished the finals anyways.

It’s an overused no thought spammy narrative.

Yep, you are just not supposed to move like that at that size

It will be a bit sad but becoming a much more mechanical player spamming a stable set of go to moves would likely greatly prolong his career

I think he can only miss 5 more games the rest of the way. Minimum of 65 and he’s missed 12 thus far.

Not really up to him lol up to the medical staff to clear him

Players love saying this when they hyper extend their knee. I remember Paul George saying it and then being out 3 weeks

Klay wanted to come back in the game and was running and jumping in the locker room when he tore his ACL. Adrenaline and pride are pretty strong fuel.

He played 70 games his rookie year, didn’t play the last two due to the tanking team. He was also second in DPOY voting then. 

I think the spurs are also being as cautious as possible. Most players are constantly playing through something minor

So this is an interesting discussion.

Put the blood clot to one side for one second, which from everything they’ve said appears to be a one off unlucky circumstance with no underlying condition and that they’ll now be hyper aware of.

Talking muscles and bones, the 4 weeks he just missed for the calf were the most he’d missed going back to 2022.

He basically played ⁷⁰⁄₈₀ in 2023 with the spurs (missed last 2 due to tanking).

Then played ⁴⁶⁄₅₂ (iirc) before the blood clot.

This is actually the first year he’s missed significant time due to injury. (And we don’t actually know how much time this will cost).

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