Cavs guard Shumpert needs wrist surgery, out 3 months

By TOM WITHERS (AP Sports Writer)
44 minutes ago

Shumpert injured his wrist last week while getting ready for training camp. He told the team about his injury on Monday and an MRI revealed a ruptured sheath in his wrist. The team said he will have the operation Wednesday and that he could need as long as 14 weeks to recover.

The Cavs acquired Shumpert in a trade last season from the New York Knicks. He battled shoulder and groin injuries, but was a key contributor as Cleveland made it to the NBA Finals. The 25-year-old played started in 16 postseason games, averaging 9.1 points.

One of the team's best defensive players, he averaged 7.2 points in 38 regular-season games for Cleveland.

Shumpert suffered a ruptured extensor carpi ulnaris sheath "several days" before the start of training camp, which opened up Tuesday, according to the team. He received an MRI on Monday after being examined by Dr. Thomas Graham and Dr. Richard Parker at the Cleveland Clinic, which confirmed the injury.

Cavaliers general manager David Griffin said Shumpert informed the team at Monday's media day about "latent soreness" he was experiencing in his wrist.

"He worked incredibly hard this offseason and put in a lot, a lot of work," said Griffin. "And in training last week, he had an issue where he hit the rim with his right wrist. I believe he was trying to catch a lob [pass]."

Griffin said that the injury caused the tendon on the inside of his right wrist to become loose and waiting on the injury to heal naturally without any surgery was not an option. The Cavs are listing Shumpert's timetable for recovery at 12-14 weeks.

Shumpert had the wrist examined by the trainer at the high school where he was practicing last week and considered the injury minor enough to keep playing with at the time. Griffin said the fact that Shumpert waited to get further evaluation on the wrist in Cleveland did not make things worse.

"He's a really tough guy, so he probably didn't realize it was severe at the time," Griffin said.

Shooting hand.

I still remember the good times when he was healthy with the Knicks:

EnySpree wrote:Iman's good and pretending to know how to play. He's also great at giving you enough highlights to think he has some kinda potential. The truth is he's been injury prone since high school.

Truth is he's never averaged more than 10 points per game. Truth is he's never shut down anyone in his career yet he's hailed as this defensive stalwart. He played point guard his whole career yet isn't a natural play maker. His handle is suspect and his decision making is poor.

We talk about worth here when it comes to salary cap and market value. When you cut the bull****, Shumpert is not better than Aaron Afflalo. He's not better than Thabo Sephalosha (sp?). He's essentially DeShawn Stevenson. He should not be making 10 million a year. That's not hate that's just not what a player like him makes. There are guys that can't stick on a team that have been more successful than Shumpert.

Anyway I'm just ranting but I'm supremely glad he's not in our team anymore. I'm glad we weren't "forced" to over pay. He's some one else's headache.

+1 - Great summary of Shump. Couldn't be more happy that he is gone and we can move forward as a franchise.

If Shump had spent half the time he spent on his branding actually working on the holes in his game, his brand would actually be worth something. I guess Shump had the last laugh with his new deal. I still believe he had the gifts to be a special player, but Shumpert believed that branding was more important than being able to make a layup.

gunsnewing wrote:I don't think it's the branding. I think the issue is he cares to much about winning. He is always working on his game and conditioning in the off season. He over does it and is more succeptable to injuries because of it. Hopefully someone points this out to him one day. I agree Gustav. Our perimeter defense was much better with him on he floor as was Cleveland's which is why they overpaid him. He is the best perimeter defender we've had since Spree and that was a long time ago. We've had a revolving door of some of the worst perimeter defenders to ever play the game Coke through the past 15yrs.

I think our perimeter D and rim protection is much better this year with Grant and AFFALO. If we don't over play Calderon

Shump cared so much about winning that he never learned to make a freaking layup guns! Cmon Man! lol

EnySpree wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:I don't think it's the branding. I think the issue is he cares to much about winning. He is always working on his game and conditioning in the off season. He over does it and is more succeptable to injuries because of it. Hopefully someone points this out to him one day. I agree Gustav. Our perimeter defense was much better with him on he floor as was Cleveland's which is why they overpaid him. He is the best perimeter defender we've had since Spree and that was a long time ago. We've had a revolving door of some of the worst perimeter defenders to ever play the game Coke through the past 15yrs.

I think our perimeter D and rim protection is much better this year with Grant and AFFALO. If we don't over play Calderon

Shump cared so much about winning that he never learned to make a freaking layup guns! Cmon Man! lol

Yes!

He did it with Cleveland in the playoffs too. Guy can't make a layup to save his life. He cares more about his swag than the game.

All the talk about his defense is over dramatic. Same as Tysons was.

I don't want to debate about him though nor do I ever want to see #knickstape in a knicks forum anymore. We are better as of right now without any of the bums we had the last 5 years.

Damit, he was the originator of #knickstape

Going to need a new hashtag for the Knicks.

Somehow KP's height makes Afflalo look like the size of a point guard and that freaks me out!