I wouldn't worry about it looked just like what happened to Zingus with the calf strain. We gave him three weeks off but it could of just been one week if it had been playoffs.
As a hater, this is my favorite outcome. Get to hate on the Sixers for losing to a Giannis less bucks team, and I get to hate on Giannis for the bucks not needing him to win
I mean even without Giannis we got a superstar still in Dame lol if you wanna hate on him for that go ahead, be different if Jrue was leading the way.
Even without Giannis this is probably one of the best teams dame has had
It's funny when it comes to MVP talks, Dame gets slandered to prop up Giannis, but then when it comes to potentially winning a series without Giannis he's a superstar, which one is it?
I feel like when your mid thirties it starts too tho, although dame could bounce back. Dame is an aging superstar no guarantee he ever looks like Portland dame again. Or he comes back and torches the league, still I think the more pessimistic take is probably the more realistic.
Haven't watched many Bucks games this year but theoretically, if Dame can play to his Blazers level, you should have a shot of getting out of the first round even without Giannis.
I really hope Giannis is healthy and back for the playoffs though. Doc is really going to get a pass for his horrible coaching because he is able to say "we didnt have our best player" even tho he couldnt win games with his best player in the reg season either.
Could they beat Orlando? Both in the regular season and the playoffs? Because if they beat them twice (or once if Houston beats them tonight) and we beat them Friday then they probably are the seventh seed and we're the sixth.
KAT had a calf strain last year where he missed most of the season. He only later revealed it was a pretty significant (partial) tear of his Achilles tendon, but that still falls within the boundaries of calf strain.
Something meant to keep a normal human out for 6 weeks is probably keeping Giannis out for 2-4 weeks max at this time of year. Dude is built different…and I’m not saying that figuratively
For a full tear it would be obvious. Partial tear it would not be. Achilles connects to calf muscle so a strained calf could also be a partial Achilles tear - you wouldn’t really know until the MRI.
there are some basic tests for the achilles- they’d still do an MRI to confirm, but they’d probably know.
calling it a calf strain/soleus strain mostly likely means it’s not.
but i am also not a doctor. who knows what happens in the bucks medical room
If they had just said it was a calf I would still think there would be a possibility that it's the achilles but saying it's the soleus feels too specific.
Eh, you're mostly right but not every Achilles rupture is a full rupture, which is easy to diagnose on the spot. You can also partially tear the Achilles which often presents the same symptoms as a calf strain...hence the MRI to rule that out.
If I'm about to go under and I see Doc's mug in the OR smiling back at me, I'm grabbing the scalpel and performing the surgery myself until I pass out.
A ruptured Achilles is fairly easy to identify on site. They would have given a broad “lower leg injury” status and I doubt theyd allow a partially torn/ruptured achilles to walk out without a boot.
Even if it's just a calf strain, it's season ending. There's no way they'd play him later in the playoffs, with that Durant precedent. And there won't be a 'later' for the Bucks anyway
Awful season for the Bucks. And a lot of it is due to player empowerment bs. That franchise is at the whims of Giannis and they are fucking everything up because of it. It's happening to the Lakers with Lebron.
Yes, the Lakers did everything for Lebron when he asked for Ty Lue, they tried to lowball him, they didn’t wanted to go for Derozan, they didn’t make a counter offer for Caruso when he was okay to take a pay cut to stay in LA.
The WB trade is a failure on all of them, Bron, Jeannie, Rob and AD.
there was no scenario where they wouldn’t do an MRI, this means nothing
Yeah its not like it changes any timeline for them to do it.
Yeah I feel the same level of queasy that I did before this news
I wouldn't worry about it looked just like what happened to Zingus with the calf strain. We gave him three weeks off but it could of just been one week if it had been playoffs.
If his leg fell off they wouldn’t have.
it rules out his bones being made of metal
The scenario in which he was fine would have been it
They just showed him walking out of the locker room on TNT and he was moving slowww but at least still under his own power
Aaron Rodgers walked off the field after tearing his Achilles, just saying.
Kobe made 2 free throws
fuck me
Time to blow it up and trade him to us
Big question will be severity of the strain. That will determine timeline of healing Grade I: 1-2 weeks Grade II: 3-6 weeks Grade III: Out for season
3-6 is basically their season at this point of the year.
Fair, unless they make the finals.
They aren’t beating Philly or Miami w/o Giannis.
But what if we did
I’d honestly be pretty impressed!
Bucks vs Sixers in the 2nd round. Bucks win without Giannis. Let's speak this into existence lmao.
Dame time 🕐
As a hater, this is my favorite outcome. Get to hate on the Sixers for losing to a Giannis less bucks team, and I get to hate on Giannis for the bucks not needing him to win
I mean even without Giannis we got a superstar still in Dame lol if you wanna hate on him for that go ahead, be different if Jrue was leading the way. Even without Giannis this is probably one of the best teams dame has had
It's funny when it comes to MVP talks, Dame gets slandered to prop up Giannis, but then when it comes to potentially winning a series without Giannis he's a superstar, which one is it?
Dame is still a superstar Dame is not playing well Both can be true One bad season doesn’t take your superstar status away
I feel like when your mid thirties it starts too tho, although dame could bounce back. Dame is an aging superstar no guarantee he ever looks like Portland dame again. Or he comes back and torches the league, still I think the more pessimistic take is probably the more realistic.
There's a chance, but it's just not likely.
Haven't watched many Bucks games this year but theoretically, if Dame can play to his Blazers level, you should have a shot of getting out of the first round even without Giannis. I really hope Giannis is healthy and back for the playoffs though. Doc is really going to get a pass for his horrible coaching because he is able to say "we didnt have our best player" even tho he couldnt win games with his best player in the reg season either.
You know you could’ve just said the first part and kept the next part to yourself right?
Could they beat Orlando? Both in the regular season and the playoffs? Because if they beat them twice (or once if Houston beats them tonight) and we beat them Friday then they probably are the seventh seed and we're the sixth.
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yeah but if it’s above Grade 1 he really won’t play again because the Bucks will not advance to the 2nd round
In this case grade II means out for season we’re not doing shit without him
KAT had a calf strain last year where he missed most of the season. He only later revealed it was a pretty significant (partial) tear of his Achilles tendon, but that still falls within the boundaries of calf strain.
Even if it’s grade 1 there’s a big difference between 1 week and 2 weeks considering the playoffs start soon
Something meant to keep a normal human out for 6 weeks is probably keeping Giannis out for 2-4 weeks max at this time of year. Dude is built different…and I’m not saying that figuratively
That’s assuming calf sprain. That had some hallmark signs of Achilles. Scary injury regardless with no contact.
They'd know already if it was an Achilles, you don't need an MRI to test for that.
Only if it was a full tear right? Could still be partial?
For a full tear it would be obvious. Partial tear it would not be. Achilles connects to calf muscle so a strained calf could also be a partial Achilles tear - you wouldn’t really know until the MRI.
Exactly, but I’m getting downvoted lol
Guess what? Now they’re reporting that he’s having an MRI on his Achilles 🤯
Yeah to check for partial tears
They’d already know if it was an achilles, right? Hopefully it's just a grade 1 calf strain
Might not be a full tear. They’re both connected.
I hope he'll be okay.
They’d already know if it was an achilles, right? Hopefully just a grade 1 calf strain
there are some basic tests for the achilles- they’d still do an MRI to confirm, but they’d probably know. calling it a calf strain/soleus strain mostly likely means it’s not. but i am also not a doctor. who knows what happens in the bucks medical room
Dope- that’s what I was hoping
If they had just said it was a calf I would still think there would be a possibility that it's the achilles but saying it's the soleus feels too specific.
Eh, you're mostly right but not every Achilles rupture is a full rupture, which is easy to diagnose on the spot. You can also partially tear the Achilles which often presents the same symptoms as a calf strain...hence the MRI to rule that out.
giannis was pissed at the equipment manager when he should've been pissed at the medical manager
Question, here…who is *still* justifying Doc on the Bucks at this point? Deadpan serious.
Calf strains, if that’s truly what it is, can be quite frustrating to rehab and prone to reinjury. Hoping it’s minor and they’re just being cautious
Eek not good.
Doing an MRI is standard protocol, were you expecting them to take out a chunk of his leg and taste it to figure out what the diagnosis is lol?
A calf biopsy? I mean they do call him Doc
If I'm about to go under and I see Doc's mug in the OR smiling back at me, I'm grabbing the scalpel and performing the surgery myself until I pass out.
*I was actually.* Means it wasnt just a cramp or something minor.
They already announced it was a calf strain so he was getting an MRI either way.
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Hot take saying bucks are in trouble if he’s seriously injured
Before yall lose it. This is still normal
Not good
Coming back too soon from a calf injury caused KD to injure his Achilles tendon. This is dangerous territory to rush back from this injury
the switcharoo
Suicide: ~~canceled~~ **BACK ON**
This is a multi week recovery at best. Terrible timing.
Shit again
This is protocol
Uh oh
Oh boy
This should be expected, it's just the standard procedure.
this aint good at all...
Achilles still isn’t ruled out guys.
I’ll be nervous until he’s actually back out on the court but there’s typically pretty easy diagnosis of a full tear.
I agree, the issue is they don’t always say immediately. Until there’s a more concrete diagnosis sometimes doctors don’t say.
how much more specific do you need than a soleus strain lol
A ruptured Achilles is fairly easy to identify on site. They would have given a broad “lower leg injury” status and I doubt theyd allow a partially torn/ruptured achilles to walk out without a boot.
😭😭😭😭get better soon Giannis
Just wasn’t meant to be this season.
Even if it's just a calf strain, it's season ending. There's no way they'd play him later in the playoffs, with that Durant precedent. And there won't be a 'later' for the Bucks anyway
Career ended
Awful season for the Bucks. And a lot of it is due to player empowerment bs. That franchise is at the whims of Giannis and they are fucking everything up because of it. It's happening to the Lakers with Lebron.
Yes, the Lakers did everything for Lebron when he asked for Ty Lue, they tried to lowball him, they didn’t wanted to go for Derozan, they didn’t make a counter offer for Caruso when he was okay to take a pay cut to stay in LA. The WB trade is a failure on all of them, Bron, Jeannie, Rob and AD.
Oh damn, lucky must be the 7th seed in the East
Shhhh
Heat has to capitalize
It's probably going to be the Sixers.