DJ Injury Didn't Look Good

[MarquetteVol]

Ouch. I hope it's a tweak and not a serious sprain. Looked ugly.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Looked very ugly

[MUFanInGreenBay]

I can't stomach another late season injury to one of our better players. First. it was Diener, then it was McNeal last year. Man, I hope James doesn't have a serious ankle injury. We're going no where without him.

[Big Papi]

He is starting the second half.  ANkle injury but it is bothering him. 

Without a healthy James, I don't know if we beat a suddenly hot Villanova.

[NCMUFan]

DJ is playing so that's a good sign.

[farmdaddy]

He is starting the second half and looks ok running so it might not have been that bad

[esotericmindguy]

Have you guys not learned from nearly 3 years of this sh*t....he's fine.

[Chili]

Have you guys not learned from nearly 3 years of this sh*t....he's fine.

what crap? i saw a kid get his ankle rolled. you kind of sound like the dip shits behind me.

[MUCam]

You cannot discount the fact that DJ falls like he was shot from the grassy knoll about once per every three games. That guy has had more "serious looking injuries" from which he has come back IN THE SAME GAME than anyone I can recall.

Look, I love the kid. I have always been on his bandwaggon, even last year when some of the wheels fell off. That said, I am not oblivious to the obvious. DJ either tends to over-dramaticize his in-game injuries or he has the recooperation powers of Wolverine.

No need to get overly defensive when someone calls it out.

[mosarsour]

Have you guys not learned from nearly 3 years of this sh*t....he's fine.

This is probably one of the same guys that called Wade a drama queen everytime he got hurt. Dom will be fine.

[NCMUFan]

I watched the game on TV. They replayed the accident.  It really looked serious.  IMO guys in the NFL had their seasons ended getting their leg/knee rolled on like that.  DJ plays extreme.  At a level harder than most players.  Hence, he gets pounded much more than others.  Also he is many times a target to cheap shots.  I think we should be thankful he is as tough as he is. 

[Pardner]

Have you guys not learned from nearly 3 years of this sh*t....he's fine.

And what do you call the flops from the 6-10's--Butch, Harangody and Singler--when DJ knocks them over like they're ten pins?  Dandelions in the wind?

That was a bad ankle roll if you saw it on the replay...and I'd be surprised if his knee isn't hyperextended.  TC said after that DJ went into the locker room early at half and rode the bike so he could get back in the game in the second half.  Are you seriously calling out the heart and soul of our team?  The guy was soaking up IV's pre-UL, and some loons were calling him soft.    DJ and JM bring it every game.  There is a reason why the other teams are going at him, and it isn't because he is soft.  It is because he can dominate the flow of the game on both ends.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

For some reason, people seem to think there's an "unwritten rule" about questioning the severity of injuries. When this happens every couple games -- and has for 3 years -- it's a legitimate beef. It's a classic case of the "Boy Who Cried Wolf." One of these days he's going to be seriously injured and everybody will just groan.

He played a great game, by the way.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Have you guys not learned from nearly 3 years of this sh*t....he's fine.

If you saw the replay you know that was ugly...stop.  You're embarrassing yourself.  James leg was rolled up on and it did not look good at all.  Nothing like someone not out there playing to question another person's pain threshold.

Ridiculous!  The kid plays hard, he's small and goes in among the giants, he's going to get banged up from time to time.

I don't care if he whines every game, that was a serious ankle roll for anyone to question it looks cheap and ridiculous.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Chicos - you're right to a point. But based on his play the rest of the game, it obviously WASN'T serious...thank goodness. I agree questioning injuries is "bush league," but at some point you have to get serious about this stuff.

[Mayor McCheese]

Chicos - you're right to a point. But based on his play the rest of the game, it obviously WASN'T serious...thank goodness. I agree questioning injuries is "bush league," but at some point you have to get serious about this stuff.

apparently you haven't had an injury lately in a sport, adrenaline takes over.  Now I didn't watch this injury, but I have seen some of DJ's other falls, and although they may not be 100% truthful, there right up there.  Having your leg rolled up is very painful (happened to me this past year), I finished the match, however we had a night game I couldn't make due to the leg injury, hopefully he is good for monday.

[Daniel]

Crean said he'd play Monday but I was at the game and it did'nt look good when he went down.  I was surprised he started the second half, but once he got into the flow he jsut kep going.  Without suffering the injury myself, i could never comment on its severity or how much it hurt or still hurts.
He is a tough kid though, and we are better with him in the game.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Chicos - you're right to a point. But based on his play the rest of the game, it obviously WASN'T serious...thank goodness. I agree questioning injuries is "bush league," but at some point you have to get serious about this stuff.

apparently you haven't had an injury lately in a sport, adrenaline takes over.  Now I didn't watch this injury, but I have seen some of DJ's other falls, and although they may not be 100% truthful, there right up there.  Having your leg rolled up is very painful (happened to me this past year), I finished the match, however we had a night game I couldn't make due to the leg injury, hopefully he is good for monday.

I'm sure he got loads of adrenaline in the locker room.

I'm quite sure many of us on this board have had serious injuries. To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen...I've had a high ankle sprain and that was no high ankle sprain.

[Mayor McCheese]

might not have been a high ankle sprain, but any ankle injury, especially from rolling it, hurts like a b*tch, I am sure he wasn't faking it.

[Pardner]

For some reason, people seem to think there's an "unwritten rule" about questioning the severity of injuries. When this happens every couple games -- and has for 3 years -- it's a legitimate beef. It's a classic case of the "Boy Who Cried Wolf." One of these days he's going to be seriously injured and everybody will just groan.

He played a great game, by the way.

So the "written" rule then is to question the credibility of all his injuries?  Getting intentionally tackled and almost flipping upside down and landing directly on his wrist?  Five bags of IV fluid?  A forearm shiver to the face by the same goon who tackled him a couple weeks earlier?  Getting rolled on his ankle by a 285 pound center?  We aren't talking freshman year DJ leg cramps here (like we saw every 30 seconds in the Tenn v. Memphis game tonight I might add).  It is ridiculous to call DJ out on that foul today and inferentially compare it to the flops of Butch or Harangody.

[chapman]

I think it's a credit to James to get knocked around as badly as he has and make it back in the game.  His toughness is what makes it ridiculous to question both whether he's whimping out or looking for attention when he gets banged up and to still be holding your breath and speculating as to whether he's going to be alright everytime he gets banged up.  This won't be the last time he goes to the floor.  Just believe he's tough enough to make it back out there and play hurt until it's proven otherwise.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Chicos - you're right to a point. But based on his play the rest of the game, it obviously WASN'T serious...thank goodness. I agree questioning injuries is "bush league," but at some point you have to get serious about this stuff.

Here's a legit question:

Why does is matter?

DJ and MU could lie and fake injuries all season. What's the difference? Are they screwing Vegas or something?

As long as the team is putting forth their best effort, I'm not sure that I care about some tiny details on whether or not I'm well informed about DJ's injuries. I'm not on the team. I just pay for the tickets to watch them play. DJ doesn't "owe me" anything.

For the record, I do think that his injuries are legit. The guy is an athletic freak and is the fastest and highest leaping player every time he steps on the court.

He proved at the pre-draft camp that he was a freakish athlete as he tested better than most guards. With that in mind, why is it so hard to believe that a player that is faster, can jump higher and goes to the rim more that most guards end up with more injuries?

It seems plausible to me.

[Big Papi]

Chicos - you're right to a point. But based on his play the rest of the game, it obviously WASN'T serious...thank goodness. I agree questioning injuries is "bush league," but at some point you have to get serious about this stuff.

Here's a legit question:

Why does is matter?

DJ and MU could lie and fake injuries all season. What's the difference? Are they screwing Vegas or something?

Whats the difference?  Easy.  We are winning.  The team is playing very good and some posters have to nitpick and complain about something because they either hate the kid, hate the coach, hate the nickname , are not real MU fan or are just sick in the head with some insane illogical reason to just hate.  Regardless of what the actual reason is, there is always some underlying reason.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

I am not questioning his injuries. I am questioning his history of overreacting. And I was simply agreeing with MUCam's point.

If you guys think MUCam and I are the only people in the Bradley Center that has noticed this, you're sadly mistaken. In fact, you are likely among the 15 to 20 people in the entire building who disagree.

[ozmetal71]

You and MUCam are both right on this one.  DJ seems to have some sort of major issue every couple of games, and he writhes around on the ground like he was shot, and then he comes back after a few plays like nothing was wrong.  At some point, it becomes natural to question the histrionics, because if these were injuries that were as serious as DJ's reactions made them out to be, he wouldn't be able to come back and play.

I love the kid, he plays tough, and everything, but I get tired of how every time he falls to the ground he acts like someone is cutting his appendix out with a rusty knife.  If you are legitimately hurt, like he was when he had the wrist injury, that is one thing, but cut down on the drama.

Questioning a pattern of overreaction to injuries is perfectly legitimate.