Scal Has Concussion - Out For "Quite Some Time"

nooo! i hope he recovers well

bad luck for scal. be careful with tony. give some time to walker.

I dont see this hurting the celtics at all…and If we lose a game and I hear someone bring up scal, I might just die of laughter

did the first concussion happen when Dirk nailed him in the chin with his elbow and Scal was called for the foul? NBA refs are truly comical.

I hate POB so much, he doesn’t play and he injures teammates.

That’s a bummer. I like Scal. I think he sets a “do anything the team asks of me” tone for the rest of the bench. He’s a good guy to have on your bench.

can we not hate on POB? unless we find out he meant to do it, than all this shows is him playing hard in practice, no? i mean its probably pretty hard to give a guy a concussion if you arent trying…besides scal is the king at injuring his own teammates, and more valuable ones then himself

He looks pretty good when he’s in. Doc doesn’t see him fitting into the rotation right now, and I won’t question that decision … but you cannot say POB has played poorly when given the chance, or that he has hurt the team.

Name 1 game situation in which POB contributed to the Celtics losing.

As far as him “injuring teammates” … it happens. Remember when Scal landed on PP’s knee? It happens.

Re: Scal, here’s to a full recovery. Concussions suck. Once you get one, it’s easier to get them again.

That hurts as he’s played well. Would have liked to have him for Detroit and the Lakers.

How serious is this? I’ve never heard of a mild concussion taking someone out for more than a couple of weeks.

Our backcourt is getting really small.

A mild concussion does NOT require weeks off. Usually, you can go back to your normal activities within 1-2 days or so. I believe “Doc” was either misquoted or not well informed.

Maybe POB did this to get more playing time, watch out Powe and BBD.

I do have to give Scal a ton of credit. When I saw him play during the preseason I thought he was worse than ever, he had thousands of turnovers and couldn’t buy a basket. However, this past month with KREP out he has really stepped up big time. He was starting to become a big key player to this teams success. I can’t believe I’m saying this but I hope Scal comes back soon.

He has instinctively filled the posey role, recently and done it well, if not very well. i never thought i would think or write that we’d miss him but we are going to miss him. Hopefully he misses one game since i wouldn’t think i would be long. he probably has headaches and dizziness and one of the docs there should be able to handle it

Funny we are talking about Scal’s being out as a possible problem for the team. Say what you want, but he’s a big part of the turnaround. There is no one to replace the things that Scals does on the court other than KG and we don’t want him doing double duty. Just points out the need to get a big, preferably someone that can play the 4 as well.

The won > 15 minutes, is a hilarious biased stat, given he’s gotten so many minutes at the end of blow outs.

Anyways I don’t see his absence as long as Doc keeps the rotation the same. We haven’t seen much BBD/Scal front courts, so hopefully we won’t see BBD/Powe front courts.

…on how they are discovering serious lifelong damage to football players from those hits to the head:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/sports/football/28brain.html?_r=1&ref=health

i am concerned for your health scal. please be careful and take your time, plenty of time… we don’t want you to be seriously injured in the long term. in fact, please take the rest of the season off. keep on adding great value to the team with your winning, positive attitude while sitting on the bench. i know that’s what’s best for you and especially the celtics. good luck and godspeed my friend.
now, seriously, for those of you who are saying that scal has been a big part of the turnaround…. please…. i now he does the little things that don’t show up in the box score, like he’s good at setting picks… but at some point he has to do some of the things that DO show on the box score, that’s why they are in the box score in the first place. he is not a poor rebounder but a pathetic rebounder, he is a poor passer, poor shooter especially considering he is usually wide open because opponents don’t need to defend him. and no, he’s not a good defender, mediocre at best: he can’t block shots, gets no steals and is foul prone because of poor speed.
maybe a bigger part of the turnaround has to do with rajon rondo et al? seriously, enough with the scal stuff. what started out as a joke is kind of becoming reality and we’re starting to believe that he can actually play. we are winning in spite of him, not because of him.

I can’t believe that carlherrera is pleased with this development, Amare would’ve been glad not to have Scals in his face…., Dirk too.

So he can only get hustle points by running the floor on TO’s and 3’s on the kickout…he’s played some great D lately, swings the ball, makes no TO’s.

We’ll miss him, I think he’s been a big part of our turnaround.

2 concussions in 3 days is not good. He probably should not have been at pratice at all so I lay this one on the celtics as opposed to POB .concussions are serious business once you’ve had a few. there are tons of guys in sports whose careers have been shortened because they suffered multiple concussions. Eric Lindross comes to mind. Granted basketball is not hockey but on the other hand those guys wear helmets and pads. How does Derk not get called for a foul there?