GOOD NEWS: Vasquez will miss FIBA tornament

[morsatun]

The doctor that operated Vasquez checked his progress yesterday and stated that Vasquez will not be ready to play in FIBA Americas in September but he should be ready for training camp.

Even though it sounds worrying, this may actually be good news for the Kings for two reasons:

1st, if he was to play just coming of rehab he would have been really vulnerable for a new injury due to the role he plays in the Venezuelan team (He basicly does everything and plays over 35 minutes per game).

2nd, History tell us that when he goes back to play with his National team, he goes into "I have to do everything" mode, and then it takes him a long time to come back to earth after that. I remember Monty Williams last year during training camp mentioning how hard it was to get Greivis to come down and play within his means, due to the role he was playing in the Olympic qualifying tournament just before training camp started.

Additionally, as this tournament is held in Venezuela, having his local crowd behind him would probably make him try harder and increase even more the likelihood of a new injury.

 

[Amory]

It's GOD news. =D

 

[Bricklayer]

Well, I hadn't even considered that, and thus far have not been considering the ankles a significant threat with him. I hope that doesn't change or this thing could turn ugly.

Injured guys not taking the summer to recover and stressing their injuries during NT stuff is aggravating, so guess I'm glad he got shut down before doing the stupid. However given that he is getting shut down 4 months into the offseason for a tournament only a month before camp, you do have to wonder just how serious those ankles were. When did he have the surgeries again?

 

[VF21]

Well, I hadn't even considered that, and thus far have not been considering the ankles a significant threat with him. I hope that doesn't change or this thing could turn ugly.

Injured guys not taking the summer to recover and stressing their injuries during NT stuff is aggravating, so guess I'm glad he got shut down before doing the stupid. However given that he is getting shut down 4 months into the offseason for a tournament only a month before camp, you do have to wonder just how serious those ankles were. When did he have the surgeries again?

It was the end of May. He had bone spurs/particles removed from one ankle.

 

[Kingster]

That is good news. I just wonder what kind of shape he's going to be going into training camp.

 

[upinsmoke]

I think Vasquez is going to be a fan favorite here and put up really good numbers himself as well give Cuz plenty of easy buckets around the rim and pick and roll (pop) situations. I remember he said himself he was going to be ready for training camp so this probably ties into that. Plus it's nice to have a Latin player here again. Noche Latino anyone? Sacramento has a large Latino population and the last regime did little to maximize that market.

Sacramento Reyes!

 

[William Blake]

However given that he is getting shut down 4 months into the offseason for a tournament only a month before camp, you do have to wonder just how serious those ankles were.

I remember that he (or his doctor) already stated that he would miss the tournament around the time we traded for him, which was more or less a month ago. I don't know why the news came around here only yesterday, but we can definitely rule out the hypothesis that his injury was somehow underrated.

 

[Spike]

I've a bone to pick with Noche Latino.
[rant]
It'd be sweet if the jerseys were like "Los Toros" or "Reyes", but it's not. It's "Los Bulls" and "El Heat."
What's the point if you're just going to slap "Los" in front of everything? That doesn't make it Latino. Do better NBA! The jerseys have to be redesigned anyways, might as well do it the right way.
[/rant]

That said, I agree that the last regime did next to nothing to maximize the market, and Noche Latino would be cool...as long as the jerseys say "Reyes."

 

[LPKingsFan]

I've a bone to pick with Noche Latino.
[rant]
It'd be sweet if the jerseys were like "Los Toros" or "Reyes", but it's not. It's "Los Bulls" and "El Heat."
What's the point if you're just going to slap "Los" in front of everything? That doesn't make it Latino. Do better NBA! The jerseys have to be redesigned anyways, might as well do it the right way.
[/rant]

That said, I agree that the last regime did next to nothing to maximize the market, and Noche Latino would be cool...as long as the jerseys say "Reyes."

I always wondered the same thing. Thought maybe it was a legal issue, but turns out it's just marketing. From a 2009 NBA press release:

Noche Latina, first launched during the 2006-07 season, will feature celebratory uniforms developed in conjunction with La Agencia de Orci & Asociados, a U.S. Hispanic agency, to display the team name as spoken by the Latino population. Rather than translating the team names literally, market research concluded that Spanish-speakers in the U.S. refer to them differently. The Miami Heat, for example, is called "El Heat"; the San Antonio Spurs are "Los Spurs." Noche Latina uniforms were carefully selected based on the uniforms that had the most affinity within the Hispanic population.

 

[Spike]

Clearly I was not part of that market research. :/

Oh well. At least it answers that questions.

 

[upinsmoke]

Well some teams names translate so poorly like the spurs for example that when spoken people will naturally just throw a "los" in front of the name but in our case it actually sounds cool.

 

[nebs]

Way back when we acquired him he said he wasn't playing in the Tournament this summer.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Well some teams names translate so poorly like the spurs for example that when spoken people will naturally just throw a "los" in front of the name but in our case it actually sounds cool.

Actually, the article-changes-only makes sense to me regardless of ease of translation. I mean, if I was living with an English-speaking cohort in Spain and there was a local futbol team called "Los Toros", I imagine that I would ask my buddies if they wanted to go with me to see "the Toros" and not "the Bulls". I would call Joventut by their proper name, I wouldn't call them "Youth".

 

[morsatun]

I remember that he (or his doctor) already stated that he would miss the tournament around the time we traded for him, which was more or less a month ago. I don't know why the news came around here only yesterday, but we can definitely rule out the hypothesis that his injury was somehow underrated.

This is not that important, but just to clarify: Nor him or his coach said that he was not going to play FIBA Americas, he said that his rehab was about 16 weeks, and someone here made the calculations and realized those 16 weeks would end in the middle of the FIBA Americas tournament, and therefore mentioned that Vasquez would not play because of the timing.

In fact as late as last week Vasquez himself was saying that he wanted to play and was doing all he could to get in shape for the tournament. Moreover, he actually went to the Venezuelan training camp and did his rehab there so he could learn the system even without physically training with the team. Finlay, even when his doctor said that he is not going to be ready he has not officially said he will not play (although I am sure he will not go against the doctor recommendation). So no, this is not old news.

 

[bajaden]

Clearly I was not part of that market research. :/

Oh well. At least it answers that questions.

I guess they're into Spanglish... By the way, there's a real cheap brandy down here named Los Reyes...

 

[upinsmoke]

I guess they're into Spanglish... By the way, there's a real cheap brandy down here named Los Reyes...

Presidente makes the girls go dumb lol.

 

[morsatun]

. Finlay, even when his doctor said that he is not going to be ready he has not officially said he will not play (although I am sure he will not go against the doctor recommendation). So no, this is not old news.

Vasquez just gave his official press conference and said that he wants to keep working on his rehab and see the doctor again in 3 weeks (days before the start of FIBA Americas) to see if he can convince the doctor to allow him limited minutes with the Venezuelan team.

Hopefully the doctor is strong enough to brake Vasquez's stubbornness

 

[kennadog]

I guess they're into Spanglish... By the way, there's a real cheap brandy down here named Los Reyes...

Glad its not a red-velvet cake tasting vodka, anyway.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Glad its not a red-velvet cake tasting vodka, anyway.

Wow, why hasn't anybody mentioned that in Slim's thread in the lounge?

 

[morsatun]

Vasquez just gave his official press conference and said that he wants to keep working on his rehab and see the doctor again in 3 weeks (days before the start of FIBA Americas) to see if he can convince the doctor to allow him limited minutes with the Venezuelan team.

Hopefully the doctor is strong enough to brake Vasquez's stubbornness

It is official, Vasquez will not play FIBA Americas. He is also clear to start pick and roll, shooting and lateral movement training!