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(deep sigh) Again, he broke his left kneecap on a weird fluky dunk in a preseason game. I believe he was suppose to miss like 6-8 weeks to allow it to fully heal without needing surgery. Again, the stress fracture wasn't healing properly so then he got surgery to correct it and ended up missing his first full season after the draft. Again, no real structural damage to the knee or meniscus or ACL/MCL. I believe the kneecap has given Blake no problems since that season so it really was a weird fluky injury. You don't hear too many NBA players going down with broken kneecaps, but I do believe Kyrie went down with one with Boston a couple years back...

[tweet] [/tweet]One of the few teams with a good enough farm system to pull it off. Maybe Pham plus some prospects?

Always playing the contrarian aren't you? I never said it was a perfect analogy and the concerns aren't totally the same -- just that people had injury concerns about a young Blake Griffin and the way he played the game and that his career has been very good/productive. If Zion's career ends up going the same way as Blake's then I'm sure most people in NO will be very happy and take it. He's already a better outside shooter than young Blake. It's not a perfect analogy because no one in the NBA has been this large and this explosive an athlete... He's closer to an NFL player than an NBA player. Still, people have compared Zion Williamson to Blake Griffin, like Max Kellerman. A reasonable person would sign Zion up for Blake's career, but it doesn't make it less odd to say 'Zion may have injury concerns, but they did about Blake too' when those injury concerns ended up being very real. It's a bit of a "they very much did kill Jesus" sorta comparison. I don't think those injury concerns ended up being "very real" in Blake Griffin's case. Some of his injuries were weird incidents like a staph infection in his right elbow and breaking his hand hitting a member of the team's equipment staff lol. Not all his injuries are related to his play and the early concerns about physical contact trying to dunk on everyone... I think Blake Griffin has been unlucky (in regards to some injuries), but early in his career he was very productive and durable before his body started breaking down. Edit: Another weird fluke injury I found in an article about his injuries: Even the first injury he suffered was from a stress fracture in his left kneecap that wasn't that serious. That's not as bad as tearing your meniscus or ACL/MCL. He was only suppose to miss a few weeks. The reason he missed the rest of the season was because it wasn't healing properly (which does occasionally happen with stress fractures). Again, somewhat fluky in nature.

Always playing the contrarian aren't you? I never said it was a perfect analogy and the concerns aren't totally the same -- just that people had injury concerns about a young Blake Griffin and the way he played the game and that his career has been very good/productive. If Zion's career ends up going the same way as Blake's then I'm sure most people in NO will be very happy and take it. He's already a better outside shooter than young Blake. It's not a perfect analogy because no one in the NBA has been this large and this explosive an athlete... He's closer to an NFL player than an NBA player. Still, people have compared Zion Williamson to Blake Griffin, like Max Kellerman.

Yeah, he's tried losing weight and I just think his body type will always be on the larger side. Injuries will probably always be a concern with him, but they said kinda similar things about Blake Griffin too. blake was significantly lighter and .... has had numerous knee back and leg injuries so Sure. Blake's body is definitely breaking down on him now, but he's had a good productive HoF career. The twilight portion of his career is not looking good and the Clippers were wise to trade him, but early Blake Griffin was a fierce dunker and an elite player.

In the same breath the broadcasters said Zion gained 8 lbs of muscle in a week, so take all of that for what it's worth. End of the day, Zion is fat. Then again he's only 19, so he can probably shed it pretty quickly. If you haven't begun shedding fat as a 19 year old athlete, chances are not good that you will begin at 20. Yeah, he's tried losing weight and I just think his body type will always be on the larger side. Injuries will probably always be a concern with him, but they said kinda similar things about Blake Griffin too.

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[tweet] [/tweet] I'm glad Rob Manfred and MLB are finally embracing this technology. The camera system Manfred is talking about is called "Hawk-Eye" and is used in professional tennis and cricket. It's suppose to be superior to the TrackMan system currently in place: https://www.hawkeyeinnovations.com/products/ball-tracking I think it's more important they properly setup the parameters of the strike zone than the technology itself. The strikes being called in the AFL by robot umps was different from anything pitchers/hitter have seen before and caused a lot of anger and confusion. I said a while back that the earliest I could see this technology being implemented in MLB was 2027, but it's coming way sooner. People inside the game think it could happen as soon as 2022 now. This will be an awesome change and make the game so much better.

Hultzen is official. Brothers was at one point a solid reliever for the Rockies and we traded for him in 2015 before releasing him in the spring. Lefty with big K numbers. Cuevas is your standard AAA reserve. I'm happy we're bringing Hultzen back and think he can be a solid reliable option in our bullpen this year, and hopefully all his health problems are behind him now. I remember seeing Rex Brothers at the 2016 Cubs Convention a few years back lol. The dude has excellent stuff, but unfortunately his control will never be good enough to get called up. I mean maybe it all clicks one of these years?

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[tweet] [/tweet][tweet] [/tweet]This is a good point and I'm wondering what we label this scandal. I'm sure we can come up with some good ones here...

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[tweet] [/tweet]Lol Yeah, another good column from Jeff Passan. I didn't realize how talented a writer he was until recently.

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[tweet]https://twitter.com/missykaybm/status/1217905329054322688[/tweet] That's great lol

Man, just looking at that picture makes me sad now... I miss Obama and Dexter so damn much.

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[tweet] [/tweet][tweet] [/tweet]I don't know how he returns to Wrigley Field and a future Cubs Convention without that forced apology the Ricketts are demanding. He also needs to open up about his PED usage, but I guess he cares about his slim HoF chances. If he admits to that (I believe he will someday) then he probably has no chance at making it down the road.

Yeah, you can talk to your new best friend David here. I'm done dealing with you lol

Good. Glad to hear it and it's noted* *After this last post I promise.