Pau Gasol could miss at least the next two Chicago Bulls games because of a right knee injury that the franchise itself dare not realize. The Bulls coach, Fred Hoiberg did not want to give any hints on what is happening to the Spanish power forward, unsure even of what is the ailing knee.
Although the MRI carried out by the medical staff of the Bulls has indicated that there is no structural damage to the joint, Pau Gasol will miss almost certainly the meetings against Toronto Raptors and Washington Wizards, taking ahead the games against Brooklyn Nets and Utah Jazz also in the same week. The team currently running in ninth place in the Eastern Conference, and ranking first without access to Playoffs 2016, with a record of 32 wins and losses in each section. To make matters worse the Spanish player injury comes at a bad time of results, where the Bulls have lost their last two games before the release of these lines and fight to retake the regularity that would allow them to choose to fight for the championship ring once the regular season finishes.
Gasol, 35, has played 61 games this season, starting in all of them. In these meetings, averages of 17 points, 11.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2 blocks in 32.1 minutes per collision, one of the few NBA players with a double-double ‘on the individual statistical average.
Blake Griffin of Los Angeles Clippers remains a low in his team since last Dec. 26 when he suffered an injury that took him out of the courts, which then supplemented with a problem in his hand on behalf of a discussion he had with an employee team and attracted several problems. Given that supposedly the player should already be coming back, Dan Woike of the Orange County Register provided details on the thigh injury that has alienated Griffin, the only reason that can not be available for coach Doc Rivers and not by his hand that had to be operated, considering that this injury is not serious enough to keep him out.
In fact, according to these reports the injury Blake suffered late last year has not responded to an increase in the intensity of the workout done to overcome it so that his return would be postponed until the end of March, giving a setback in his ideal return into helping team in this important part of the campaign being played his way to the Finals in search of a surprise in this final phase.
Griffin has lost more games he has played this season and accumulates 32 losses for the team, besides the mandatory recovery period after passing through surgery, Griffin will have to wait four games over the sanction. His presence in what could be his first Olympics depends on the state so that it shows in the final stretch of the season and what he can do to convince the coach of Team USA to take him to these sports fair.
We recall that the player could not be in the 2012 London Games while in the process of recovery from the knee injury. In the World Cup in Spain in 2014, His presence was assured until the player himself decided not to join the expedition, a decision that at that time did not go well with Jerry Colangelo, although at this time could be an element of the final squad.
The news for the Philadelphia 76ers are not the best, after confirmation that one of their most outstanding players, despite the overall performance of the team will not play again for the rest of this campaign. Jahlil Okafor, who suffered a tear in his right meniscus that will force him to undergo surgery, something that definitely will move him away from the courts for several months.
This case, the team said through a statement that “Jahlil began to feel pain in his right knee that made him immediately be taken under review. After a series of tests and more tests, doctors diagnosed a slight alteration of the meniscus.” Thus, the most important player in scoring for this team, who has had along this course problems in this area of the court, says goodbye for now with more than major averages, leading them to be the most important of the league with 17.5 points and 7 rebounds, which gives way to another rookie to take the Rookie of the Year award, now it will surely be for Karl-Anthony Towns of Minnesota Timberwolves.
Although he had some off-court problems during these months in the NBA, Okafor had managed to get ahead of them to show why he was elected in the first round in third place overall pick in 2015, becoming one of the great elements ‘stolen’ from Duke University in North Carolina.
Finally, in the same statement it was reported that “Jahlil must undergo arthroscopic surgery and will wait six weeks before he can resume full activity” so with that the power forward of 20 years will not be ready to return taking into account the regular season will end on April 13.
