[外電] Is this it ?

[calbert (Yummy)]

After reading the news about Leon Powe last night, I started wondering if
this is as healthy as we are going to get this year.  I don't have any new
information and I'm far, far, far from having any medical insight.  But is it
really that big of a stretch to wonder if any of the guys still out can make
it back to contributing on the court?

Doc said it all last night: “None of them are playing any time soon.”

Lets run down the list...

Leon Powe has had multiple surgeries on his knees.  At first the Celtics made
it sound like he bruised his knee, but later started calling it a sprain.
 Again, I'm no expert, but I know that the knee is one of those things you
don't mess around with.  I'm really hoping that he'll be back by the playoffs
at 100%.  I'm just putting it out there that he might not be.

As for Tony Allen, haven't we seen this movie already?  Reports are positive
that he'll be able to recover faster than expected.  But every time he comes
back from an injury it takes him some time to get back into the swing of
things.  He needs extended minutes even when fully healthy to be effective
(Doc has said so on multiple occasions).  Shoot, I'll go so far as to say
that under ideal circumstances he's prone to brain-sprains anyway.  He came
back from injury last year around this time but never got back into the flow.
 Will he be any different this year?

Now about Brian Scalabrine.  Not only am I not an expert on this, but I
venture to say that nobody really understands the brain fully.  I am going to
echo Sean Grande's thoughts here and say that I wouldn't be surprised if
Scalabrine is done, and not just for this year.  We all saw what a valuable
asset he had become on the court (as well as off it).  It would be a real
shame to lose him from the team.  What would be a much, much bigger shame
would be to risk damaging his brain in any way, shape, or form because he was
put on a court without being 100% sure it was safe.

So, if we assume the worst case on all three of those guys, then we are left
with the roster constructed as you've seen in the last couple of games.
 Garnett will get up to speed sooner rather than later and Doc will try to
limit the big three's minutes, but for the most part we have a pretty well
defined rotation.

After the starters, we are looking at Glen Davis and Eddie House being the
first big and small off the bench.  Both are prone to streaky play, but both
have proved their worth and can play their role exceptionally well.

Beyond that you have two players still trying to get "up to speed."  Marbury
is already showing that he can be an above average distributor and handle the
ball.  His shots haven't fallen yet (Doc promises that they will) and he's
never been a good defender (no promises there).  If he can run the pick and
roll and not turn the ball over, he'll be a decent backup that allows Eddie
House to play the 2 spot.

Mikki Moore is about what he was advertised as.  He's an energy guy that has
length and can hit a midrange jumper when he's left open.  He's also foul
prone and slow on the rotations that are critical to the defensive system.

Bill Walker is a bit of a wildcard.  He's still a rookie and he still does a
lot of rookie things on the court.  On the other hand, he's showed that he
can make plays with his energy and athleticism and he might already be more
court-aware than Tony Allen.  Doc showed last year with Glen Davis that he's
not afraid to use a rookie from time to time when the situation calls for it.
 With a shortage of backups for Paul Pierce, we might see a good bit of
Walker down the stretch and even into the playoffs some.

Keep in mind that we've still got some time left in this season.  A lot can
happen in the last month of the regular season and the first couple of rounds
last longer than one might expect.  If we can get one or two of the injured 3
back and contributing sometime in the playoffs, that would be a bonus.
Getting Powe back would make me feel a whole lot better.

Otherwise, we're going to have to count on the new guys to find their groove
sooner or later.  Stephon, Mikki, and even Billy will each have to find a way
to find a niche on this team and limit mistakes enough that they can be
counted on during the pressure of the playoffs.  They have less than a month
to get into the groove.
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----講到TA了..Prone to Brain-sprain.真是一針見血
TA真的很沒腦

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推 shern       :所以當年留TA，送走West的決定<
→ psychoF     :Brain-sprain...這兩個字連起來..腦扭傷?
推 rainingdayz :腦震盪~
推 ihx00       :腦正蕩不是concution嗎
→ ihx00       :   震盪
→ ihx00       :          concussion
推 Agnesb0924  :腦殘
推 gohit       :樓上的推文讓我想到"我在政府部門的日子" XDDDDDDDDD
→ gohit       :What is concussion? "concussion is 台語" XDDDDDDD