Posted by djsunyc:
Posted by nixluva:
The best example I can give about H2O is to look at a guy like Antonio McDyess. He had so many knee problems and in time he was able to heal and overcome those issues. Now he's a very good role player. In limited minues he's just the kind of guy you want on your bench. MAYBE H2O could do something similar. So I say let's give it a shot. Guys like him can hang around for a while in just such a scenario. It's all about his knees.
dice didn't have arthritic knees - which is why every other mf'er basically came back (at some capacity) except h20.
i don't expect him to last more than 2 months.
H2O isn't the only guy to have this proceedure done and come back. The situation may have finally been resolved. It can take time for the knees to fully respond to microfracture surgery. The whole idea is to trick the body into RE-GROWING the cartilage. So who's to say that it hasn't been long enough for his knees to sufficiently heal? If he's able to move and play then i'd assume that he's relatively healed. if he can make it thru the rest of preseason and he clears medical examines then he is probably fine.
Now there's no way for us to know how strong the knees are and surely he's not gonna be asked to handle any heavy minutes. i would think that the possible risk of reinjury is lessened by his bench role. We'll see how he does before the season starts. If he makes it thru without his knees acting up then maybe he'll be fine. We know when he left that he couldn't even make it thru Practice, so if he's actually playing pick up games and some drills, that's already some improvement.
10/11/2007 1:33 PM
