Smith Injury

Hopefully, we dodged the proverbial bullet with Smith’s injury. He headed to the locker room and I was like whoa boy here we go. Sim already had 3 fouls I think and we would severely test depth if he is/was out for any extended time. Pray it’s a one or two game thing.
 
Eric said:
Just to give some general info regarding a shoulder subluxation or dislocation injury.

A lot depends on how bad it was dislocated and did it pop back into place quickly as this will determine how injured the ligaments, tendons, nerves and blood vessels in the area are. Subluxation you don’t actually pop out but it does stretch the joint out and the ligaments in the area.

A dislocation could be a worrisome injury as it could absolutely affect his touch on his shots and passing. And it could make him less aggressive in his play as he worries about getting hit and re injuring it.

That said I sure hope it wasn’t really dislocated and more of a subluxation as this would be so much better of a situation and healing time frame would be more in line to initial reports of not missing much time.
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Looks like he had some bruising from cupping on that shoulder as well so maybe a recurrent subluxation issue for him? As I’m sure you know dislocations/subluxations don’t usually happen with how he was hit yesterday unless there was some significant laxity in the joint. If that’s the case, should be a pretty quick recovery for him but might require a sully brace and offseason surgery.
 
SJU14 said:
Looks like he had some bruising from cupping on that shoulder as well so maybe a recurrent subluxation issue for him? As I’m sure you know dislocations/subluxations don’t usually happen with how he was hit yesterday unless there was some significant laxity in the joint. If that’s the case, should be a pretty quick recovery for him but might require a sully brace and offseason surgery.
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Yeah, of course I knew that. It’s common knowledge that subluxations are associated with laxity in the joints! 😜
 
SJU14 said:
Looks like he had some bruising from cupping on that shoulder as well so maybe a recurrent subluxation issue for him? As I’m sure you know dislocations/subluxations don’t usually happen with how he was hit yesterday unless there was some significant laxity in the joint. If that’s the case, should be a pretty quick recovery for him but might require a sully brace and offseason surgery.
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I missed the actual injury while at the game as I was grabbing my beer. Just saw him on the floor after it happened. Haven’t seen a replay.

This is where being on the inside of the ropes and hearing specifics on the injury would be fun working in the field. Not so fun for the player though.

Very cool job alumni hall had for sure.
 
He's a warrior. Not missing any time.

Come Out and Play...(Line was actually an ad-lib. Definitely top 3 adlibbed lines ever. Bogie at the end of Casablanca "This is the Beginning of a beautiful friendship" and Ratso Rizzo "I'm Walking Here!!!")
 
bucketshardy said:
know this is the Smith thread.... but any word on RJ? it looked like a rolled ankle that was he was obviously feeling the following possessions. tying his laces tight right after and adrenaline got him through the last 3 mins... Poplar took advantage of that a couple times.

Losing Smith i think we can somewhat handle for 2 games (not demeaning his loss at all... just think smith/kadary/spot mins for Lefty could shoulder that load vs Gtown/Hall) - but no RJ is a diff story...
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I think that Smith, if lost for Georgetown will be a challenge. With Smith they have three serviceable guards. Without him, who do you sub in to give KR a blow or for Wilcher if he’s not having a good game which of late is more likely then not for both situations. Not to mention the energy burst that Smith gives the team. RJ at guard? If the guard is quick that could be a defensive issue.

Smith might be the most important piece to this year’s team’s puzzle.
 
Silly Donovan said:
I think that Smith, if lost for Georgetown will be a challenge. With Smith they have three serviceable guards. Without him, who do you sub in to give KR a blow or for Wilcher if he’s not having a good game which of late is more likely then not for both situations. Not to mention the energy burst that Smith gives the team. RJ at guard? If the guard is quick that could be a defensive issue.

Smith might be the most important piece to this year’s team’s puzzle.
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All fair points... Enter The Greek.... 3 Point shooting woes = Solved. We Sell out the remaining HOME MSG games as ALL of Astoria takes up the 2/3/and 400s.... Our home games start looking like those wild EU games...
 
Silly Donovan said:
I think that Smith, if lost for Georgetown will be a challenge. With Smith they have three serviceable guards. Without him, who do you sub in to give KR a blow or for Wilcher if he’s not having a good game which of late is more likely then not for both situations. Not to mention the energy burst that Smith gives the team. RJ at guard? If the guard is quick that could be a defensive issue.

Smith might be the most important piece to this year’s team’s puzzle.
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I agree Silly. If Smith is out Lefty is going to have to get some time. Maybe we catch some lightning in a bottle with him for one game. Supposedly he can shoot a little bit so let’s see what he’s got. You can’t play the starters 38 minutes each.
 
Mean Gene said:
I agree Silly. If Smith is out Lefty is going to have to get some time. Maybe we catch some lightning in a bottle with him for one game. Supposedly he can shoot a little bit so let’s see what he’s got. You can’t play the starters 38 minutes each.
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If Smith is out , which is likely , Pitino has some band aids he can use to give the others few minutes rest .
Prey can be used defensively to harass G’Town guards on switches . Vince too., can give Zuby a rest for 2-4 minutes
Could have Vince , Prey on the floor with Scott , RJ and KR . It works for a couple of minutes
Then , if KR needs a rest , put Wilcher back in . Alternate them for a few minutes .
Can also plug Ayo into the equation too
Lefty? We have seen almost nothing for the kid .
But , that may have to change , here and there .
If he can shoot , like we have been told , we could overlook any defensive lapses for 5 minutes or so.
It’s all conjecture at this point .
 
SLYFOXX1968 said:
If Smith is out , which is likely , Pitino has some band aids he can use to give the others few minutes rest .
Prey can be used defensively to harass G’Town guards on switches . Vince too., can give Zuby a rest for 2-4 minutes
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I think Prey did a great job in the first half vs Nova on switches... only recall Brickus getting by him once
 
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