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Clingan update 1/1/24

Let's get him back healthy irrespective of the time it takes. Let's get it right.

In the meantime. His posse is holding down the fort and winning games.
 
Seamus84 said:
Obviously, the staff knows best, and shoot-around effort is less than game effort, but why is DC even out there putting any pressure on the foot until he’s fully healed?
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Just repeat what his father said. They know what they're doing.

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Updates on Clingan ankle ?

Are you talking about Johnson or Singare? Because Samson went toe to toe with one of the biggest, strongest center in our league last night. The original point was that someone wanted to bring in a 5 as backup to DC via the portal. I thought SJ did ok, but Soriano was guarding Castle a lot. No...
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husky429 said:
Do you know better than his surgeons? Our athletic training staff? Donovan himself?

Putting appropriate stress on an injury is part of the healing process.

Please stop. This is just silly.
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This. I don't know the exact nature or severity of the injury but as an example, a torn ACL used to mean a month plus of complete immobilization in a cast. Now they have you moving it hours after surgery. Could he injure it again? Sure. He originally injured when there was not prior injury. Relax, there are pros on the case.
 
husky429 said:
I read your post. Saying "I trust the staff, BUT..." negates the first part of your statement.

It is silly. He would be in a boot and not moving if that was necessary.medical treatment. He isn't in a boot, and he's moving.. so it's clearly not necessary for him to be immobile.

This isn't that hard to understand.
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To quote Ricky Bobby, “with all due respect ….”
 
DC Good luck with rehab.
Followed you whole career and know you have the discipline to do what's right and make the necessary sacrifices.
We need all the bullets that we have and you deserve to be a big part of what we accomplish in 2024.
 
Minicoop69 said:
I was at the game tonight and I was watching Clingan on his movements around the court warming up and shooting.

I noticed that he walks on the outside of his feet. He puts a lot of weight on the outside of his feet while the inside of his feet are almost curled up off the ground. It's weird, but could that be a reason for the feet and ankle issues that he is having.
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I do this. I have really high arches. It puts a lot more stress on the outside of the foot and can lead to rolled and sprained ankles. It was a constant problem for me as a kid. It is more common for people to over-pronate than to supinate and so stability shoes are often designed to push your foot to the outside (fortunately shoe companies are slowly moving away from this). If it naturally goes that way, well, sprains will happen. If he has high arches (I have no idea) they need to make sure he's wearing shoes than emphasize and allow pronation.
 
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Connecticut13 said:
No, it’s more likely he’s walking like that because of the injury and avoiding putting full pressure on a portion of his injured foot.
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That needs to be discouraged before that type "correction" leads to other issues, especially if he does that in game situations after his return.
 
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caw said:
Samson used his springs today on defense to show devastatingly quick he is off the ground and how high he gets. Through in those quick shots from 5-8 feet he’s taking now and he’s killing it. Just needs to work on his rebounding and he will be a hell of a player.

He’s pretty good at passing to cutters also.
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I agree that what separates Samson is how quickly he gets off the floor. It greatly helps his dunks.
 
SilentDog said:
There was one -lay he dunked so fast the defender was just leaving his feet and Samson had already dunked. How quickly he gets up is ridiculous. On par anyone I have seen.
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This is so true. I often wonder how he got to the rim so fast. I'm often worried he's going to get blocked, and before i finish the thought, the other team is inbounding the ball from underneath our basket.
 
ibleedhuskyblue said:
This is so true. I often wonder how he got to the rim so fast. I'm often worried he's going to get blocked, and before i finish the thought, the other team is inbounding the ball from underneath our basket.
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New nickname - “The Blur”?
 
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I selfishly hope he can play Creighton since I bought that ticket extra besides my XL season tickets, would be right at the 4 week mark… but I understand and agree with others that I care more that he’s healthy in March, even if it means we drop some games and wind up a 3 seed or so. Our eye test and wins when we’ve been (mostly) healthy should go a long way when seeding is done.
 
Scrutiner said:
Or orthotics.
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He needs both good orthopedics and good orthotics.

I am sure the staff has made sure he has the best of each or the best of both, whatever the correct grammar is here.
 
Improviser said:
He needs both good orthopedics and good orthotics.

I am sure the staff has made sure he has the best of each or the best of both, whatever the correct grammar is here.
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And a great tape job.
 
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jan 28 vs xavier i bet. Start of a string of 6 "mostly easier" games (as "easy" as it gets in the BE). Play him minimal minutes (10-15) to allow the team to keep the feel of his excellent screen action....and be locked and loaded ready to go for marquette round 1.
 
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