Tony Allen Injured - Updated

my first thought after reading this was: Gabe freed again? Please?

Ugh. Not sure it’s THAT much a downgrade to go from TA to Gabe (well, Good Tony’s a lot better, but Bad Tony’s a lot worse). But, injuries are starting to add up… All Star break can’t get here soon enough.

Great, we will start wining again…

rest through the All Star break. Good stuff.

tony is not consistent but let’s not scapegoat the guy. the coaches are making the decisions.

Not a big deal, I honestly think he makes us worse, whether hes individually playing well or not

Man, that’s 3 injuries in 3 months. And this is a guy who needs consistent health to play consistently. At least he’ll get almost 2 weeks off, that should be enough to get healthy. Anybody know when this injury was sustained?

if gabe gets the nod i expect much better ball movement from the second unit. with pruit handling the ball i bet house has a big night shooting the 3 ball.

scal and giddens trade? never thought i’d say this but, can we afford to loose the redhead?
he was playing great before the concussion and was our glue guy on coming off the bench… just sayin’

J.R. Giddens played for Utah last night. They were in Erie PA so I guess he could have been called up since then. Could they have meant Walker?

Is Hakim, Warrik available?

the Tony Allen can replace James Posey experiment is OVER!!

Free Gabe.

I’m sorry on an individual level for Tony.

that stinks for tony. i think we’re better without him though.

A lot teams are getting banged up. Good thing AS break is coming up.

I really can’t see this at all. People would rather have House/TAllen than Posey given the fact that our veterans have at best two years win again. I just don’t see it. BTW, look out. The Lakers might make a move for Andre Miller.

Not sure how I feel about TA with another injury. On one hand the bench could pick up their play in his absence. Its another chance to see what Gabe has to offer. The bench was playing so well when he was injured the last time are they going to do that again? And will his return disrupt their progress. If he’s going to be injury prone this season can the team really count on him to be the 6th man going into the play-offs.

We weren’t going to see Walker or Giddens get any time if T Allen stayed healthy. When good Tony checks into game I like that skill mix. But I still want to see more O’Bryant and I’d like to see Walker/Giddens in game situation. Gabe Pruitt had some good reps and after a few bad ones he got nailed back to bench. Doc isn’t negative to his players but he is tough on them.

sounds like the hater’s will get their wish and get to see Tony sit for a long while.

just don’t come with the ‘we need a slasher off the bench’ posts in the meantime…

With Nelson’s injury, Orlando is no longer a threat to the 2-seed. Make sure the starters aren’t playing huge minutes and develop the role players. Be rested for the playoffs and the 2 seed will get us to the finals better than a tired old team.

Our core is veteran. They can beat the primadonna’s team on the road in the playoffs. Focus on getting healthy.

Too bad for TA. Like his evil twin Delonte, he can’t seem to stay healthy. Hope he can recover in time for the stretch. He still hasn’t developed into a consistent player or had regular minutes. I don’t know what he can offer the Celts at this point.

I’d bet Posey now wishes he took a 2 yr deal with Boston & TA wishes he took the money in OK.

we all have seen what he is (not) capable of in contributing to this team

so why not give more minutes to gabe and bill walker in the regular season games?

I think the majority of people here bashing TA have never picked up or played basketball in their life. The skys the limit for Tony’s potential, this kid has so much raw athletic ability its scary. What do you guys think you know that Doc dosent? It’s what you dont know that Doc and DA do…if this kid went back to avging over 20 pts a game again everyone would shut their mouths but theres not room for another huge scorer on this team thats what the big 3 is for. Tony’s main problem is self afflicted; confidence and knowing his role…Do you think Doc rivers would continue to play someone who is not a quality player? NO TA is just under achieving and needs playing time to get back to where he was pre-injury. Why do you think TA is one of the most liked and respected guys in the locker room; he plays with heart nd alot of it. The kid needs time to develop he was playing allstar bball prior to his injury, sat out a year, rehabed it half a year to come back to a team that didnt need him. This is his first year really back from his extremely serious injury to really get the feel of things again. Give the kid time he’s gonna shock everyone…other than DOC, DA, and the BIG 3 and me…they know what hes capable of. This is the world champions were talking about there not gonna try and devlop TA for no reason if he was trash.

what’s wrong with giddens?