Mavs lose Dampier for three weeks

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DALLAS - The Dallas Mavericks will be without their main post presence for at least the next two weeks.

The Mavericks announced Tuesday that center Erick Dampier will be out two to three weeks with a stress fracture in his right foot.

The 6-11 Dampier injured his foot at Golden State on February 15 and missed the Mavericks' game at Phoenix two days later, their final contest before the All-Star break.

Dampier, whom Dallas acquired from Golden State in the offseason after failing to land Shaquille O'Neal, has averaged 9.5 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.29 blocks in 48 games.

At 35-16, the Mavericks are five games behind the league-leading San Antonio Spurs in the Southwest Division and are fourth in the Western Conference.




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[piksi]

welcome to the club

 

[Twix]

The 6-11 Dampier injured his foot at Golden State on February 15

Gets injuried during his game back against his former team? That sucks.

 

[funsc]

Anderson can replace him without any problem

 

[bdouble013]

Awww shucks!

 

[iheartBrad]

Awww shucks!

my sentimemts exactly

Anderson can replace him without any problem

i think im having a brain fart but who is Andersen?

 

[doone]

The white dude who sucked it up during the dunk contest. He was also in the last dunk contest. Does the name Birdman ring a bell?

 

[bdouble013]

He plays for New Orleans.

 

[VF21]

Gets injuried during his game back against his former team? That sucks.

Thank God the Mavericks still have Shawn Bradley or they might be in big trouble!

 

[LMM]

i think it's henderson, not andersen.

and yes, the birdman plays in new orleans.

i watched the suns vs mavs game. mavs were without dampier. and henderson was just going for every rebound.. he had a lot of rebounds + putbacks. so against a team like us, who's not good at rebounding, he may be a problem. i hope not, though.

 

[iheartBrad]

i think it's henderson, not andersen.

and yes, the birdman plays in new orleans.

i watched the suns vs mavs game. mavs were without dampier. and henderson was just going for every rebound.. he had a lot of rebounds + putbacks. so against a team like us, who's not good at rebounding, he may be a problem. i hope not, though.

thx LMM...i think that IS what funsc meant

i was reading everyones response of Chris Andersen and im thinking "okay if thats what he meant than what does Chris have to do with Erick Dampier and the Dallas Mavericks"...but thanks for clearing that up

 

[Ryle]

HHHMMMMM......let's see.


A big man with a history of injury problems suffers a stress fracture in his foot???

Not good news and this could really be a problem for him.....good thing his contract is Insured

 

[Alacron]

5 years until his next contract year... he may be sidelined until then.
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[Evenstar]

Thank God the Mavericks still have Shawn Bradley or they might be in big trouble!

LOL!