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There was video of him a at shoot around and Blatt said last night he would go through practice today. Very weird thing to take a stand on.Kyrie seemed unconcerned as well.
 
Yeah, I don't think the Cavs would let Kyrie go through shoot around with a high ankle sprain. Has to be speculation on Windy's front.
 
From what we've heard it was due to a collision with Andy, an ankle to ankle thing.

Speaking of which, while we're on the topic, someone please get Varejao some skateboarding knee pads. We can't risk him taking another knee to the patella. Can't they put some type of plastic insert in there?

Those god damn Milwaukee Bucks players are so long when they were taking one stride, knees were colliding.
 
Now, I listened to Windy on WKNR yesterday and I can't imagine from yesterday to today he changed what he said all that much. Yesterday he said...

The Kyrie thing the way the injury was described was that Andy stepped on him... I wasn't at practice but normally when you get stepped on that results in a high ankle sprain. A normal sprain is when you turn your ankle but because he was stepped on I suspect its a high ankle sprain. Also, the way they rushed him out the door to get an MRI points to a high ankle sprain. With that being said he was out of the walking boot within a day. I think the question right now is when will he be able to play, I don't think it will be weeks and weeks but its not as minor as a simple sprained ankle.
 
He was out on the court moving around and shooting halfcourt shots like 2 days after it happened in Brazil. IIRC he even said he'd be playing in Brazil if it were a regular season game. If it's a high ankle sprain it's pretty damn minor. I doubt it's much more serious than they're letting on.

Windy does love these angles though.
 
Pure speculation, but I thought they were worried it was broken. They looked at the MRI and saw there was no damage, so I think they were looking for ligament and bone damage.
 
Ben said:
Now, I listened to Windy on WKNR yesterday and I can't imagine from yesterday to today he changed what he said all that much. Yesterday he said...

The Kyrie thing the way the injury was described was that Andy stepped on him... I wasn't at practice but normally when you get stepped on that results in a high ankle sprain. A normal sprain is when you turn your ankle but because he was stepped on I suspect its a high ankle sprain. Also, the way they rushed him out the door to get an MRI points to a high ankle sprain. With that being said he was out of the walking boot within a day. I think the question right now is when will he be able to play, I don't think it will be weeks and weeks but its not as minor as a simple sprained ankle.
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Message board poster? Fine. Paid journalist? This is embarrassing. First of all, unless he has seen video, he has no idea how it happened. So he starts with an assumption, makes another assumption about what a "normal" sprain is (with no medical training), makes another assumption based on "rushing" him to get an MRI (again with no medical training), and concludes that it is not a simple sprained ankle (again with no medical training), even though he knows Kyrie was out of the boot within a day.

I don't have a problem with him being negative, as that would be hypocritical of me. But where is the careful, measured approach to disseminating information bullshit he was spewing during Lebron's free agency? I know sports journalism is a joke and near oxymoron, but shouldn't you get information from a source, be it from the Cavs, Kyrie or a goddamn doctor before making these kind of conclusory statements? This guy just does not think things through before speaking to the public. Speculation is not his job. Informed opinions, sure, but that depends on being informed, which this guy continues to show he is not.
 
Playing doctor here, but from my experience, a serious high-ankle sprain (idk if you can have one without it being serious) will have you totally immobile for at LEAST 2 weeks. One of the most painful injuries you can suffer.

I doubt he has one, or if he does, it's incredibly minor. Those things are no joke.
 
it does not matter. I see no reason to rush kyrie out on the floor. We are getting minutes looking at the other components, like Dion, who will get minutes in regular season, or like Price and Harris, who will not.
 
Ben said:
Now, I listened to Windy on WKNR yesterday and I can't imagine from yesterday to today he changed what he said all that much. Yesterday he said...

The Kyrie thing the way the injury was described was that Andy stepped on him... I wasn't at practice but normally when you get stepped on that results in a high ankle sprain. A normal sprain is when you turn your ankle but because he was stepped on I suspect its a high ankle sprain. Also, the way they rushed him out the door to get an MRI points to a high ankle sprain. With that being said he was out of the walking boot within a day. I think the question right now is when will he be able to play, I don't think it will be weeks and weeks but its not as minor as a simple sprained ankle.
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Windy was playing to his audience then. Nba radio morning show is hosted by frank isola and it's very clear he hates the cavs. Frank constantly talks about kyrie being overrated and injury prone. He was mad about kyrie's being considere a top 20 player.

He was leading windy in discussion of kyrie's injury. Windy did say he didn't see it but believed it was worse than cavs were letting on. Said in his experience injuries like that are high ankle. Windy then talked about Irving being injury prone and its a worry. Said kyrie injures different parts of his body, foot, knee, shoulder and that's worrisome.
 
CleveRocks said:
it does not matter. I see no reason to rush kyrie out on the floor. We are getting minutes looking at the other components, like Dion, who will get minutes in regular season, or like Price and Harris, who will not.
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Obviously Kyrie shouldn't be rushed, especially because the games don't matter...but I still think if he can play, he should be out there on the floor.

If Kyrie is gonna be tasked with orchestrating the offense, more than any other player he needs to be out there getting as much chemistry with his teammates and Blatt's system as much as possible. Kyrie, LeBron and Love have yet to all share the floor together playing against NBA-caliber competition. That's concerning.

It would be different if this was the third or fourth year the core of this team has been together with the same coach, then I agree, there's no reason to play him. But that's not where this team is at in their development.
 
shoes22 said:
Obviously Kyrie shouldn't be rushed, especially because the games don't matter...but I still think if he can play, he should be out there on the floor.

If Kyrie is gonna be tasked with orchestrating the offense, more than any other player he needs to be out there getting as much chemistry with his teammates and Blatt's system as much as possible. Kyrie, LeBron and Love have yet to all share the floor together playing against NBA-caliber competition. That's concerning.

It would be different if this was the third or fourth year the core of this team has been together with the same coach, then I agree, there's no reason to play him. But that's not where this team is at in their development.
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i am going to disagree. Kyrie's natural game is going to fit lebron and love like a glove. He is at practice and he is seeing the offense develop. So I dont see him too taxed to blend in. I think going easy onhim now means fresher legs later.
 
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