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Dante Exum: shoulder injury

He’s done for the year. Injury recovery is one thing, ready to play is another.

O’Neale probably makes the team.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
Seems the Woj report might be a bit pessimistic.

In any case, I am in shock like everyone else and still trying to process how this happened, why Dante has had all this bad luck. I'm not disrespecting Dante and I wish him a speedy recovery, but it seems to me, and I may be wrong that Dante's susceptibility to injury may in part be due to the construction of his frame and the fact that he is a late bloomer who is still growing into his body.

First of all he has abnormally long limbs and his lankiness is not only an asset to his abilities on defense and get past people off the dribble but possibly a liability when enduring the grind and physicality of the NBA. For instance, a guy like Mitchell or John Stockton whose center of gravity is more compact can sustain contact better. Stockton was incredibly durable. Guys who are super athletic like a Derrick Rose or Alec Burks are more susceptible to injury because their acrobatic moves also lead to more pressure on their body when they fall or are hit. I would put Dante in that category, and Dante is not as strong as either of them.

Of course, this is only a theory and I'm not a doctor, PT, or sports medicine guy. Let's hope he has the resilience to come back. I think as he matures and gets stronger, the injuries will be less likely. He is still young. At least it wasn't his ACL. Note, that when Locke talked to him during media day about his weight training he said he was concentrating on his ACL, not his upper body. I guess things are still uncertain about possible surgery. Let's hope for the best.
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LOL. We're not talking Bogut where the injury was completely non-contact. He had a guy jump on his head and shoulder. That has zero to do with body construction. He's had exactly two injuries. I wouldn't call that injury prone. Lots of players have ACL or MCL tears. Those are unfortunately common in atheletss. This shoulder injury was just a freak occurrence caused by an idiot playing dangerously. It should have been called a flagrant and the player should be suspended. It was not a play on the ball. It was clearly head hunting and the league should take action (but wont).
 
Jack Strop said:
LOL. We're not talking Bogut where the injury was completely non-contact. He had a guy jump on his head and shoulder. That has zero to do with body construction. He's had exactly two injuries. I wouldn't call that injury prone. Lots of players have ACL or MCL tears. Those are unfortunately common in atheletss. This shoulder injury was just a freak occurrence caused by an idiot playing dangerously. It should have been called a flagrant and the player should be suspended. It was not a play on the ball. It was clearly head hunting and the league should take action (but wont).
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That's your take, but some guys seems to absorb contact better, and I think the more athletic guys are more prone to injury because of their athleticism. The Suns were being too physical, you're right, but who is their coach, the bulldog Earl Watson who was a very physical player.
 
Sucks how Dante was injured in such a pointless way. But I wonder if Warren would have jumped like that if the layup was actually decent and looked like it was going in.
 
"Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity"

-Albert Camus, obviously a Utah Jazz fan
 
At the end of the day it sucks for Dante but it may be blessing in disguise for the Jazz. If they still see Dante as part of the team in the future they will secure him long term for cheap. Nobody will invest huge money in a backup PG who missed 2 ( if reports are true ) from 4 seasons and in even in those 2 seasons he was quite mediocre. If Rubio plays well and develops great chemistry with Gobert Jazz risk nothing by letting Dante go.
Certainly not the end of the world like some of you are painting it here.
 
MVP said:
At the end of the day it sucks for Dante but it may be blessing in disguise for the Jazz. If they still see Dante as part of the team in the future they will secure him long term for cheap. Nobody will invest huge money in a backup PG who missed 2 ( if reports are true ) from 4 seasons and in even in those 2 seasons he was quite mediocre. If Rubio plays well and develops great chemistry with Gobert Jazz risk nothing by letting Dante go.
Certainly not the end of the world like some of you are painting it here.
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Definitely not the end of the world going forward. That said, we did tank an entire season to get a high pick in the 2014 draft but got 2 injured seasons and 2 mediocre seasons. Kinda sucks. Oh well, hopefully Dante can come back fully healed next year.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
That's your take, but some guys seems to absorb contact better, and I think the more athletic guys are more prone to injury because of their athleticism. The Suns were being too physical, you're right, but who is their coach, the bulldog Earl Watson who was a very physical player.
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"Absorbing contact?" That's when someone bumps or pushes you or sets a hard pick. You don't absorb contact if a guy jumps on your head. That''s like saying Paul George didn't absorb contact when his leg hit the standard. Or when Len elbowed Hill and his teeth went through his lip.
 
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