Torrey Craig out for 8-10 weeks.

[PaKii94]

A sprain of a plantar fascia should not take that long to heal. There must be something else going on here beyond a plantar fascial sprain.

Did you forget when Noah had similar thing? It affected him most of the season. The only way to heal is to keep pressure off the foot for weeks.

No. This is something I specialize in. The timeline suggests something more severe.

Ok I'll defer to you then. From my knowledge on plantar fascia injuries, the timeline is usually weeks-months instead of days. How long is recovery period for a sprain in your opinion?

[prolific passer]

Now's the time to trade Zach for Zion.

[vxmike]

Did you forget when Noah had similar thing? It affected him most of the season. The only way to heal is to keep pressure off the foot for weeks.

No. This is something I specialize in. The timeline suggests something more severe.

Ok I'll defer to you then. From my knowledge on plantar fascia injuries, the timeline is usually weeks-months instead of days. How long is recovery period for a sprain in your opinion?

A Grade 3 sprain is a complete tear of a ligament. They didn’t say what grade this is, but it’s obviously not good.

[Red8911]

That sucks, he was starting to play better too lately.

[greenwing]

No. This is something I specialize in. The timeline suggests something more severe.

Ok I'll defer to you then. From my knowledge on plantar fascia injuries, the timeline is usually weeks-months instead of days. How long is recovery period for a sprain in your opinion?

A Grade 3 sprain is a complete tear of a ligament. They didn’t say what grade this is, but it’s obviously not good.

Correct. Based on the timeline it’s concerning regarding a tear.

[Salo23]

More Julian Phillips?

Some of the rumored names in a potential Lavine trade could also be plugged into the interchangeable 3/4 spot (Rui Hachimura, Tobias Harris, Harrison Barnes).

[dougthonus]

Probably worst thing for the Bulls is that he won't be back before the trade deadline. He would have likely been a solid trade piece for a team looking for a vet role player.

[Dan Z]

Probably worst thing for the Bulls is that he won't be back before the trade deadline. He would have likely been a solid trade piece for a team looking for a vet role player.

You think AKME would do a trade like that? My impression is they're still looking to win this year (obviously I could be wrong).

[dougthonus]

Probably worst thing for the Bulls is that he won't be back before the trade deadline. He would have likely been a solid trade piece for a team looking for a vet role player.

You think AKME would do a trade like that? My impression is they're still looking to win this year (obviously I could be wrong).

Probably not, but if you found something where a team had an extra need and Torey Craig pushes a deal over the edge, it was a nice chip to have.

Like say the Lakers want Zach and give us Reeves, Rui, and DLo, but need a backup 4 now, Craig could have filled that without massively changing salary dynamics.

[prolific passer]

Soooo anybody out there they can sign or pick up from waivers that can start?

[Wingy]

Probably worst thing for the Bulls is that he won't be back before the trade deadline. He would have likely been a solid trade piece for a team looking for a vet role player.

Surprised how many aren’t considering this.

You wonder if a team like the Celtics might have gotten desperate and maybe throw a first at us for him? Seems doubtful, but Raps threw a better first out there for Thad.

C’s bench is so thin, their tradable salaries so few, they are really looking to thread a needle and they must win now. His tiny $2.5MM salary might have been gold for a contender in their unique situation.

Was looking at salaries less than 6.2MM today that would fit into their trade exception. I didn’t see many that fit the bill of teams being likely to part with them + actually useful. Craig was one of the few.

Crap luck for us and obviously for Torrey.

[dougthonus]

Probably worst thing for the Bulls is that he won't be back before the trade deadline. He would have likely been a solid trade piece for a team looking for a vet role player.

Surprised how many aren’t considering this.

You wonder if a team like the Celtics might have gotten desperate and maybe throw a first at us for him? Seems doubtful, but Raps threw a better first out there for Thad.

C’s bench is so thin, their tradable salaries so few, they are really looking to thread a needle and they must win now. His tiny $2.5MM salary might have been gold for a contender in their unique situation.

Was looking at salaries less than 6.2MM today that would fit into their trade exception. I didn’t see many that fit the bill of teams being likely to part with them + actually useful. Craig was one of the few.

Crap luck for us and obviously for Torrey.

I guess maybe they'd still take a risk that he'd be set for the playoffs, but that's probably a stretch.

[HomoSapien]

Probably worst thing for the Bulls is that he won't be back before the trade deadline. He would have likely been a solid trade piece for a team looking for a vet role player.

You think AKME would do a trade like that? My impression is they're still looking to win this year (obviously I could be wrong).

Probably not, but if you found something where a team had an extra need and Torey Craig pushes a deal over the edge, it was a nice chip to have.

Like say the Lakers want Zach and give us Reeves, Rui, and DLo, but need a backup 4 now, Craig could have filled that without massively changing salary dynamics.

Unless the injury is going to keep him out longer than 10 weeks, I think he's still able to do what you're describing.

[Jvaughn]

Soooo anybody out there they can sign or pick up from waivers that can start?

If Kenny Lofton is still available, he'd be the best value.

[prolific passer]

Soooo anybody out there they can sign or pick up from waivers that can start?

If Kenny Lofton is still available, he'd be the best value.

Wouldn't hurt. Another young aggressive player that would help the bulls.

[Ctownbulls]

That's fine. I like Craig, but this season is about the youth movement as much as possible. If that means growing pains for Terry and Phillips, then so be it. It would be great if at least one of the two step up in the next few weeks.

That's not to say Craig won't be missed, he will be, but this season should have never been about wins and losses, but progressing our young players and pushing them forward.

NGL, I kinda got a little excited when Pat and Terry were flying around on defense and transition for a minute last night. Terry is a mistake a minute but he does bring energy.

Agreed it was fun but Terry is a waste of young minutes. Hopefully, they get some young asset in return for Lavine that can replace the Terry minutes because I think we all know that Terry is not an NBA player (although I felt the same about Payne).

[nekorajo]

Soooo anybody out there they can sign or pick up from waivers that can start?

Where is Javonte? I'm curious to see what Julian can do in the meantime.

[Chi town]

Pat about to play 35mpg.

Terry and JP will get some burn too.

[drosestruts]

Time to sink or swim Terry and/or Phillips.

Watched a great Warriors/Celtics game last night - Warriors played their rookie Trayce Jackson-Davis big minutes last night and he held his own and even made some big plays in the 4th and overtime.

[jump]

Henry Drell, come on down. He's actually 6'9"