Malachi out 4-6 weeks

[CyKings]

Is Temple going to back soon? All-star break is at a good time with the guard injuries, I haven't heard anything on Temple so I'm curious.

It seems like Lawson and Casspi should be back very soon after the all-star break

 

[EJF]

What a bummer! Loved seeing him get minutes recently.

 

[Gilles]

I thought Temple and Ty were expected to return for Nuggets game, so that's enough depth for now.

 

[ParniValjak]

I thought Temple and Ty were expected to return for Nuggets game, so that's enough depth for now.

Well from all my experience in following sports, there is no such a thing as less than 3 week hamstring injury. Temple's looked much worse that what the team announced so I would be surprised if he is back for the Nuggets game. Lawson?! Maybe.

 

[Larry89]

Lets not forget Aaron Afflalo almost injured his hamstring as well

 

[Bricklayer]

You just have to assume a few of these guys are back after the break, because if not you have a crisis and really have to do SOMETHING about it. Meaning you have to trade or release somebody.

 

[Larry89]

This is gonna be us sometime this year

 

[kingdivac]

Hamstrings are serious injuries. Rather pull a quad or groin. Hamstring is the power muscle for acceleration and burst.

 

[origkds]

I think its come time to unleash the fear:

C- Papgiannis
PF- Koufos
SF- WCS
SG- Skal
PG- Boogie

Yeah baby, go big or go home. I'm in.

 

[Gilles]

Right now Tolliver is better option at SG than Skal.

 

[andjel]

Right now Tolliver is better option at SG than Skal.

Nah, Tolliver is too heavy plus we have to develop the youth

 

[206Fan]

Nah, Tolliver is too heavy plus we have to develop the youth

I don't know. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw SGs start posing Skal up...

 

[twslam07]

Yeah baby, go big or go home. I'm in.

I see what you did there

 

[swisshh]

Man, that sucks.

 

[VF21]

Well, one of the major issues that could have potentially led to this injury is that we, as a team, were making Malachi play more than what he was used to (for obvious reasons), so perhaps physically he wasn't quite ready to meet that demand.

When you ask of players to play more minutes than what they are used to suddenly, it increases the risk of injury to said players. It makes me nervous when I think about the rest of our main guys. Can they physically hold out playing the way we are (close, grind it out games?) and can they hold out without getting hurt?

I think at this point, Vlade just has to get more/fresh bodies.

Well, if there is a lack of bodies, I don't know what is taking Vlade so long to realize this team is a MASH unit, right now, even more so after last night. He cant get it past his thick skull that this team needs help, and he needs to stop sitting on his hands and do something about it.

What do you guys suggest Vlade do? WE HAVE NO OPEN ROSTER SPOTS. I'm pretty sure he's not just sitting on his hands but it takes two teams to make a trade. He can't just call up another GM and say, "We're gonna send you Player A and you're gonna send us Player B in return. Thanks. Bye!"

 

[Sac.Kings]

What do you guys suggest Vlade do? WE HAVE NO OPEN ROSTER SPOTS. I'm pretty sure he's not just sitting on his hands but it takes two teams to make a trade. He can't just call up another GM and say, "We're gonna send you Player A and you're gonna send us Player B in return. Thanks. Bye!"

Not saying anything that isn't already obvious. I'm just pointing out the dangers when the main guys are getting 40 plus minutes and guys that usually don't play much are all of a sudden playing a lot.

I'm sure Vlade is working on it, but like you said, you can't force things to happen. Also, all star break should be kind to us and we should get some guys back at least.

 

[bajaden]

Not saying anything that isn't already obvious. I'm just pointing out the dangers when the main guys are getting 40 plus minutes and guys that usually don't play much are all of a sudden playing a lot.

I'm sure Vlade is working on it, but like you said, you can't force things to happen. Also, all star break should be kind to us and we should get some guys back at least.

The all star break is when a lot of deals get done. All the GM's are there, so a lot of meetings going on in hotel rooms I suspect.