The Season of Injury: 2012-2013

[bagelred]

I can't remember a season where injuries, SIGNIFICANT injuries, were this prevalent. Here's a list of players of impactful players, who either missed significant time, or had (or recovering from) major injuries. If I missed someone, let me know:

Kobe Bryant
Derrick Rose
Dirk Nowitzki
Kevin Love
Dwight Howard - hasn't missed games, but impacting his season
Andrew Bynum
Steve Nash
Rajon Rondo
Pau Gasol
Kyrie Irving - somewhat
Danny Granger
Amar'e Stoudemire
John Wall
Eric Gordon
Manu Ginobli
Ricky Rubio
Joakim Noah - kinda
Anthony Davis - somewhat
Ty Lawson
Nene - somewhat
Danilo Gallinari
Anderson Varajao
Andrea Bargnani
Brandon Roy
Chauncey Billups
Iman Shumpert
Rasheed Wallace
Bradley Beal
Lou Williams
Marcus Camby
Channing Frye
Chase Budinger
Hedo Turkoglu -injury/suspension
Al Harrington

[longtime lurker]

Lebron sold his soul to the devil. He really really wants that championship.

[andremiller07]

Tyreke Evans - somewhat (missed 15+ games)
Andre Drummond - somewhat
Wilson Chandler

[jcsrplumply]

Taj Gibson
Richard Hamilton
Dion Waiters
Andrew Bogut
Jordan Hill
Kurt Thomas
Glen Davis

[ripthekik]

What Lebron thinks about this:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ud3artksDt0/T-evexn-8JI/AAAAAAAAEwI/5dXJtCo3UrQ/s1600/AwKvPDlCEAIRs8M.jpg

[Droid101]

What Lebron thinks about this:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ud3artksDt0/T-evexn-8JI/AAAAAAAAEwI/5dXJtCo3UrQ/s1600/AwKvPDlCEAIRs8M.jpg
:roll:

[Y2Gezee]

What Lebron thinks about this:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ud3artksDt0/T-evexn-8JI/AAAAAAAAEwI/5dXJtCo3UrQ/s1600/AwKvPDlCEAIRs8M.jpg


:oldlol:



Anyways, residual effect from last year's lockout is to blame.


Greedy ****ing owners.

[ProfessorMurder]

Every team has had horrible injuries other than Miami. It's such bullshit.

[ripthekik]

Congrats Heat :applause:

[rmt]

Parker (ankle)
Manu (hamstring)
Diaw (surgery - back)
Duncan (ankle and knee)
Leonard (knee)
SJax (finger)

Splitter is the only one who's played in all games this season.

[b4uc.23]

Blaming all the injuries to the heat? wtf did they do? lol

[WilliamsCollege]

Blaming all the injuries to the heat? wtf did they do? lol

Heat hater excuse: But Wade broke Rondo's arm!

[SamuraiSWISH]

Wait, so because someone's durable that's to be frowned upon and means their success isn't valid? LOL ... ummm, ok. Injuries, and durability are apart of the competition of sports, fellas.

[ripthekik]

Um.. I dont think anyone blamed the Heat in here.
Everybody just acknowledged that the Heat have the easiest path to the championships possible. It's no big deal. Congrats for the free ring, Heat:applause:

[SCdac]

did I really see Brandon Roy in the original post? :oldlol: ... Guy is a walking injury. Might as well list Oden too... and guys who are 33+ years old should not surprise anybody when they get injured (Billups, Sheed, etc).

[longtime lurker]

Blaming all the injuries to the heat? wtf did they do? lol

Lebron sold his soul to the devil so he wouldn't be looked at as a one hit wonder. Is it a coincidence that every team has had a major injury accept the Heat? Sure the Heat won't play any of these teams but had some players taken out just in case.

[DuMa]

Knicks and Lakers fault for thinking they can sign so many old guys and expect to run them like theyre 5-10 yrs younger.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Um.. I dont think anyone blamed the Heat in here.
Everybody just acknowledged that the Heat have the easiest path to the championships possible. It's no big deal. Congrats for the free ring, Heat:applause:
So was Kobe's ring free in 2009, when the league's best team and DEFENDING champs lost their best player and ended up being a shell of the team they were (Garnett - 2009 Celtics)?

Was Kobe's ring free in 2010, when Perkins got hurt before game seven in LA, altering the chemistry and defense for Boston?

Injuries are apart of the game. Nothing is given, they still have to go out and play the games, regardless of who is injured or hurt.

In 2012, LeBron had a 75% Dwyane Wade, and a Chris Bosh who missed most of their entire playoff run, and truly wasn't rounding into form until the middle of the Finals.

MJ won with an injured and not 100% percent Pippen, a couple of times. It's all about what you make of the situation.

Injuries aren't a true excuse to diminish what someone ELSE accomplishes. It's a valid semi excuse only for the team that loses said player.

[ripthekik]

So was Kobe's ring free in 2009, when the league's best team and DEFENDING champs lost their best player and ended up being a shell of the team they were (Garnett - 2009 Celtics)?

Was Kobe's ring free in 2010, when Perkins got hurt before game seven in LA, altering the chemistry and defense for Boston?

Um.. Lakers at least went through a very tough conference in the west. Who are Miami going through this year?

Yeap. Thanks for the input.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Um.. Lakers at least went through a very tough conference in the west. Who are Miami going through this year?
Not super difficult, honestly. The Rockets lost Yao Ming too in their series with LA

The Lakers had a bum ass opponent in the 2009 Finals. A team can't help what conference they are located in ... :oldlol:

So the Lakers had a more difficult playoffs, and an easy Finals opponent in 2009.

They had a meh difficulty in the playoffs, and a harder Finals opponent in 2010.

The Celtics of 2011 and 2012 are better than the 2009 Magic, as were the 2011 Bulls and 2011 Mavericks.

The 2012 OKC are certainly better than anything the Lakers faced in 2009, and 2010 apart from the 2010 Celtics.

The Heat are still going to crush whoever comes out the West. Stop looking for reasons to invalidate the Heat. You sound like a salty little bitch.

[ripthekik]

The Heat are still going to crush whoever comes out the West. Stop looking for reasons to invalidate the Heat. You sound like a salty little bitch.
Lol. The one flaw about this is that the path makes a difference.

When one team reaches the finals after sweeping the bucks, nets, and one good series with bulls/knicks, and the other comes out playing say the Spurs/Nuggets/Clippers.. you think they have the same strength, stamina in the finals?

[DMV2]

Mo Williams was out from Dec-Feb.

[Patrick Chewing]

I can't remember a season where injuries, SIGNIFICANT injuries, were this prevalent. Here's a list of players of impactful players, who either missed significant time, or had (or recovering from) major injuries. If I missed someone, let me know:

Kobe Bryant
Derrick Rose
Dirk Nowitzki
Kevin Love
Dwight Howard - hasn't missed games, but impacting his season
Andrew Bynum
Steve Nash
Rajon Rondo
Pau Gasol
Kyrie Irving - somewhat
Danny Granger
Amar'e Stoudemire
John Wall
Eric Gordon
Manu Ginobli
Ricky Rubio
Joakim Noah - kinda
Anthony Davis - somewhat
Ty Lawson
Nene - somewhat
Danilo Gallinari
Anderson Varajao
Andrea Bargnani
Brandon Roy
Chauncey Billups
Iman Shumpert
Rasheed Wallace
Bradley Beal
Lou Williams
Marcus Camby
Channing Frye
Chase Budinger
Hedo Turkoglu -injury/suspension
Al Harrington

You forgot Melo man and Tyson, brah!

[Y2Gezee]

Knicks and Lakers fault for thinking they can sign so many old guys and expect to run them like theyre 5-10 yrs younger.

The Lakers are old. True.

Felton, Carmelo, Amare, Tyson, Iman Shumpert aren't old. Everybody else that's been injured is basically irrelevant. All those old bigs, were supposed to fill 1 10-20 minute role.

[DMV2]

Shouldn't the entire Wolves roster be on the list?

[Amar'e_Juwanna]

The Lakers are old. True.

Felton, Carmelo, Amare, Tyson, Iman Shumpert aren't old. Everybody else that's been injured is basically irrelevant. All those old bigs, were supposed to fill 1 10-20 minute role.

Knicks are the oldest team ever. But I hate people who claim that we "deserve" injury because of it. That's bullshite from smaller market haters.
It is true that signing so many old players was a gamble, but I consider the season so far to be a success so maybe instead of condemning the Knicks for their gambit's resultant slew of injuries, congratulations are in order to the Knicks coaching staff for making do with what personnel is available to them. Also Copeland and Prigioni deserve some credit as our rookies who stepped up LOL.

I disagree that our old bigs are irrelevant, though. We're going to need Chandler, Martin, and at least 1 other (camby, sheed, or amar'e) to make a serious run.

[willds09]

Tha saddest thing about this thread, is that itz so true, being that tha heat had no key injuries, not one on that list. Cheatin ass undeserving niguhs:facepalm

[diamenz]

man, players need to start conditioning their bodies better or something... wat's going on?

[willds09]

man, players need to start conditioning their bodies better or something... wat's going on?
idk maybe they need to talk to miami's staff and doctors, who knows why they are so healthy and other teams are not:confusedshrug:

[GreatGreg]

Jesus Christ this is the worst ****ing forum ever.
Im outta here. done. only basketball forum i'll be posting on is the nba subreddit. Jesus Christ some of you people are dick****s.

[ripthekik]

:confusedshrug:

[aj1987]

Um.. Lakers at least went through a very tough conference in the west. Who are Miami going through this year?



When one team reaches the finals after sweeping the bucks, nets, and one good series with bulls/knicks, and the other comes out playing say the Spurs/Nuggets/Clippers.. you think they have the same strength, stamina in the finals?
You do realize that the Heat destroyed all the Western Conference "powerhouses" this year, right? The Heat have a better record against the Western Conference. They swept the Spurs, Nuggets, Lakers, and OKC. Also, Wade missed 10 games this year and he was also coming off of knee surgery. Did you forget that? Face it, the Heat are the best team in the NBA. Even if all those players weren't injured, they wouldn't pose much of a threat to the Heat.



Tha saddest thing about this thread, is that itz so true, being that tha heat had no key injuries, not one on that list. Cheatin ass undeserving niguhs
:banghead: :wtf: Not even gonna bother with you.

[ripthekik]

David Lee?

[bagelred]

And now Russell Westbrook.....

[Thorn]

Parker had that ankle sprain late in the season also - seems like he's just now rounding into shape.

[ripthekik]

What Lebron thinks about this:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ud3artksDt0/T-evexn-8JI/AAAAAAAAEwI/5dXJtCo3UrQ/s1600/AwKvPDlCEAIRs8M.jpg
Lebron just busted out this tshirt to wear again.

[NumberSix]

Every team has had horrible injuries other than Miami. It's such bullshit.
So far.....

[Amar'e_Juwanna]

dont think brandon rush was mentioned in any of these but he went down opening day. Warriors would have been even scarier wtih a full roster.

[willds09]

:banghead: :wtf: Not even gonna bother with you.
truth hurts huh?:lol

[LongLiveTheKing]

What about Yao and KG in 09?

[inclinerator]

Lebron just busted out this tshirt to wear again.
will u still be here once kobe retires?

[Rubio2Gasol]

I think shit is getting overblown - but you look at that list and it's difficult to argue. More than half those guys are hovering around all-star status or are straight up all stars.

[russwest0]

What Lebron thinks about this:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ud3artksDt0/T-evexn-8JI/AAAAAAAAEwI/5dXJtCo3UrQ/s1600/AwKvPDlCEAIRs8M.jpg

HOW DO I REP

(serious question)

[ripthekik]

uh-huh