Memo having bad luck, and other injury news

[Revolution 9]

I dont know about anyone else but I was really impressed with Memo last night.

Memo's shot was on last night. That was good to see. Also, loved how Jerry put Fes and Memo on the court together.
Loved that line up. Watch, we won't see it again for a long time....

If Memo's shot is on, and we add a decent defender to play along with him....we'll be in good shape.
Memo + AJ or Sap and AJ have huge defensive issues.

 

[carolinajazz]

Games played, per season:

02-03 72
03-04 71
04-05 82
05-06 82
06-07 80
07-08 72
08-09 72
09-10 73

I think you see what you want to see, CJ.

...I stand corrected. I thought he had missed more games than that.

 

[carolinajazz]

Via Locke in November: "Only 5 active NBA players 6'10 weighing more than 250 have played 85% of their games. Dwight, Zaza, Duncan, KG and Memo Okur"

Only one NBA player over 6'10 and 260 pounds who has been in the league for 3 years has played over 90% of his games -- Dwight Howard

Over the last 5 years players in the NBA 6'10 and above who weigh under 285 lbs play in 85% of their games. those over 285 play in 56%."

...based on these stats....he's virtually the "iron horse" of NBA big guys!

 

[NCJazz]

Memo's shot was on last night. That was good to see. Also, loved how Jerry put Fes and Memo on the court together.
Loved that line up. Watch, we won't see it again for a long time....

If Memo's shot is on, and we add a decent defender to play along with him....we'll be in good shape.
Memo + AJ or Sap and AJ have huge defensive issues.

perhaps Fes has moved ahead of Elson on the depth chart? most likely it will depend on matchups, but against bigger teams Fes should be out there ahead of Elson.

 

[carolinajazz]

How dumb or ignorant that post makes you CJ, I just cannot tell. I'm totally surprised. You seem to have something against Okur. You were one of the calamity howlers here who at that time obtruded that his career is over. I think you should just stop making comparisons between softies like Boozer and real injury prones like AK47 and Okur, who played through injuries numerous times in his career. Just give credit where it is, due. We're not fabricating anything that's unreal here, these are facts.

....I don't have anything against Okur. I like him a whole lot more than I did Boozer. Maybe subconsciously I associate him with Boozer, thus having gotten rid of Boozer and his pathetic defense, I was looking to move on without Okur, too. Of course, you are fanatical in your love for him. So I will tread more carefully when discussing his plus and minuses as a contributor to the Jazz success!

 

[NUMBERICA]

We're okay without him. Rest him until he's healthy and he's a lot more valuable to us fully healthy than hobbled and even slower.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think CJ got confused because Okur is always one of those guys who has that nagging back problem. He rarely misses extended time, but he will sit out a game or two from time to time with some small nagging injury. As far as serious injuries, he had never really gotten one until last year.

 

[retroevo]

So.... Okur for Yao?

I hope they're not seeing the same doctor.

 

[mtnbayou]

I know Okur could never really jump, but last night he looked like he actually had a negative vert

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

I know Okur could never really jump, but last night he looked like he actually had a negative vert

haha yes, like he was jumping into the floor. I noticed that a bit too. his shots were falling like sweet, sweet honey rain though.

 

[memo is money]

We're okay without him. Rest him until he's healthy and he's a lot more valuable to us fully healthy than hobbled and even slower.

I would think the same way before, but in real world, IMO things do not work like that. Unless Memo plays in real games, not only scrimmages, how will you consider him fully healthy and more importantly fully engaged in system and consider his new role in this roster reliably established? The Jazz always are careful in such cases and I trust coach Sloan's decisions on arranging Memo's PT. It's difficult to get in NBA season rhythm after spending too many times without touching the basketball, doing basketball drills in gym. After such an extended period of time, your body, initially, might react to the attempts to get into the game rhythm with those kind of nagging injuries. Memo has to live with that for some time but that should not mean that we keep him inactive.

 

[memo is money]

....I don't have anything against Okur. I like him a whole lot more than I did Boozer. Maybe subconsciously I associate him with Boozer, thus having gotten rid of Boozer and his pathetic defense, I was looking to move on without Okur, too. Of course, you are fanatical in your love for him. So I will tread more carefully when discussing his plus and minuses as a contributor to the Jazz success!

I'm a Jazz fan regadless of Okur's presence or absence. I do not sleep in game days (games usually start btw 2:00-5:00 AM here) just to watch Jazz basketball, I'm watching every game possible. Memo will not be there in 2-3 years but hopefully I will be right there. I hope my nickname, and the fact that my fav. player is Memo will not let you misunderstand my standpoint as a fan. Your initial post was unfortunate, and a lot of Jazzfans have the same wrong info. This thread actually is very informative, IMO.