Shams: Chris Finch, Timberwolves coach feared to have suffered a torn Patellar Tendon

Chuck Everett · Post #21 » by **Chuck Everett** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:12 am

Surgery is tough for something like this because that guarantees he needs to stay home and rehab. I expect them to stabilize the knee and then have him sit behind the bench the rest of the playoffs while Micah Nori coaches from the sideline.

As soon as Minnesota wins/is eliminated, he will get the surgery.

Forbes · Post #22 » by **Forbes** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:16 am

This for sure shouldn’t stop him from coaching. You’ve done a great job this year buddy, keep doing it until you guys lose. Then fix yourself after.

brutalitops · Post #23 » by **brutalitops** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:21 am

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Draymond after watching Finch in pain on TV…

It's not like Finch is guarding Durant, but tearing your knee out kinda mean you should probably have the rest of the night off at least

chilluminati · Post #24 » by **chilluminati** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:21 am

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Draymond after watching Finch in pain on TV…

It's easy to say that from your couch, Draymond. :lol:

eyeatoma · Post #25 » by **eyeatoma** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:56 am

OkcSinceSGA wrote:

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What a dirty player Conley is, clearly trying to injure his coach.

RookieStar · Post #26 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:11 am

eyeatoma wrote:
OkcSinceSGA wrote:

Read on Twitter

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What a dirty player Conley is, clearly trying to injure his coach.

Clearly beef in the locker room they not telling us about

eyeatoma · Post #27 » by **eyeatoma** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:13 am

RookieStar wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:
OkcSinceSGA wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

What a dirty player Conley is, clearly trying to injure his coach.

Clearly beef in the locker room they not telling us about

lambchop · Post #28 » by **lambchop** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:23 am

Dominator83 wrote:He can probably wait till the off-season since coaching doesn't require him to run or jump.

I might be wrong here. But I know people in the real non-sports world that have torn ACLs and did nothing about it because of course some non rich people don't have the time or money to be out of action that long.

Yea he can definitely survive and even if they make the finals and he gets the surgery then, he should still heal up fine.

That said, patellar tear is one of the worst tendon injuries out there. It's also more debilitating than an ACL tear in terms of everyday functionality

Edrees · Post #29 » by **Edrees** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:28 am

If the wolves dont win the title, we can put an asterisk on whoever is the champ for facing a non healthy wolves team. I've seen worse reasons to asterisk champions so I'm gonna do it.

76thBearCub · Post #30 » by **76thBearCub** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:59 am

Revived wrote:

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Draymond after watching Finch in pain on TV…

Meanwhile if it happened to him he'd be out on the court flopping like a fish. Then post some dramatic crap online.

ChipotleWest · Post #31 » by **ChipotleWest** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:04 am

Ouch, will the league let him coach on Zoom?

An assistant can hold up an ipad with him on it. :lol:

Berbasecks · Post #32 » by **Berbasecks** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 11:04 am

Dominator83 wrote:He can probably wait till the off-season since coaching doesn't require him to run or jump.

I might be wrong here. But I know people in the real non-sports world who have torn ACLs and did nothing about it because of course some non-rich people don't have the time or money to be out of action that long.

Yeah, my dad's been putting it off for years. Doesn't want to spend a couple of months on sick leave AND unable to walk for a while (don't know what the expected recuperation timeline is).

DoctorX · Post #33 » by **DoctorX** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:28 pm

76thBearCub wrote:
Revived wrote:

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Draymond after watching Finch in pain on TV…

Meanwhile if it happened to him he'd be out on the court flopping like a fish. Then post some dramatic crap online.

I can see him posing a 1-hour video in that situation lol and talking about it nonstop.

God Squad · Post #34 » by **God Squad** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:49 pm

Freak accident, Get well coach.

Cubbies2120 · Post #35 » by **Cubbies2120** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:54 pm

eyeatoma wrote:
OkcSinceSGA wrote:

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What a dirty player Conley is, clearly trying to injure his coach.

I see the green font, but I also see this as you poking fun at people claiming Embiid is dirty.

He is. Conley running into his coach is an unavoidable accident.

Embiid pulling dirty moves off in 4 straight games and one that led to ramifications for the Knicks for the rest of the playoff run is dirty.

ryan in Maine · Post #36 » by **ryan in Maine** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:22 pm

Looks like Finch stepped up to stop a potential collision with fans.

Post #37 » by **slick_watts** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:17 pm

if it's a completely torn patellar tendon i don't think you can put surgery off like a torn ligament. partial, he might be able to just have a leg immobilizer and do PT.

pretty crazy thing to happen. the last time i remember a coach getting hurt is when nate mcmillan tore his achilles in practice.

shrink · Post #38 » by **shrink** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:21 pm

chilluminati wrote:It's easy to say that from your couch, Draymond.

Yeah, but Draymond has researched injuries and incorporates that into his basketball “style.” He knows what injuries remove someone from the game.

Statlanta · Post #39 » by **Statlanta** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:27 pm

I'm surprised this didn't turn into an Anti Booker thing here in the thread and on the court. He didn't pull a Horry but his bad defense lead to this injury

Post #40 » by **Klomp** » Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:41 pm

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