After missing Sunday’s game in Orlando due to left hip soreness, Raptors forward OG Anunoby is expected to remain on the shelf for another week before being reevaluated, tweets Eric Koreen of The Athletic.
According to Koreen, imaging on Anunoby’s hip injury didn’t show anything “troubling,” so it sounds like it shouldn’t be a long-term problem. Still, the timing isn’t great for the injury-plagued Raptors, who are already missing two other rotation players in their frontcourt.
Veteran forward Otto Porter Jr., who is dealing with a dislocated toe, visited with a specialist and it was determined that surgery isn’t necessary at this point, per Josh Lewenberg of TSN.ca (Twitter link). However, head coach Nick Nurse expects Porter to be sidelined for another month, Lewenberg adds.
Meanwhile, forward/center Precious Achiuwa has done some light on-court work in practice as he recovers from an ankle injury and is said to be making progress. But Toronto still doesn’t anticipate having him back in action until sometime in January, tweets Lewenberg.
On the plus side, after missing the last four games due to a right ankle sprain, Raptors forward Juancho Hernangomez practiced on Tuesday and should be activated for Wednesday’s game vs. Sacramento, tweets Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca. With Anunoby, Porter, and Achiuwa all unavailable, Hernangomez figures to reclaim a spot in the club’s regular rotation.
Shocking a guy who has been injury-prone in recent years would be forced to miss time after his coach would run his minutes into the ground. /s
Nurse is a good coach overall, but it’s a little bit embarrassing he can’t seem to control his playing time issue, which was something talked about coming into the season. Sure, they’ve had some injuries and have a so-so record, but that’s not a total excuse.
Saw a game recently where OG, I think, played closed to 40 mins and was still in the game with 2 mins to go after it having clearly been a blowout well before that. That’s 100% on Nurse. Of course, he’s far from the only head coach that does this, but how do these guys not realize the chances of them coming back to win these blowouts partway through the 4th is so low as to not be worth it in the end (if you’re curious about those statistics, from 2002-2016, a road team had a 2.5% chance of coming back to win after being down 15 entering the 4th. ENTERING. Not even with some time elapsed).
They are playing a sport. Men work 7 days week 12 hour days moving couches and stoves and other various labour intensive jobs.
I really get irritated hearing guys can’t play back to backs, 40 minutes is going to wear down X player, Goalies can’t start 82 games a year, but the C and D can? Pitchers can’t pitch 200 innings anymore?
The only one I have sympathy for is Football, at least that’s full contact bone snapping action.
Every other sport needs to man up
Yawn. You need to get with the times—and the science. The notion of manning up is so silly and reeks of insecurity.
Or don’t and continue to live in a past which will, thankfully, never exist again. Not like it matters to me or anyone else.
(Although I do happen to agree on pitchers not being able to throw 200 innings anymore, since that is baked more in fear than facts).
What facts say OG will break down playing 40 minutes a week
Can a human jog and sprint consecutively for 40 minutes with 0 breaks?
Of course! Now an NBA player has built in breaks. It’s not non stop.
So please tell me how an athlete in peak physical condition can’t give 100% for 40 minutes 3 times a night
Please, I’d love to see the Havard papers on this or the John Hpkins institute giving their opinion on it.
As a human, who’s done these physically demanding jobs and played sports at a very high level. It’s bunk to say world class athletes can’t play full schedules and heavy minutes
Tell me you haven’t played sports at a high level without telling me…
I can never tell who these comments would be referring to. HR, get with the times lol.
Facts? OG has a long injury history. There are your facts.
Can they? Sure. Can I? Probably. I run 35-40 miles a week. You bet I can probably jog and sprint for that amount of time. Can I do that every week without getting injured? Who knows? What I do know is every person is different. And that ability is different than the ability to stay healthy, particularly in a sport which requires a constant change of direction and a far higher degree of fast-twitch energy and athleticism. You or I comparing ourselves to athletes of that caliber is absolutely laughable.
What your “research” doesn’t account for is the fact that for every one of your ironmen from the past, there were a greater number of players who broke down from the stress of that activity level. Check any sport your want. The data will show this. And it isn’t rocket science. Or do you think every organization is out to lose money on its propositions?
But, heck, you don’t even have any “research”, do you? You whine and complain, longing for the past, without being able to disprove any of the science or studies that led folks smarter than you or I to conclude what they have. And yet you expect anyone to take you seriously.
I’m not even going to bother engaging your “physically demanding jobs and very high level” line. It’s so ambiguous—and anecdotal—as to be useless and not worth anyone’s time.
Guess what? I plan to start running 45-50 miles a week by early next year. And doing a physically demanding job to boot. But will you see me claiming that NBA players are babies who cannot handle the rigors of extended work? No. Because I know better than to assume my own experience as a normal person would be equivalent to those involved in professional sports.
I have been saying that NN is turning into the new age Thibs. I been watching a lot of raptors games and it’s sickening watching Scottie Barnes limp all over the floor. NN has to start using a 1st & 2nd unit if he wants his players to be healthy by the end of the season(if they make the postseason).