Hamstring sidelines Hawks’ Claxton

[OGRat]

Rat, come on man! This is SPEEDY we are talking about. You can't be serious when you suggest that the training staff might bear some responsibility for his injury. The Hawks training staff does a remarkable job of getting our guys ready to play which is one of the reasons why our guys missed so few games last year. Speedy might have injured his hamstring pulling his sweats off for all we know.

Speedy is the Mike Hampton of the Atlanta Hawks. He is made of the same stuff that Hampton and Theo Ratliff are made of. He is just fragile and NO amount of stretching, pilates, special training routines, pool work, weigtht training, aerobics, yoga, jazzercise, bike riding, whirlpools, heat pads, ice, ointments, hyperbaric chambers or anything else is going to keep that guy healthy for very long.

LOL

[DJlaysitup]

Too bad for Speedy - he was good when healthy.

My guess is it's kind of a "Catch-22" for Acie. He has to minimize stress on his problem knees - and when he does that he isn't in game shape so he pulls a hammy. At least Acie will get to develop.

[frankthetank966]

I wish him a Speedy recovery.

[AHF]

It looks like Speedy is back. *sigh*

[crimedog]

I wish him a Speedy recovery.

Ha. I thought it was funny.

[frankthetank966]

Any recent news on the injury? I WOULD like to see him play season opener.

[LOL_Hawks]

Any recent news on the injury? I WOULD like to see him play season opener.

I doubt it. Knowing him, it could speedily snowball into a longer sit on the injury list.

[LongTimeHawksFan]

It looks like Speedy is back. *sigh*

I was expecting him to get injured. Hopefully it won't keep him out too long. But if it does I believe we are covered this time around with Bibby, Law and Flip.

[AHF]

I was expecting him to get injured. Hopefully it won't keep him out too long.

I'll believe he is healthy when I see it on the floor and see it sustained. Until then, anything from Speedy is an unexpected plus.

[frankthetank966]

He is the Mike Hampton of the Hawks.