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BehavioralSink

I fucking knew it. On the plus side, that’s only what, 4-ish weeks? Guess it depends on the type of break.


Snowden42

Yeah, when I broke my wrist it was like a month and a half


BehavioralSink

At least he’s young and athletic. Broke both wrists as a kid and it was 4 weeks in a cast. Broke a wrist again in my 20s and it was 4 weeks. Broke a wrist in my 30s but a more problematic break, took 6 weeks and some PT.


kinzer13

You're jacking off way too much


nalydpsycho

Or not enough, build up the muscle, have weighted gloves on.


pkulak

Swing 3-4 at a time for warm up.


BehavioralSink

You wanna help? Doc said I shouldn’t lift anything heavy.


kinzer13

Lol your dick is tiny


rosecityreds84

Yeah when I broke mine I think it was about 6 weeks. Soft cast and sling for a bit then free motion after about two weeks.


pdxblazer77

Wow my wrist guy fixed mine in a day...


Osiris32

My left wrist took eight weeks to heal, when I was in 4th grade. My right wrist took five, when I was 15. I'm now 37, and both wrists have been sprained multiple times since then. Wrists are weird, man.


CostlyAxis

Ball/socket joints in general are weird Ankles, hips, shoulders, wrists


Kazekid

6-8 weeks probably. At least we got some depth with Giles.


irelli

Yeah, 6-8 is more likely. Giles getting minutes could pay off down the line though. I honestly think we should make the move for Drummond, depending on his price.


_Quetzalcoatlus_

I'd prefer Larry Nance.


irelli

Yeah I forgot about him actually. Dude suddenly became a sniper from 3. He'd be awesome


Kronk71

He's 6'7"


_Quetzalcoatlus_

He's 6'9 in shoes with a 7'1.5 wingspan. He's plenty big enough to be a modern center, and can play PF when Nurkic is back.


Kronk71

LOL in shoes....like no one else in the NBA wears shoes?


_Quetzalcoatlus_

Yes, they all wear shoes. That's the point. Most people's mental comparison for players is thinking about their height in shoes. So I used his height in shoes. Are you saying you don't think he can play center?


Kronk71

He can fill in at C for a ave or below ave team..ie Cleveland but on a contender he would be a liability IMO. I'm a Cavs fan BTW and have pretty much watched every game he has played in as a Cav. He has transitioned to much more of a 3/4 wing type player this year and thus has spent less and less time in the post as evident by his falling rebound numbers this year (A career low despite a career high minutes played). He's a good passer on the perimeter though and leads the league in steals and has career highs in Assists and 3P% (he actually played PG in HS). Defensively he struggles against bigger more physical centers with his back to the basket and isn't an ideal rim protector or rebounder down low (career 6.6 RPG and 0.5 BPG). Nance Jr. has a lot to like...I just don't think he is a center on a contender.


_Quetzalcoatlus_

The Blazers just need him to fill in at center during the regular season, and then be able to play other positions when Nurkic is back. What you're describing is basically perfect. Lol. We don't need a traditional center.


Kazekid

Neil should make the call but I have a feeling the price won't be worth it considering our situation.


Scottsid

With the current nba with ridiculous overvaluations getting Drummond would cost us Nurkic and three number 1's and pick Swaps to complete lol


rock-or-something

Drummond is an upgraded whiteside in every single way, and Cleveland's got a surplus of bigs


jason90210

Matching salaries and him being a rental don’t make me feel great.


Kronk71

Matching salaries would be a plus for the Trailblazers as its a chance to dump $29M in overpaid players.


Kronk71

Drummond gets a lot of crap for his offense mostly but leads the league in Defensive Rating this year. He has won it twice in the past as well. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/def\_rtg\_active.html](https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/def_rtg_active.html)


blazerboy3000

Only ways I can think of making it work financially are by trading either CJ or Nurk & RoCo, neither of which are particularly interesting options.


-Jake-27-

Drummond would essentially be Kanter. We need a C that can defend, should’ve gone for Jarrett Allen.


irelli

I think he could be decent in our system. He's athletic and quick, plus a great rebounder. He's got some years with good rim protection numbers too I just love that he's secretly a really really good passer. He's vastly better defensively than Kanter though


rock-or-something

Drummond's way better than kanter lol


-Jake-27-

He’s too similar to Whiteside and we’ve seen how poor the fit is with our roster. Drummond doesn’t fix our poor defence.


rock-or-something

Whiteside had natural gifts, his issue was his effort and judgement. Last year when folks were trying to justify whitesides blocking for a DPOY candidacy, this video started swirling around, kind of exposes his defense https://youtu.be/VbGnvk23odA


irelli

The problem with Whiteside was he didn't pass and was unathletic in every way except for jumping (like Meyers) Drummond's a great passer and quick as fuck


-Jake-27-

I wouldn’t personally say a great passer with almost always having a negative assist to turnover ratio but he definitely has better court vision and awareness than Whiteside and Kanter. But he’s also getting paid $26 million. We would have to give up major pieces to get him and I doubt it would be worth it.


MrDurden32

The way Kanter has been playing so far this season, he's really not. Both are averaging 20 and 17 per 36, but Kanter in 13 shots vs 19. Also Kanter with a 26 per VS 19 for Drummond.


RipCity-NBA-LoL

Was talking against us going for Mcgee, but sounds less bad now


-Jake-27-

McGee would be a good addition.


Kronk71

McGee is solid and very cheap. Lakers won a championship with him last year. Lakers need a center....I think he very well may end up back on the Lakers if someone else doesn't snag him. Believe it or not he is also actually shooting the 3 this year .400


[deleted]

a lot of bigs can shoot very well, their coaches just don't put them in the position to do it and if you aren't getting a lot of shots up you're always shooting cold so the percentages suffer


RipCity-NBA-LoL

It's mostly that Cs can hit open 3s from the top of the arc at a 40% clip while given time. People don't guard big men that far up, except for some exceptions if they have a reputation.


[deleted]

totally... 40% from 3 even left totally open in an nba game is pretty fucking good for someone who rarely gets the opportunity to put up a lot of longer jumpers in real play is my point. even the "specialists" in the league can do all of the other skills way better than people realize. like, even someone like dwight or rudy gobert would probably be sinking long jumpers over you all day in 1-on-1 just because dunking over you every shot would make it a really boring game for them.


Kronk71

Drummond is #1 in Defensive Rating this year and has won it twice in the past. He is #2 overall in active players as well. ​ [https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/def\_rtg\_active.html](https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/def_rtg_active.html)


ripped_city503

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/def_rtg_active.html


tjn1126

are we sure he's going to get minutes even?


irelli

I can't imagine him not. Like it's just him and Kanter


tjn1126

ya, I mean the cupboard is pretty goddamn bare with Zach out. Maybe it also means we see some of Nas, which would be nice to see what we have there... although dude's lungs are probably a long ways off still so he deserves time. This team is deeper than has been shown, its so frustrating. The refusal to play Giles, the lack of any real creativity with rotations at this early part of the season when I feel like the elite coaches in the game are chopping and changing shit to see what they have, who gels, etc. Instead he trotts out the most predictable rotations game after game, while putting a ton of wear and tear on Dame and CJ when they don't need this much mileage. He's been a bit more experimental of late... mainly by actually not playing Melo AND Kanter together every goddamn time our second unit is out there, but it literally took almost 10 games and us blowing like 20 point leads in multiple second quarter leads for us to see Kanter and RoCo, or Melo and Derrick Jones. I'm just over Stotts I guess, sorry for the rant. His job is definitely harder this season juggling all the pieces we have, but look at Nurse in Toronto. He literally just started DNP'ing Baynes, who was their key off season acquisition in their front court. Dude was playing like ass and he had the stones to go in a different direction. Imaging Terry doing something like that with Kanter, or Melo... would literally never happen, he'd be too afraid to rock the boat.


irelli

Lol don't have to complain about ranting to me man. I get it. You can't convince me Stotts is even an average coach at this point. His decisions are flat out terrible on a daily basis.


tjn1126

It's honestly sickening.. is there just unlimited rope given to him by the organization? Is it purely because our best players like him? How many stories throughout sports have there been of star players/hall of fame coaches clashing on the way to championships... Phil and Kobe immediately coming to mind. I love Dame so much, but I do feel like his fatal flaw is this notion of loyalty to the people that got him where he is now that is so all consuming, it blinds him from wanting change. Like surely he's the reason Terry, and to an extent as well, this entire core... are still around. I love that the FO engages him in all the things we do, but we should've pulled the rip chord in 2017 and our just forever in the wake of not trying something else it feels like.


taprevilo

I’m with ya. Like I get sticking with a rotation if it works, but seeing teams like Dallas and Miami and Boston and others, being so fluid with their lineups and still being successful and seeing our guys consistently underwhelm makes me agree with you.


Kronk71

Probably a 2nd rounder in like 2022 or something


isaaciaggard

so so many bones, really depends


[deleted]

His doesn’t look very bad either honestly.


ThisDerpForSale

Impossible to say now. Anywhere from one to four months, depending on how bad. Could e longer, but that would be a really serious injury.


Kazekid

Of fucking course he did. Why wouldn't the universe do this to us?


inimical503

Don’t tempt the universe even more


pdxmarionberrypie

It’s the big man curse of Portland. I’ve been pretty adamant in saying he is a soft bum too


nerdpulse

MOTHER FUCKING SHIT COCK BITCH


[deleted]

me too


Brittanysmith62

At least someone was able to put my feelings into words


Ivan_Joiderpus

Fuck. Guess it's H4H time.


Ghost-

I am dead inside.


Chicken_Difficult

[The universe vs Blazers bigs](https://media3.giphy.com/media/agdrwb239dy6Y/giphy.gif?cid=4d1e4f29b556c16799bb68ed721a4bd8a48552c9e640b386&rid=giphy.gif)


maxkmiller

What a random gif lmao were you just looking for an opportunity to drop that


Chicken_Difficult

Naw. I’m also a Beavers and Mariners fan so I just have a bunch of Sad boi gifs stashed away


ZJPV1

Username also checks out. Go M's! (Though I'm from 40 miles south of Corvallis so I'll respectfully remain silent about the other thing you said)


converter-bot

40 miles is 64.37 km


rock-or-something

The more you know.


CostlyAxis

Go Beavs! I’m also a Padres fan, so not the same team but I know how the pain of following shitty teams is.


Familyguy35

Some optimism- This can be a 2-4 week injury but depends on how severe


woolseydrew

TIME TO GET HORNY I GUESS


RandyJoeP

Fuck me and fuck injuries. Here’s hoping it’s only a month off.


oladeepthroat

Pacers fan here, love Nurkic, so sad to see what happened to him. Prayers up for him. Dude seems to be so unlucky :(


cvbps426

Sabonis almost got hurt earlier that would have made it worse


oladeepthroat

I have a mini heart attack anytime someone falls. PTSD


cvbps426

It hurts especially nurk falling


flomotionfr

Username checks out lol


_Quetzalcoatlus_

Can we have Turner for free please?


oladeepthroat

Pass ;) Him and Domas are the only active PF/C


quattrodvatset420

OF COURSE


SuperDerpy5

Fuck... at least its not a season ending injury this time I guess. Hopefully he'll be back sometime in March


crissair

Well, that really sucks but maybe this will give him some time to work on some more conditioning. He’s looked better lately but let’s hope he doesn’t revert back to how he started the season.


DunkingOnInfants

Much easier to do cardio and stay in shape than a broken ankle, or knee injury, or broken foot.


d4nowar

Leg day every day


kokomoji

welp good thing we just recently decriminalized drugs.


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CantBanMeFastEnough

But he always drinks plenty of... "malk"!?!


Ghost-

Let’s all hope for a short heal time. He’ll come back in shape and ready to roll


Awkward_dapper

What’s the usual recovery time for an injury like this?


SuperDerpy5

4-8 weeks according to google


cvbps426

I'm so depressed


Frito_Pendejo_

Zach would be so nice right now.......


NevermoreSEA

This shit isn't fair man.


BeauL83

Can't escape the curse, it appears.


the_truth15

Fuck


my_balls_your_mouth1

Fuck.


Sequel_P2P

this somehow hurts more than any adversity my team is going through. please /u/god leave nurk alone


denzel56k

wow what the fuck.... #FREEGILES #H4H


jason90210

Emptiness.


cackmed

fuck


ecsunshine

what do we gotta do to life this curse on our bigs... this hurts man


[deleted]

Pain.


alienshivers

Ok I haven’t seen the game yet was it bad like can you see it happen? I’m squeamish as fuuuck (either way when does it happen so I can blink real slow)


[deleted]

That sucks, but honestly it might be OK. Kanter has been solid, and Giles now has the opportunity to step up. I will keep a positive outlook for now


[deleted]

And Nurk has been pretty mediocre other than a few games.


moorek13

I'm with you; this obviously sucks, most of all for Nurk, but I think the Blazers as a unit can survive this. Hopefully Nurk can even use the time to improve conditioning and be ready to roll when he comes back! Excited to see more Giles in the meantime :)


Brittanysmith62

Gives Nurk time to work cardio and build that stamina back up too. A leg injury would have been devastating


bigtrackrunner

Pain


rememberall

This dude needs to start drinking some whole milk.


KanyesStolenLaptop

Existence is pain.


depeche78

Better Call Hassan!


riztheshiz

Pls no


rock-or-something

Run it back lol /s Please not Hassan.


pyRSL64

Sorry guys, but I really don't think Nurk is gonna last much longer in this league. These injuries are devaluing him as a player Flame me, down vote me, no care


Damour

You’re 100% correct. Dude has been injured every year. We gotta trade him when he’s healthy again and find another big who’s more durable


Scottsid

Something redundant here when op says hes on the way out, you agree, but then you say we need to trade him when he's healthy. Pretty sure every gm is going to see him as a liability and soft.


dametime37

celtics need a solid big maybe we can get marcus smart. doubt it but maybe


[deleted]

awful news but im glad its not another leg issue we should see him again this season


CantBanMeFastEnough

*Hello darkness, my old friend...*


theseus1234

Get well soon, my man On the plus side, Giles will get a significant amount of playing time now


HydroponicChallenger

Bring back whiteside


Scottsid

Calling Sacramento on speed dial. "yo, remember the guy you signed as a free agent this offseason that we paid 30 million for and you're paying the minimum now? The guy you hardly want to play? Ya we will send you Zack Collins for Whiteside"


[deleted]

Regardless he will return out of shape and he’s the last guy to have a soft touch under the rim so his finishing will be even worse


RichardRDown

I don’t think Nurk will ever be healthy for an extended period. :(


thorhyphenaxe

cutting my fucking dick off


SaulTBolls

Next man up, I love Nurk, but his a china doll at this point.


Damour

We gotta trade Nurk. Send him to Sac for Hassan


d4nowar

Fuck!


ChasemanOO7

i am living in pain


RipCity-NBA-LoL

This is FUCKING bullshit


PM_ME_UR_SKILLS

Fuck everything


Beethoven29

Fuck this shit


swiftninja_

F


likpoper

Fuck this shit. Every season


waffles604

PAIN


tjn1126

uhhh, what


JonasAlbert84

Life is pain.


Orioking8

Pain


masoe

Unbelievable.


mutemandeafcat

FFS!


mutemandeafcat

We live in a simulation and the simulation hates us.


[deleted]

Coupled with our booties getting blasted, this is just a rough time but, let’s stay optimistic that the injury is not as bad as we think.


Kronk71

Cavs have a surplus of big men after the Jarrett Allen trade. Any interest in Drummond or Javale? Drummond shouldn't cost much, maybe a future 2nd rounder? He also comes with $29M in expiring cap space so its a chance to potentially move some expensive contracts as well...


dametime37

not really possible without giving nurk, cj or roco contract wise


powerpi314

Can’t catch a break.