Hawes' surgery a success

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Just saw this on Amicks blog, yay =D

Surgery a success

Just spoke to Jeff Hawes, the father of Kings rookie center Spencer Hawes, and he said today's arthroscopic surgery in Seattle was a success.
"It went great," Jeff Hawes said. "They did it cleanly and quickly, and he’s chomping at the bit to get back. He understands the process, and he’s just excited and anxious to get playing. It's been frustrating for him."
According to Jeff Hawes, microfracture surgery was "never discussed" and will not be needed. - Sam Amick

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The Kings said they expect Hawes to begin rehabilitation immediately and to begin basketball activity in three weeks. The team expects him back at full strength within four to five weeks.
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That's from the Bee as posted in the RSS Feeds thread.
 
kennadog said:
That's from the Bee as posted in the RSS Feeds thread.
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This is the part of that artical that got my attention. link

The Kings' first-round draft pick and 10th overall has a history of knee problems and underwent microfracture surgery as a 14-year-old as he entered Seattle Prep High School. According to Kings spokesman Troy Hanson, Hawes returned too soon then and had to have surgery again six months later.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported on Feb. 7, 2004, that Hawes had "three surgeries" as a freshman at Seattle Prep but didn't indicate the nature of the procedures.
Hawes also had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee before last season at Washington and missed five weeks.
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WTF? Did the Kings guys even do their homework? This is pretty bad.
 
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http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/424960.html

Hawes knee surgery a success; no microfracture
Sam Amick - Bee Staff Writer
Last Updated 12:33 pm PDT Wednesday, October 10, 2007

The Kings and rookie center Spencer Hawes can finally exhale.

The team announced that arthroscopic surgery Wednesday morning to repair a lateral meniscus tear in Hawes' left knee was quick and successful. According to Hawes' father, Jeff Hawes, the surgery went as planned and microfracture surgery was "never discussed."

"It went great," Jeff Hawes said by phone from Seattle. "They did it cleanly and quickly, and he's champing at the bit to get back. He understands the process, and he's just excited to return."

The Kings said they expect Hawes to begin rehabilitation immediately and to begin basketball activity in three weeks. The team expects him back at full strength within four to five weeks.

The outcome means the Seattle native avoided going the way of Portland center Greg Oden, the NBA's top draft pick whose arthoscopic surgery in mid-September revealed more damage on his right knee and led to season-ending microfracture surgery.

The Kings' first-round draft pick and 10th overall has a history of knee problems and underwent microfracture surgery as a 14-year-old as he entered Seattle Prep High School. According to Kings spokesman Troy Hanson, Hawes returned too soon then and had to have surgery again six months later.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported on Feb. 7, 2004, that Hawes had "three surgeries" as a freshman at Seattle Prep but didn't indicate the nature of the procedures.

Hawes also had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee before last season at Washington and missed five weeks.

Wednesday's surgery was performed by Dr. Lawrence Holland, the Seattle Seahawks' team physician who also performed Hawes' microfracture.

About the writer: The Bee's Sam Amick can be reached at samick@sacbee.com.
 
Excellent news. Maybe January for some real pt.

What is very concerning is all the surgeries he's already had. If the past is any indication of the future, he's not someone you want to sign to bigtime contract, even if he does play great for the next 3 years. Of course that may not stop Petrie from doing it...
 
When do they ever say it's NOT a success?

Not saying it wasn't, but it's kind of pointless to proclaim a surgery a success right after it happened. We'll see.
 
Kingzrool said:
This is the part of that artical that got my attention. link



WTF? Did the Kings guys even do their homework? This is pretty bad.
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Sam was on the Rise Guys this morning and said that yes, they knew about his surgeries. I don't think we have enough information to say that "This is pretty bad", as we do not have all the details on Hawes *or all the other players that have had surgeries we haven't heard of* that management has already gained.

Amick said that Hawes' surgeries were well noted and documented in the (local) media at the time and the info was easily obtainable. He also said, IIRC, that some other players have also had surgery that we probably haven't even heard of yet that management also knew about, like Hawes.
 
I'm glad that the surgery was a success. Hopefully he won't rush coming back, I want him 110% healthy when he decides he's going to come back.
 
nbrans said:
When do they ever say it's NOT a success?

Not saying it wasn't, but it's kind of pointless to proclaim a surgery a success right after it happened. We'll see.
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If I recall, the point was to clean out the knee, which they did. By a success, I think they're simply saying they didn't find anything else that would necessitate microfracture surgery. So, in that regards, it was successful.
 
Let him rest. No one I think believes that Hawes is a key to the Kings winning this year. He just needs minutes this year to learn NBA ball. Let him play as he can and we can start looking for an impact player next season or even the next one after that. He is just barely 20 years old now and has got a long career ahead of him. Don't rush him into an early end.
 
Spencer Hawes was likely to be the third center on the Kings behind Miller and Moore this year. The fact that he's going to miss around 10-15 games of the season is a set back for him and disappointing for the team. I'm more upset that Ron Artest is going to miss the first 7 games of the season. On a side note, I noticed the Bulls Noah completely outplayed the Bucks Yi last night.
 
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Sam was on the Rise Guys this morning and said that yes, they knew about his surgeries. I don't think we have enough information to say that "This is pretty bad", as we do not have all the details on Hawes *or all the other players that have had surgeries we haven't heard of* that management has already gained.

Amick said that Hawes' surgeries were well noted and documented in the (local) media at the time and the info was easily obtainable. He also said, IIRC, that some other players have also had surgery that we probably haven't even heard of yet that management also knew about, like Hawes.
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I don't know. I cannot decide whether it is better that they knew or not. I have always been a huge GP supporter. But why waste a #10 pick on an injury prone player? There must have been some less risky options that would have been more suitable for the rebuild. It may be too early to call, but I smell a bad move in the air.

And I am even less than excited to hear that we have more surprises like this to come.
 
Kingzrool said:
I don't know. I cannot decide whether it is better that they knew or not. I have always been a huge GP supporter. But why waste a #10 pick on an injury prone player? There must have been some less risky options that would have been more suitable for the rebuild. It may be too early to call, but I smell a bad move in the air.

And I am even less than excited to hear that we have more surprises like this to come.
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Think he's talking about other players who we were in position to draft.
 
BMiller52 said:
Think he's talking about other players who we were in position to draft.
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If that is the case, phew. I have heard that several other players in the top ten have had disclosed injuries, but that does not impress me. Seems an unecessary risk when at the beginning of a rebuild to me. And I have to wonder if any of them had microfracture surgery at least twice by the age of 14.
 
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I remember hearing about Noah's shoulder problem(wasn't available and doesn't seem to be effecting him though), an injury with Al THornton, and someone else that I can't remember. Honestly the only other guy I would've picked at that spot is Julian Wright.

Edit: The only thing that pretty much kills me about this is I was pushing for us to draft Wright a lot and I got bashed for wanting a "stupid tweener forward"(there were some other words than forward used, but I aint gonna say them and I cant remember all of them) on this team. That stupid tweener forward just played SF/PF(spent time at both) for New Orleans and got 8/10/4/2blocks. Our guy... he aint even playing.
 
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Warhawk said:
Correct - there were a lot of other players who have had injuries/surgeries that we don't even know about or hear little of.
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Not really the issue though. One injury, that's just an injury. A history of multiple surgeries on one joint though is a red flag. And maybe you still take that player. But its definitely far more concerning than a single shoulder injury or whatnot. You get a young man having his knees break down repeatedly while he's still young, still playing far fewer games and whatnot, what does that look like after 5 years or 10 years of 82 game 6 month grinds in the NBA?
 
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4 sugeries between both knees bothers me. From what I've heard today he's had 1 micro-fracture and 2 scopes on one knee. That includes the scope done today, and a scope done on the other knee.
 
Bricklayer said:
Not really the issue though. One injury, that's just an injury. A history of multiple surgeries on one joint though is a red flag. And maybe you still take that player. But its definitely far more concerning than a single shoulder injury or whatnot. You get a young man having his knees break down repeatedly while he's still young, still playing far fewer games and whatnot, what does that look like after 5 years or 10 years of 82 game 6 month grinds in the NBA?
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I am worried about 4 years down the road. Will we have a kid that can't even run up and down the court? He isn't athletic as it stands, so will he be ultra-slow after a few 82 game seasons? He isn't a strong rebounder so what will he be in 4 years?
 
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