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Dwight Howard Saga
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Only because Nash wouldn't be the fit people think he would be for the Heat. Nash needs the ball in his hands at all times. The guy pounds the hell out of the ball. He would be great as someone that can hit open shots, but it wouldn't help that Wade/Lebron need the ball also. The 72-10 record probably won't ever be done again.
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Yea, I don't know why people think the Heat would trade Lebron. It isn't going to happen. And if they ever did trade him, he would just opt-out in 2014.
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The kyrie irving/brian scalabrine tandem of the future disagrees
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You mean Kyrie, Scalabrine and Harangody. That trio would win 72 easy.
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Kinda crazy. Back problems for a guy who relies on jumping is a bad sign. Its very easy to reaggrevate back injuries. Can't say I feel too sorry for the guy.
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Link?
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7...c-dwight-howard-back-surgery-done-rest-season
Answered my own question. I would like to know exactly what he is doing though. The early reports said the disk was not actually herniated, but bulging. Not sure what you can do for that surgically..
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Like I said at the deadline...
Orlando should have traded his ass to New Jersey for Marshon Brooks and every draft pick legally allowed to be dealt when they had the chance.
Orlando should have traded his ass to New Jersey for Marshon Brooks and every draft pick legally allowed to be dealt when they had the chance.
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Still trying to figure out what he is having done. I. Have been reading up on the options again (I have my own bulging disks) and what I see is pretty much summed up here. http://www.allaboutbackpain.com/html/spine_lumbar/spine_lumbar_hnp2.html
The surgical options are really to remove something. If Dwight is having one of these procedures, it will hurt his free agency bid. A disk is like a donut with jelly in the middle of the ring and a tougher exterior. When the jelly in the middle breaks through the exterior, that is the herniated part. The minimal surgery involves removing that so it does not pressure the nerves. I don't know of any way to close the break through surgically, so the functions the disk is always diminished, and if you keep doing whatever caused the herniation in the first place, it will continue to get worse.
http://www.angelfire.com/il/larryjohnson/ljarticle.html
The other option is to remove the disk, which is usually accompanied by fusing the vertebrae on either side together. Basically they screw in a plate to both vertebrae. I doubt this is what Dwight is having, because it has a long recovery, during which the back has to be immobile.
I guess I am still pretty skeptical about this whole thing. The crazy run up to the injury, all of the foot in mouth drama with the coach, the certainty that Orlando gets wiped in the playoffs. It just smacks of an image rehab. But if he is really having a herniated disk operation, I think new York or LA would be nuts to sign him., and Orlando too for that matter.
The surgical options are really to remove something. If Dwight is having one of these procedures, it will hurt his free agency bid. A disk is like a donut with jelly in the middle of the ring and a tougher exterior. When the jelly in the middle breaks through the exterior, that is the herniated part. The minimal surgery involves removing that so it does not pressure the nerves. I don't know of any way to close the break through surgically, so the functions the disk is always diminished, and if you keep doing whatever caused the herniation in the first place, it will continue to get worse.
http://www.angelfire.com/il/larryjohnson/ljarticle.html
The other option is to remove the disk, which is usually accompanied by fusing the vertebrae on either side together. Basically they screw in a plate to both vertebrae. I doubt this is what Dwight is having, because it has a long recovery, during which the back has to be immobile.
I guess I am still pretty skeptical about this whole thing. The crazy run up to the injury, all of the foot in mouth drama with the coach, the certainty that Orlando gets wiped in the playoffs. It just smacks of an image rehab. But if he is really having a herniated disk operation, I think new York or LA would be nuts to sign him., and Orlando too for that matter.