Peja's Injury: Not that& Bad

by atthehive on Oct 31, 2008 2:02 PM CDT in Injuries Comment 2 comments

The fact that he walked to the locker room under his own power was encouraging. And reports say he wanted to come back out, but the team held him out for precautionary reasons. I made this GIF of the exact moment of impact- it's obvious that he just tried to change direction very awkwardly, and the foot doesn't bend all the way. The twist of the ankle isn't parallel with the ground, like Greg Oden's injury on Tuesday night.

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From WebMD:

Putting on my doctor's cap: that looks like a mild right ankle inversion. It probably was a pretty painful injury, but he's now listed as day-to-day. I doubt he misses Saturday's Opener.

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Yeah, Oden seems to have had a similar landing.

But he ended up with a mid-foot sprain and avulsions… Which seems a little odd as he rolled his ankle.The team actually has intimated that he could have been back sooner than 2-4 weeks but they are holding him out as a precaution.

Peja also isn’t 280 pounds seven feet tall. He also doesn’t rely on jumping high as a main facet of his game as Oden does. He should be back soon.

by Cablinasian on Oct 31, 2008 5:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs