Cam Reddish is out for the rest of the Regular Season

[ATLHawks3]

 

[ATLHawks3]

He could still come back in the playoffs, but he'll most likely be on a minutes restriction, and I'm not sure how long the leash will be seeing as though he's missed so much time.

[Atlantaholic]

He'll be an emergency backup in the playoffs in case someone goes down. Has missed too much time. Hopefully Hunter comes back soon. 

[JayBirdHawk]

Not surprised based on the 2 week update that has been constant.

[AHF]

Sure didn't seem this serious when he originally went out.

[ATLHawks3]

Just now, AHF said:

Sure didn't seem this serious when he originally went out.

They're making it seem like his achilles is barely attached together.

[kg01]

2 minutes ago, ATLHawks3 said:

They're making it seem like his achilles is barely attached together.

They kinda are.  What's the 'fix' if it is I wonder?

[ATLHawks3]

Just now, kg01 said:

They kinda are.  What's the 'fix' if it is I wonder?

Letting it heal on its own takes a really long time; add on top of that trying to regain the strength in that tendon needed to be an elite physical athlete. I wouldn't mind shutting him down for this season, with the hopes that he can be fully recovered next year.

[JayBirdHawk]

1 minute ago, ATLHawks3 said:

Letting it heal on its own takes a really long time; add on top of that trying to regain the strength in that tendon needed to be an elite physical athlete. I wouldn't mind shutting him down for this season, with the hopes that he can be fully recovered next year.

He's pretty much done for the regular season and playoffs and I'm Ok with that.  He is going to be reviewed 'the week of May 16th' - Playoffs begin May 22nd., that's less than a week and he would not have any practice.

[JeffS17]

I just want him healthy next year and be able to put in some offseason work.  He's been robbed of any meaningful stretch of time to improve his game and get better -- really unfortunate injury timings combined with COVID.

[marco102]

As mentioned in the injury thread.  Cam was dealing with this most of the season I believe.  He was listed out with ankle soreness or something like that.  Maybe this is why he regressed so much during the season.  It could just be wishful thinking on my part though. 

Edited April 27, 2021 by marco102

[bleachkit]

He had a lot of injuries at Duke as well. 

[MarylandHawk]

1 hour ago, bleachkit said:

He had a lot of injuries at Duke as well. 

2 hours ago, JeffS17 said:

I just want him healthy next year and be able to put in some offseason work.  He's been robbed of any meaningful stretch of time to improve his game and get better -- really unfortunate injury timings combined with COVID.

I know he is going crazy having to sit out for so long. The only thing that can make him better as a player is time on the court. He has been robbed of that for two years. 

[sturt]

I feel toward Bruno as I feel for Cam, and I feel for Cam as I feel for Bruno. Similar conversation. And, truly, DAH is a similar conversation--didn't really impress anyone until several games into this season, and even then, didn't stay on the court very long. At least Bruno's been healthy this season (as far as anyone knows). At least Cam and DAH haven't suffered the loss of the person who is ostensibly their biggest fan.

You think the decision on JC's first vet contract might be a difficult one for Schlenk... just think how much speculation and projection is going to go into Cam and DAH's eventual first vet contract. (Bruno, hopefully for his sake, will already have gotten a fresh start with a team that actually overtly is prepared to help him develop.)

Tragic might be an overstatement, but certainly a delayed-development start for the NBA careers of that entire draft class, really, with only a very few exceptions such as Morant.

[HawkingAwesome]

Achilles injuries aren't something you mess around with 

[macdaddy]

Will the Achilles heal 'on it's own'?   I have no idea but hoping someone does.  

[JayBirdHawk]

11 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Will the Achilles heal 'on it's own'?   I have no idea but hoping someone does.  

I haven't heard 'tear or partial tear'  - just sore - so it's maybe  and hopefully it's just a rest and strengthening thing like Capela had with his plantar fasciitis.

[macdaddy]

19 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

I haven't heard 'tear or partial tear'  - just sore - so it's maybe  and hopefully it's just a rest and strengthening thing like Capela had with his plantar fasciitis.

I know nothing about medicine but can you strengthen tendons?  I thought they were what they were and they are either attached or torn or partially attached but if any of those things are true it's not going to change without surgery.   I guess the answer here is obviously not but i don't understand it. 

[Thomas]

Remember last year I was so positive on Cam I was pushing for him to start at SG and Kev off the bench for this season. That was way before the FA additions of course. Now just getting him back on the court looks like it is next season in reality. Don't see us forcing him into the playoff action myself. With the way the refs operate in postseason an injury could just be waiting to happen to Cam. 

[AHF]

28 minutes ago, Thomas said:

Remember last year I was so positive on Cam I was pushing for him to start at SG and Kev off the bench for this season. That was way before the FA additions of course. Now just getting him back on the court looks like it is next season in reality. Don't see us forcing him into the playoff action myself. With the way the refs operate in postseason an injury could just be waiting to happen to Cam. 

Plus, he has really struggled this season so if you have Bogi, Huerter, Dunn, Hunter, etc. all available you probably aren't going to run a rotation deep enough to need him on the floor even if he was somehow ready to go without any real concern at that point.  Hard to throw someone into a high pressure playoff game without playing for 50 days or whatever it would be.