Your Daily M*A*S*H Updates

Your Daily MAS*H Updates

by Jeff Clark on Mar 18, 2009 8:51 AM EDT in Articles Comment 20 comments

Hard to keep track of all the injuries, so lets go right down the roster:

Hurt or hurting:

Rajon Rondo - twisted ankle - aggravated it last night; questionable for tonight's game.
Ray Allen - hyper-extended elbow - hurt it late in the game last night; questionable for tonight's game.
Leon Powe - deep bruise on right knee - will be evaluated today; questionable for tonight's game.
Big Baby - twisted ankle - may be ready to play tonight.
Kevin Garnett - strained right knee - still targeting weekend return, but will take it slowly.
Brian Scalabrine - multiple concussions - return timeframe undecided.
Tony Allen - thumb surgery - cast off but still targeting April return.

Who's Left?

Paul Pierce - Another 38 minutes last night. He's 19th in the league in min. per game.
Stephon Marbury - Another goose egg in the scoring column.
Mikki Moore - Fouled out, but not before grabbing 10 rebounds.
Kendrick Perkins - Actually having some of his better statistical games, but he misses KG on defense.
Eddie House - Knocking down 3's to keep us in games.
Bill Walker - Getting solid minutes. A little up and down. Picked up another tech. Developing a reputation around the league (Bulls announcers were killing him).
Gabe Pruitt/JR Giddens - 8 seconds of playing time = vote of no confidence.

So if I'm reading this right, we might have 8 fully healthy players tonight, 4 of which are guards and 2 of those guards are of the last-resort category. How does a starting lineup of Marbury, House, Pierce, Moore, and Perkins sound? How does a bench of Bill Walker, Gabe Pruitt, and JR Giddens sound?

Should we just give Danny and Doc uniforms and have the first player-coach, player-GM combo ever? Lets just say I'm not optimistic about our chances against Wade tonight.

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holy moly.....

this situation is going from bad to worse……

by hiro on Mar 18, 2009 8:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

burn time

taking it in stride….hope this gives our STAR GOOSE enough time to BURN…..

you are right that our chances are quite slim against dwayne wade tonight….but playing with enough heart might just be what we need at this point…..develop ubuntu among our alternate crew…

by celtpinoy on Mar 18, 2009 8:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Clifford Ray!

LOL…at this rate we should have Clifford suit up.

by warriorspirit on Mar 18, 2009 8:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What is the season high for injuries on an NBA team?

by BOSPORTS on Mar 18, 2009 9:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I Think

In the season before we got Ray and KG and Pierce had hurt his foot, there was a game where we had 8 or 9 players total. I believe you need 8 players in uniform in order to not forfeit the game.

"I don't come to play, I come to WIN"--Larry Bird

by TrueGreen on Mar 18, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's just right about 7-10 games before the playoffs

Don’t rush these guys back. Second or third seed it doesn’t matter.

If the Cowboys could only play like a team with passion and unity like my beloved
Boston Celtics, I would be happy.

by Captain Comeback on Mar 18, 2009 9:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The string of losses we’ve had of late is definitely frustrating.

However, the important thing to take away from those games is that despite all the injuries, we’re still hanging tough and not really getting blown out.

That’s exactly the type of toughness you need in the playoffs and if we can get our rotation healthy by then, I like our chances.

- Ani.

by anene01 on Mar 18, 2009 9:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We've Been In Every Game

And even though the offense isn’t flowing like it should, the problem is really on defense. Once we get our guys back, especially KG and hopefully Scals, our defense will improve dramatically.

"I don't come to play, I come to WIN"--Larry Bird

by TrueGreen on Mar 18, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow

didn’t realize rondo and ray were also both questionable. most important thing is getting healthy. when we’re 100%, the only team that can beat us in the east is cleveland, and they’re going to have to be on point every game to do so. i want the #1 seed, but think we can still win it all if we’re the #2 or #3. considering our injury situation, we might slip to #3, but again, i’m okay with that if we make sure everyone is healthy.

by guy incognito on Mar 18, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Time for JR to shine.

Hope he gets some decent minutes.

by BudweiserCeltic on Mar 18, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I’m hoping to get a look at him too. If ever there was a night for it, this is it. Looks like another L will go on the books tonight. I hope PP and Ray aren’t playing anything close to 40 minutes.

Long as we’re healthy going into the playoffs, we’ll be a tough out for anybody, in any gym.

by Mencius on Mar 18, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hypothetically speaking, what’s the worst that could happen if we slip to three? We’re not slipping because we’re playing poorly, but because we’ve been plagued by injury. So if we drop a couple games and slip to three and thank the heavens that of all our injuries – none are season ending or overly serious, the silver lining here is that we’re allowing our injured players to rest up for playoffs – which fortunately we’re already secured into.

These teams we’re losing to (bucks, bulls) are fighting SO hard for that eighth spot. Every game matters to them. Not to say it doesn’t matter to us, but it’s obviously a bigger deal to them. They’re fighting hard.

Can someone back me up? I may be saying this more for my own benefit to ease the frustration.

by PPierce_is_Fierce on Mar 18, 2009 11:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bull's Announcers Killing Billy Walker??

I only get the C’s feed…what were they saying about BW? I didn’t really see that the Tech was all that called for (and obviously Tommy and Mike didn’t think so)…what were the Bulls announcers saying about it?

by wil on Mar 18, 2009 12:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I'd like to know what the stupid Bull announcers were saying about Billy too?

by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Mar 18, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

don't remember all the details, but

they called him a “walking foul” and they laughed at him staring down the Bulls player he dunked over (Kirk?) saying stuff like “what are you looking at kid? Shouldn’t you be on your way back to the D-League?”

moronic stuff like that

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V

by Jeff Clark on Mar 18, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well he made a showy dunk after a foul was called, and I think he thought he got the basket so he was proud of himself and that’s when they made the “Shouldn’t you be on your way back to the D-league” comment. They also started laughing asking if he was playing for the Celtics or the Bulls cause his mistakes were helping the Bulls so much.

by PPierce_is_Fierce on Mar 18, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The dunk was over Miller

and It was a nasty dunk btw. Also, Miller was staring at Billy just as much but didn’t get a tech for it. Was the tech for taunting or dunking after the whistle (which is what the Bulls announcers said)? I thought the Bulls announcers really got all over Billy for no reason. He was trying hard and the refs were trying just as hard to get him on every little thing possible. 2-3 of his ‘fouls’ we called just cause he is a rookie. Salmons was hitting PP just as much as Billy was when he picked up his fouls but Salmons did it for the entire game and picked up what….3 fouls or something like that? It was a poorly reffed game (and that is getting old) and we were undermanned after Powe got injured (and before for that matter). I think SaMP is correct, the bulls announcers be in sour milk sea when Billy’s abusing them next year.

by IowaGuy on Mar 18, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They were on him in the 2nd half

Honestly, they weren’t being mean about it. They were being accurate, more or less. They said, “Doc is going to pull him over and say, ’You’re playing hard. I love that, but right now, you’re killing us with all of your mistakes’”. He just missed a lot of rotations, and made a lot of bad fouls.

Unfortunately, they weren’t wrong. Walker will be good, he has a lot heart, and can play, but in last nights game he made a lot of mistakes. He’s a rookie, and it shows – you can see why Doc is hesitant to play him. The +/- stat is deceiving, because last night he hurt the team more than this stat shows.

by JAM on Mar 18, 2009 12:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but..

2 of his fouls were crap calls, and the tech he recieved was unwarranted…the refs were clearly picking on him, and the bogus tech is a clear indication of THAT. Doc’s 1st tech came arguing Walker’s tech.

He did miss a few rotations (no more than Mikki Moore did), but he was playing out of position all night long. But he made up for those missed rotations with hustle. Personally, I thought he was the best backup PF out there last night for the Cs…he’s actually a pretty good matchup against jump shooting power forwards. I don’t think the +/- is so deceiving either…it’s an indication of the scoring fluctuation when a player in playing…Walker had one of the best of the night, better than any starter…(he was tied for 3rd best, not including Giddens/Pruitt, who only played 8 seconds each).

He does do rookie things, but I liked the attitude and effort out there. We need more of that in this time of injury. I hope Walker dunks all over the crap-a-Bulls next season…we’ll see what they’re announcers say about that!

by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Mar 18, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought the Bulls announcers were pretty fair all night long. One of the better announcing teams I’ve heard. Billy was picking up fouls like there was not tomorrow. He did give the stare down at Miller after he dunked on him (after the play was clearly over). Great dunk, btw (which Stacey King acknowledged too).

Jury’s a long way from being out on Walker. So far, we know he’s a tough dude that won’t back down from anybody. We know he’s a ferocious dunker. We know he fouls at a prodigious rate. Beyond that, I haven’t seen much. Jumper seems mediocre to me (which he’ll certainly need, if he’s to really be a player).

Anyway, he’s intriguing. I’m hoping to see some of Giddens too. Maybe tonight.

by Mencius on Mar 18, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs