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Jefferson's injury a concern?

Sure it's an issue. But it's an issue for a 25 year old who played 76 games last year after recovering from it. Pretty acceptable risk, as LONG as you do your diligence with physicals and MRI's.
 
We, of course, should be concerned to an extend. However, as we know very well from our players' experiences, you cannot do anything about the injury fact. Injuries happen. Hopefully, past injuries will not have a big deal of impact on Al's game.

Also, by remembering the length and value of the contract the Bulls gave to Carlos, who has a worse injury history than Big Al, it can be understood that teams give much more importance to talent and they pay for talent.
 
cooldude32 said:
Well what I was meaning is will he be the same player he was before the injury. His numbers were down last season.
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His numbers were down because A. He played on a crappy team B. He played in a triangle offense which does not play to Al's position/strengths.

Once in Utah where plays are specifically run for him to score his numbers will jump up considerably.
 
His numbers could be down for a couple reasons

A) Rookie PG
B) New Coach - Different scheme (Rambis ran the Laker's triangle which he didn't flourish)
C) Injury recovery
 
Do we have any examples of guys who had similar injuries coming back and what kind of numbers they put up and for how many years compared to numbers prior to injury?
 
dantheman said:
Do we have any examples of guys who had similar injuries coming back and what kind of numbers they put up and for how many years compared to numbers prior to injury?
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Nene had an ACL tear in 2005. Since then, he has had career numbers in every single category except steals (which he isn't known for anyway).
 
Im guessing we will run a physical on him before we finalize the trade, correct? Im sure if our doctors see anything that is of major concern, we will call it off.
 
twentytwo said:
Nene had an ACL tear in 2005. Since then, he has had career numbers in every single category except steals (which he isn't known for anyway).
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There are other examples of people who had career year after ACL: Al Harrington, Baron Davis, Tony Allen. Look, of course there is a risk/concern associated with it. And of course the injury contributed to his decline last year, since he came back just 8 months after injury. But that's why we are able to get him just for 2 non lotto picks. Do you think if he never was injured and was averaging 23-11 like he did before he got injured Wolves would trade him for these lowly picks? There are great signs though that the injury is the thing of the past and he fully recovered, like the aforementioned guys. He should be back to full strength next year and will actually be able to spend off-season improving his game rather than rehabilitating. I think next year we will have healthy 23-11 guy what Wolves had 2 years ago. He may not get 23-11 next to Millsap, who I hope will be a beast also, but at 25 Al's best years are likely ahead of him - in Jazz uniform.
 
I just hope he pulls a Dwyane Wade. Year after coming off an injury and having an MVP type season /crossfingers.
 
billyshelby said:
Sure it's an issue. But it's an issue for a 25 year old who played 76 games last year after recovering from it. Pretty acceptable risk, as LONG as you do your diligence with physicals and MRI's.
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I looked over this thread and I agreed with this post the most.
 
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