1:06pm: The expectation is that Portis will be out for at least two weeks before being reevaluated, according to Wojnarowski (Twitter link).
11:28am: The Bucks will be without one of their key frontcourt players for the foreseeable future, according to reports from Shams Charania of The Athletic and ESPN Adrian Wojnarowski, who both say that Bobby Portis has been diagnosed with an MCL sprain in his right knee.
It’s still unclear how long Portis will be unavailable. Charania’s report simply says Portis will “miss time,” while Wojnarowski hears from sources that the Bucks are working on determining a potential recovery timeline.
The recovery period for an MCL injury can vary depending on the severity of the sprain, but it typically keeps players sidelined for a matter of weeks, not days. As Wojnarowski observes, Portis missed seven weeks due to an MCL sprain during the 2018/19 season when he was a Bull. It’s also the injury that’s currently keeping Kevin Durant on the shelf — he’s expected to miss at least a month.
Portis, who suffered the injury during Monday’s win over Detroit, has enjoyed the best run of his eight-year career since joining the Bucks in 2020/21. This season, he’s averaging a double-double for the first time as a pro, registering 14.4 points and 10.1 rebounds per night through his first 47 games (26.8 MPG).
The Bucks got Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton back from injuries earlier this week and will continue to rely on Brook Lopez as their primary center, but suddenly find themselves short on depth in the middle. Veteran big man Serge Ibaka, who would typically move up the depth chart with Portis out, is away from the team as he and the Bucks look to find him a new home via trade.
Which mean guy would you rather have on your team if you could have them for their entire career, Marcus Morris, Charles Oakley, Andres Nocioni, Bobby Portis, Danny Ainge, Kurt Thomas, Rick Mahorn or Dale Davis? Rank a top5 if possible..
Interesting polls you create. I wouldn’t put Portis in this list as he’s not a “mean” guy. Hard worker – not mean guy. You’re also missing Bill Laimbeer and Grayson Allen. My top five:
Oakley
Mahorn
Laimbeer
Ainge
Allen
Lol I’m not missing Laimbeer. He was left off purposefully. If you’re factoring in all tough guy nba players you’re forgetting Maurice Lucas, Vernon Maxwell, Chris Paul & many more… Bobby Portis is the definition of a bully on the court tho. Ask Mirotic. Or just search Portis fight on youtube
Bill Laimbeer and Grayson Allen aren’t tough guys though, they’re just dirty players along the same vein of Draymond Green, Dennis Rodman, John Stockton and Bruce Bowen. The guys Sankara named wern’t/aren’t mean in a dirty player sense, they just played hard.
They both would fit under the umbrella of mean guys as I meant it. I had Pat Beverley, Tony Allen & other guys like that in mind that just play with an edge at all times. Laimbeer & Grayson both def play with that edge. Actually all those guys you named are what I would consider mean guys along the same lines as Dale Davis, Mook Morris & the rest. I chose those 8 bc they’re the guys I’m most interested to see if yall are able to compare in terms of who was better, more efficient, more productive & who you’d rather have.
Yeah they all play with an edge but Laimbeer, Bowen, Allen and to a lesser degree Rodman, Mook and Green are actively trying injure people.
You always talk about “hating” players and while I save my actual hate for issues and people bigger than basketball, Laimbeer and Bowen are about the closest I’ll ever come to actually hating a player.
Laimbeerisnt my favorite guy but I highly respect him for making the best of what he had & for being a winner & basically a legend of 1 of the greatest eras in the history of the game. At times he definitely crossed the line but so have many, many others. Even a lot of the all time greats have crossed the line & done dirty things on the court. I’ll admit Laimbeer crossed the line more than most. But the instances of Laimbeer being over the line dirty make up an extremely small % of his career. He played with edge 100% of the time but if you watch any random old Piston game you just see a tough big with a respectable outside shot 99% of the time… as far as Bowen he also was a hard nosed guy but I always just saw a guy that tried to make things as tough as possible for the opposing teams scorer. I rarely if ever saw him crossing the line or being malicious
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Now tell me Bowen wasn’t malicious. I think Vinsanity and Stevie Franchise may feel differently.
In my opinion Bowen was out there doing what he was paid to do. His whole thing was to make guys uncomfortable & he was great at doing that. Thankfully the nba finally changed that rule but I don’t think Bowen was trying to hurt guys
Seems like Serge would’ve gotten a nice opportunity to show what he’s got left in the tank if he’d have been able to swallow his pride and accepted his role at this point in his career as a depth piece.
He’ll get that opportunity either way