$zczerbiak Done for the Year

Maybe Wally and Raef can get a 2 for 1 deal. Buy one surgery, get one free.

I actually read that, was going to post that, and didn't. On the positive side, we'll probably see Green explode and once again be calling for Rivers' head.

Loved what Wally did this year! He played great. This will probably equal TA starting for the rest of the season and GG seeing even more time.

Szczerbiak has always had knee problems, yet we traded for him, much like we traded for someone who has also always had knee problems in Raef LaFrentz.

Yeah, these deals make real sense. On a more relevant note, this is quite unfortunate. My guess is that Szczerbiak is not going to be fully recovered for the rest of his career and even though the season is over and it doesn't matter that he won't be playing (better draft pick, actually), I have little doubt that this injury will affect his ability and production next season and possibly multiple seasons after that.

Not too good at all! I think Wally surpassed most people's expectations coming in here. He played great (though most of his numbers were lower than career averages.) He seemed to blend in with this team moreso than Ricky did. I think we should definitely hold on to him. One question though: do you think the Celtics record would be higher/lower if this trade hadn't occurred?

Higher because of the time it takes to learn Doc's system, but if Wally had been with the Celtics throughout the entire year, we would finish with a better record. This still does not rationalize the trade, in my opinion, as I think it had dire long-term implications.

That's too bad. Knees are never quite the same after surgery. He played well in a Celtic uni. I'm kinda pissed off now, actually...if DA knew he was playing on one knee, this trade (once again) makes no sense.

I'm effing pissed off, now...and drunk...

Probably why I'm agreeing with E.H. on a Wally issue. I must have been drinking...

Drinking never really hurt Hemingway; it just killed him (well, along with his bipolar).

This is not really news. His knee has been a known issue for a while. Season is basically over so he's having work done to it.

But boy do I wish we had Blount back. He has fine knees...

well doesn't this blow

Premier said:

Szczerbiak has always had knee problems, yet we traded for him, much like we traded for someone who has also always had knee problems in Raef LaFrentz.

Yeah, these deals make real sense. On a more relevant note, this is quite unfortunate. My guess is that Szczerbiak is not going to be fully recovered for the rest of his career and even though the season is over and it doesn't matter that he won't be playing (better draft pick, actually), I have little doubt that this injury will affect his ability and production next season and possibly multiple seasons after that.

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I can't tell you how thrilled I am that we didn't just do a Banks/Blount/Reed swap for Kandiman.

Drinking never really hurt Hemingway; it just killed him (well, along with his bipolar).

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Pfft. Hemingway's overrated.

As for Wally's knee, if we get stuck with another "can't produce" situation for $12 mill, well...suffice it to say I won't be happy and I won't be supporting Danny Ainge a whole lot anymore.

more playing time for Gerald green :clap:

P-Dub34 said:

As for Wally's knee, if we get stuck with another "can't produce" situation for $12 mill, well...suffice it to say I won't be happy and I won't be supporting Danny Ainge a whole lot anymore.

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It's not like anyone had any idea that there was a problem with his knee. I mean, it's not like an MRI picked up a problem at the time of the trade or anything. This is a complete shock to everyone.

The Boston Globe said:

Szczerbiak had part of the lateral meniscus removed from his left knee nine years ago, when he was playing for Miami (Ohio). An MRI during his trade physical picked up something in the knee. Szczerbiak wonders whether a couple of hip pointers early this season, a couple hard knocks, have caused the swelling.

''Any time you're pounding away for nine years and you have no cartilage in there, you have no padding, maybe you've got some loose bodies that develop," Szczerbiak said. ''But at this point, the main focus is physical therapy and strengthening it."

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Not good.

That's what I'm saying, E.H. This is the first I've heard about Ainge knowing there were (probably) serious issues surrounding his knee. Does it say what, and how serious, this "something" picked up by the MRI was? If Ainge knowingly traded for him with serious knee issues afoot, with that contract, then that upsets me.

That was from the February 15th edition of the Boston Globe, and Szczerbiak's quote basically amounts to "Hey, I've got no cartilage in the knee, what d'ya expect?" So obviously Boston knew they had a 6'7" 245lb player with a bad knee, and took him anyway. Why I don't know.

Well we already knew that Wally was basically playing on one leg and that he was going to have to have surgery this summer. I'd rather him have it and hopefully recover before next season. When Raef had his he had a very good season the next year, just sucked this year pretty much but really that was more about his shooting sucking than anything else.
I know a lot of you are not happy about having Wally but I really think he fits well here, yeah I wish his injury issues were not what they are but he's been playing on one leg and still doing very well so I'm not as concerned I guess as most.
I'll be glad to see what Gerald does in these last few games.

Szczerbiak hasn't had any cartilage in the knee for 9 years, and needs the knee scoped. That means that the joint is deteriorating.

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I can't tell you how thrilled I am that we didn't just do a Banks/Blount/Reed swap for Kandiman.

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I cannot really decide if you're being sarcastic or not.