[Charania] Boston Celtics center Nikola Vucevic has sustained a fractured right ring finger.
5 minutes of the full team together š
Been there before
0 minutes sir
Forgive me, Walshy.
DĆ©jĆ vuĀ
Dejavucevic
I try to block that memory out
I still wonder what the Irving-Hayward Celtics wouldāve looked like
Very confident in Garza taking over his minutes if need be. Bummed but not too worried.
Significant downgrade if Vuc isn’t back for the playoffs.
Huge
*Hugo
My nickname for Garza is Hugeo
Lmfao gold
Disagree quite a bit. Garza is much much higher energy, better on the boards, better on defense and just much more aggressive which is the dna of our Spazzy bench teamĀ
Itās more so the chemistry between Tatum, Vuc, and the rest of the team will be hampered. At the end of the day, Vuc WILL play in the playoffs whether we like it or not. One of the main draw of the Vuc trade is the PnR with JT after all.
All good points
Will Vuc play in the playoffs? What’s the average timeframe to return from a fractured ring finger to your shooting hand?
Abby said heāll be out for about a month.
Not entirely sure, but Iām seeing 4-6 weeks which kinda sucks because thatās literally when the playoffs start. So if heās ready, youāre asking him to slot into the lineup without any chemistry with Tatum. At that point, it might actually be better to shut him down.
without any chemistry with Tatum
Might be cope but I donāt know if there would be zero chemistry. Obviously it sucks not getting minutes together in an actual game but hopefully theyāve been building up a little chemistry practicing together. Also depending who we have in the first and second round of the playoffs, we might be able to use those games to build up chemistry without the stakes being crazy high
Garza is better for this team. Esp with Tatum back. Hes a high energy big and Vuc is great but his engine doesnāt get up where it needs to in terms of frenetic energy. Thatās the ID of our teamā¦now we have Garza bringing that aginĀ
completely agree although i think tatum is one of the few players who could get vooch some easy buckets on his seals. nevertheless i think his play style halts the offense and i canāt believe im saying that garza is a better fit but i am.
Our history with bigs is amazing. Luke, Queta, garaxa and even Williams looks like heās going to be something in a year or two
We actually havenāt had a fully healthy team since like March 2024 lmao
Not true we LITERALLY just saw it (for 5 mins š)
Isn’t Walsh out?
Fair point, but thatās illness which aināt quite the same
Hopefully
I like Vuc, and I always have, but Garza was balling out before he came to Boston. It’s not as big a drop off as some might think. Sucks for Vuc though.
Yeah I was gonna say we got Vuc in the back of the fridge
Vuc should be back for the playoffs which is reassuring because I like him and want him to do well with this team. The Celtics bench in the last couple years, the āstay readyā group, have been such a godsend. I have a lot of confidence in Garza and maybe even Williams being able to fill the gaps.
FactĀ
Damn
Not great, shame, he was an iron man for the Bulls
god giveth and taketh away
Not good
When did this happen i didn’t even see him in the game
He was in for like 2 min
He was in for like 2 minutes then when the commercials ended Garza was randomly in the game.
As long as heās back by the playoffs weāre fine. Thatās all that matters imo
Rough estimate it should heal before the playoffs and actually be able to use it maybe around the second round?
Bro he broke his finger how will he be back
Good news is broken bones can heal
Big if true
Is it possible to learn this power?
Broken finger is like 4 weeks and then tape the shit out of it
Honestly, shitty they lose depth, but I actually want to see if Garza can be more effective.
Damn i was excited to see Tatum throw him some nice entry passes. White and PP have gotten better at it but JT is the best at feeding big men.
Legitimately think Garza is better and will die on this hill
Heās got 9 others, put him back in there
Yea cut that shit off. Or tape it to one next to it. Or cut it off. Heāll be fine.
Would be one of those to worry about but maybe getting Luka back into the 6-10 line will help out. Younger and higher upside
Not even mad about it. Garza was out playing him. Full stop. Way more active way better on the boards. Love it.Ā
Wonder if they should (and can?) just try to develop Williams for this month and shut down Vucevic. How effective could he be after a month off when his first games back are playoff games, when he has literally never been involved in a play with Tatum?
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I mean he might be back in two days. Baylor missed zero games with a ring fracture we will have to wait and see if it’s a bad one or not
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That one hurts. He’s been incredible.
Does anyone have the clip where it happened?
Least important finger.
Out for a month is crazy.
shattered my pinkie on my shooting hand (caught it on a guys hip when he was driving).
Took me two months to get cleared to play. Pinkie more important than ring for shooting, and can’t be taped and “hidden”.
One month is pretty good.
First game back I took an entry pass straight on the end of the finger. Closest I ever came to blacking out.
I mean, he should be back for the playoffs, that’s fine.
A non-displaced finger fracture is not a significant injury, heāll miss like 8 games
Heās missing a month.
Saw the report, that means itās displaced if heās having surgery
A month is 16 games, just saw the scheduleā¦vucevic will, for a buncha teams, be unplayable in the playoffs