Barry Jive wrote:but his athleticism is much closer to Mourning than Bol

PSUPhilliesPhan wrote:

Barry Jive wrote:but his athleticism is much closer to Mourning than Bol

I believe last night Grant Hill compared Nerlen's athleticism to Bill Russell. Not sure how he would know that. Russell did play at 220 pounds but I think game might have been a little different in the 50's. He also averaged 20 boards a game as a rookie

joe table wrote:my ideal 2 is a deadly shooter guy who can be dangerous/efficient as a catch and shoot guy off screens while another player initiates the offense, but also is smart passer/ball mover and can be effective if you ask him to run P&R as a secondary ballhandler. also he has dreamy eyes and does 3 point goggle handshakes with his dad at the draft

By his own estimation, Ferkel has done between 20 and 30 navicular-fracture surgeries, and in terms of the injury's severity and the patient's likelihood for a full recovery, he said that Embiid's situation was far from the worst of those.

"Once he's fully healed, his chances of having a long career are very good," Ferkel said in a phone interview. "There's no reason he shouldn't have a great NBA career and be very successful. Once this heals, hopefully this won't be an issue for him in the future."
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Tellem had provided Ferkel with the results of tests that doctors in Cleveland had conducted on Embiid's foot, and Ferkel had examined Embiid himself just a few days earlier, performing his own tests before probing Tellem for insight into Embiid's personality and background.

Twenty years old....Had played just one season of college basketball at Kansas....From Cameroon....Parents are still there, so no family support group here....Be realistic, but positive....

Once Ferkel began to speak, he could see the shock spread over Embiid's face. He wanted to insert two screws into Embiid's foot to stabilize it, then have him begin a rehabilitation program that would last five to eight months. The news left Embiid crestfallen, Ferkel said, fearing for his future in the sport, until Ferkel explained that there was no need for panic.
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Embiid sustained what Ferkel called a "clean break" of the navicular - a weight-bearing bone in the middle of the foot - "without any major separation, which is important." Here's why: Navicular fractures can be notoriously difficult to diagnose, in part because they're not easily identified on an x-ray, in part because the symptoms are often so vague that the patient can't pinpoint the pain's origin. If the athlete continues to play, subjecting the foot to more pounding and trauma without realizing it's been fractured, the two sides of the bone can move apart and harden at the break, inhibiting healing. The fracture widens and deepens. Fluid-filled cysts can develop within the bone.

But Ferkel diagnosed Embiid's injury so soon after Embiid had broken his foot that none of those potential side effects presented itself.
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He's in the midst of a six-week stretch during which he cannot put any weight on the foot. From there, he'll don a specialized boot and train both in a swimming pool and on an antigravity treadmill. After 12 to 16 weeks, he'll begin a running program, and Ferkel will use an ultrasound stimulator on him to hasten the bone's growth and healing.
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"It's certainly possible that he could come back this season," Ferkel said.

If he doesn't, there ought to be no doubt about the lengths that Hinkie and the Sixers will go to preserve a better opportunity for another top-three draft pick.

BigEd76 wrote:Kickin' wicked rhymes like a fortune teller 'cause the wickedness done by Jack



I mean....uh....When are the Sixers gonna sign someone? They're the only team in the league that hasn't

Smith was traded to the New Orleans Hornets with guard Willie Green in exchange for forward Darius Songaila and rookie forward Craig Brackins on September 23, 2010.[2]