All I Care About Is KG

by Jeff Clark on Sep 28, 2009 10:16 PM EDT in Articles Comment 19 comments

How's the knee KG?

Getting constant updates from Jimmy on Media Day was a wonderful experience. It was interesting to hear about Tony's injury, Rondo's frame of mind, Rasheed's fitting in, and Doc's plan to keep everyone fresh. But really, all I cared about was getting updates on KG. As I've mentioned about a dozen or more times this offseason; his health means just about everything.

Most every report was positive today. It was reported that KG is playing 5 on 5 for about a week now and there will be no restrictions on him during camp. Great news indeed.

He goes on to shed some light onto the severity of the injury. (No staples were mentioned)

"No surprises other than the severeness of it -- I didn't know it was that bad," Garnett said. "They evaluate you from A to Z, but until they actually get in there and see what the problem really is, then you know a 1-to-10 on how severe it was. It was pretty severe, but the best thing about is that I got it out of the way, and my leg is almost 100 percent going forward. Better than anything I'm playing without any pain, which is something I really haven't had for some time now."

Asked to elaborate on what he meant by "severeness," Garnett looked down at the interview table in front of him and drew an analogy, saying the bone spurs were expected to be the size of a tape recorder but ended up being more like a microphone.

That explains why there was so much doubt about his return last year. It sounds like they just didn't know how big of a problem it was till they cut him open to remove it. The good news is that it is taken care of and he's on schedule to be back to being the KG that we all know and love.

Of course there was one apparent dark cloud that appeared in the form of a Gary Tanguay report:

KG told me that "the knee still gets sore" and that he is "working his way back into it".

At first that might seem contradictory to the statement about playing with no pain, but I think the two are not mutually exclusive. Often times the adrenaline of the game or workout allows you to feel no pain as you are running. However, once you cool down and sit at rest, the knee might get sore. This is why you see many players ice their knees after games. I'm no doctor, but I would assume that some soreness is a natural part of the healing process.

The bottom line is that we still don't know for sure if he'll be 100% for the season opener, and realistically we weren't going to learn that for sure today anyway. All we can do is hope for the best and watch him closely when he finally hits the floor for preseason games.

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lalalalala

I’m not listening to you Gary Tanguay…lalalalalaa

Reporter: About a year ago I asked about the Celtics-Lakers thing and you said you'd really only seen it on TV. Now you've been through it, can you talk about playing the Boston Celtics for the NBA championship?
Kobe: It Sucks.

by indeedproceed on Sep 28, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I cracked a rib playing ball a year ago, and it gets sore every once in a while.

Gary Tanguay is a fear monger.

by stevenfuzz on Sep 28, 2009 10:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

??? hes reporting what came from KGS mouth

by latin on Sep 29, 2009 2:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Soreness and pain are not the same

Tanguay is only reporting what KG told him, the interview aired on Comcast, so not sure why people are trashing Tanguay on this one. KG was in pain from the spurs, and from what we know now, no amount of rest was going to make that go away with the size of the spur they found. Now, that irritating pain is gone, but the knee still has experienced a trauma just from the surgical intervention itself, and will continue to be sore during this recovery. The soreness is the post-op process which will eventually get better. The pain he had before was from the spurs that would never have gone away completely unless they were removed. I think it completely makes sense that he feels no pain, from the original irritant, but is still sore as part of the recovery process. It is obvious KG feels the difference by how he is acting, i.e. upbeat and giddy.

by KJ33 on Sep 28, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tanguay dark clouds

are no more real than his rumors……did he get one thing right this whole past summer?

Is it Soup Yet?

by Master Po on Sep 29, 2009 12:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmm…yes the KG signing about a week before it was official

And all tanguay did was tell us what KG told him

by latin on Sep 29, 2009 2:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol KG signing
SHEED SIGNING
sorry, im tired

by latin on Sep 29, 2009 2:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very upbeat overall

KG also said in the Globe’s blog:

“I’m almost 100 percent going forward. The best thing about it is I’m playing without any pain, which is something I haven’t had in quite some time.”

by colincb on Sep 29, 2009 12:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

soreness is normal

Who said he injured his rib is right. I got a collarbone njured from baseball that still hurts 30 yrs.later. So what jeff is describing is normal. Jeff is right. I hope. I pray. God help us if we are wrong.

by gustusias on Sep 29, 2009 1:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't worry about the continued soreness...

…though I’m sure it’ll be all that Simmons focuses on.

Soreness is natural to the game, no matter who you are or what injuries you may have had. hell, I broke my leg five years ago and it still feels sore every now and again. as long as it’s soreness and not pain, then I’ll expect KG to be at full speed come start of season. He’ll be rusty, and probably won’t be calling for any alley-oops any time soon, but we’ll see the old KG back in green.

by KY Celts fan on Sep 29, 2009 1:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Is anyone actually thinking or hoping he will be in 2007 form

theres gonna be alot of rust, regardless of whether or not hes 100%…..we’ll see how mentally tough he really is

by latin on Sep 29, 2009 2:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He's Kevin Garnett he's like The Hulk.

If he is in pain (which doesn’t appear to be so) it will just make him even more intense.

by Jmicro on Sep 29, 2009 3:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

calm down

he is a little bit rusty and thats why he says “almost”.I still pray for a healthy K.G. but I think he is on the way and maybe stronger than last year ^^ and BTW he don’t have to be on the court all the game – he will get more resting time than ever before now with Sheed on the bench and a stronger BBD, fighting for increasing his minutes.

I asked god and he said: L.A. will lose again next year!! ^_°

by greenmech on Sep 29, 2009 6:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Tanguay is the Master of Panic...

… even more so than SVG. ;-)

Seriously, though, isn’t a little soreness normal after surgery? The most important thing is, KG says he feels the best he has in a long time.

All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino

by Roy_Hobbs on Sep 29, 2009 6:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Don´t panic but....

What does he mean with soreness? Is the knee sore right after training or still the next day? Is the knee swolen because of fluid? It´s normal for KG to feel soreness after training. This is part of getting 100% after surgery. It is another thing if it is swolen after training or the next day(even worse). That could mean he is going to fast and might do damage to his knee!

by KevinConnor on Sep 29, 2009 6:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs