Garnett Injury Updates

by Jeff Clark on Feb 20, 2009 7:50 AM EST in News/Links Comment 21 comments

Here is what the Herald is reporting on the KG injury - much of which is the same info from last night. I'll update if/when we get additional information.

Garnett appeared to injure the knee while jumping to convert Paul Pierce]'s alley-oop pass late in the first half. He hobbled off the floor with trainer Ed Lacerte for treatment. Garnett came out for halftime warmups and tried to make some moves with Lacerte watching closely. After a few moments, he left for the night.

"He wanted to run and I just said no," said C's coach Doc Rivers. "Liten, we've got a long season. I'm not taking the risk of putting him out on the floor. We would have loved to have him, obviously. He probably would have made a difference tonight."

The official word from the Celts is that the knee has been a problem for Garnett for a couple of weeks. He will be re-evaluated today. The C's don't play again until Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.

Garnett did not speak with reporters after the game, but did issue the following statement:

"As you know, I suffered a strain to my right knee tonight. I really don't have any comment about it. I will have the knee re-examined (today) and we should have more information at that time. Obviously, I'd much rather be playing instead of giving this statement. Thank you."

Get well soon KG, but take all the time you need to get right.

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Scary Stuff

I just hope he’s okay.

by Fafnir on Feb 20, 2009 7:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ditto Fanfir

His statement is not as reassuring as I’d like it to be.

by cordobes on Feb 20, 2009 8:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Honestly it just reminds me of Chris Webber for some reason

they way his knee has been bothering and bothering him this year. I just hope that is not the case.

by Fafnir on Feb 20, 2009 8:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Except Webber was injury prone most of his career and KG barely missed a handful of games over 13 years, and last year missed 11 games – the most of his career, a feat webber only managed 5 times

by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 20, 2009 9:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i think its been a problem for more than just a couple weeks, try a couple months….but honestly, so has Pierces. scary.
Get well KG

by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 20, 2009 7:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Just let him rest as long as needed. I almost had a heart attack last night. Scary moment, don`t want to see it happen again…

by thebirdman on Feb 20, 2009 8:13 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

the big thing now is to have him available for the playoffs. the fact that he could walk and put weight on it was encouraging to me. He may have a meniscus problem or even some loose stuff floating around in there that will require surgery in the offseason. Hopefully all he needs is some rest. He has been a very durable player and I think he will be ok if he gets some rest. It’s too bad we couldn’t pull out the W last night because that game was ours for the taking. we needed someone to step up but no one did. Pierce and Allen could have won this for us but maybe there was an all star game hang over. I keep waiting for Giddens and walker to get on the floor at the same time. sooner or later Doc has to give them a shot- why not now? Giddens has been playing in Utah so he’s used to the elevation. I thought last night was the perfect time to give him a few minutes. Gabe started out looking good but then disappeared again. He’s just not aggressive enough. He’s improved this yer but not as fast as I would have liked or expected. Marbury would make a huge difference to our bench. Leon needs to shoot 500 free throws a day. he kills us at the lne and considering how often he gets there he better start making them.

by Red2 on Feb 20, 2009 8:46 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

KG

will have to suit up, regardless of how serious the injury as we only have 11 players.
Minor point, but with shuffling everyone off and getting no one in return it’s put us in a small bind.
Can we sign someone to a ten day contract yet?

by OhioGreen on Feb 20, 2009 9:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Why?

The minimum required is 8 players.

by cordobes on Feb 20, 2009 9:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

so why

Why was KG in Phoenix..much less playing in the all-star game if his knee has been bothering him for “weeks” ???

"it makes me sick to see a guy watch it go out of bounds" -Larry Bird

by CelticfaninArk on Feb 20, 2009 9:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Because he made the all star game and was playing and played the last game before the break? the 20 minutes he played in the all star game is irrelevant

by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 20, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It didn’t look that serious. When he came back out to test the knee he wasn’t limping.

by Brickowski on Feb 20, 2009 9:47 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Uh

Not being able to put pressure on your knee after there was no contact, zero trauma, looks pretty serious to me.

God bless and good night!

by BrickJames on Feb 20, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

red: so why

Because he made the all star game and was playing and played the last game before the break? the 20 minutes he played in the all star game is irrelevant

Seems pretty relevant to me.
He could have been resting that knee instead of going through practice and an all-star game.

I see it as poor judgement.

"it makes me sick to see a guy watch it go out of bounds" -Larry Bird

by CelticfaninArk on Feb 20, 2009 10:34 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

And Ray Allen couldve been resting his thumb, and Paul Pierce could be resting period….what annoys me is Ive suspected something wasnt right with KG for months, theres been several occasions where I see him limping around out there, but the team never ackowledged it or talked about it until now…what are they the patriots?
The thing that worries me is that ive noticed similar behavior in Pierce, and both of them have been teetering on injury all season

by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 20, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

MRI

With a knee you really can’t tell anything till they do an MRI. When Andrew Bynum got hurt a couple weeks ago the word after the game was that he’d sprained his knee, but the MRI showed the real story. KG needs to get that check done and hopefully we’ll have some news this afternoon.

Also, to answer the All Star Game question, I believe for a player to get selected and then skip the game they have to miss 5 regular season games either before it or after it to show that they’re really hurt enough to miss the game. KG could have asked to only be played for a couple minutes to rest up though, the way Kobe Bryant did last year when he had that finger problem and only ended up playing for the first three minutes of the game.

by WildYams on Feb 20, 2009 10:36 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

True, but Bynum is an injury prone big man who was out most of last year with knee problems, KG is a 14 year veteran whos never had a serious injury and the most games hes missed in a season is

and exactly, KG played in the all star game and is playing through a nagging knee pain because of the tight race for homecourt

by TheAncientRivalry on Feb 20, 2009 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

What does that have to do with anything? Who cares if the guy is “injury prone” or not, clearly KG has some kind of problem with his knee and we won’t know how serious it is till he gets an MRI. MRIs aren’t reserved solely for players deemed “injury prone”.

by WildYams on Feb 20, 2009 11:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs