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When he comes back is there a way to tape him so it doesn’t likely recurr?
 
I'm pretty sure at this point everyone has forgotten he sprained an ankle over July 4th weekend.

Since it happened when he went home to Texas, even Hurley didn't have clarity on it according to his quotes at the time.

Any sleuths out there able to find out which ankle that was?
 
jibsey said:
When he comes back is there a way to tape him so it doesn’t likely recurr?
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Not really with a high ankle sprain. There's no way to completely eliminate rotational stress with tape only, one of the reasons high sprains take longer to return. Tape helps, but you've got to get a certain amount of healing to go with it.
 
Get a Job said:
The recovery times in the study below seem incredibly fast given the "4-6 weeks at least" time frame that has been thrown around for Liam. (For those who won't bother to click the link: The study looked at 20 football players who had high ankle sprains. The injuries varied in severity. The longest time to return to unrestricted activity observed was 30 days, and the mean time was 15.5 days.)

Time to Return to Play After High Ankle Sprains in Collegiate Football Players: A Prediction Model - PMC

Determining the severity of high ankle sprains in athletes and predicting the time that an athlete can return to unrestricted sport activities following this injury remain significant challenges. The objectives of this study were (1) to determine if ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Any doctory people out there have any idea if there's reason to think Liam might fit into this range, or if there's something about his injury or the differences between football and basketball that make his recovery longer? If he takes as long as the slowest recoverer in the study, he'll be back by the Marquette game. Can I get my hopes up?
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A lot of running backs get high ankle sprains. They may return to play after a few weeks, but they won’t get near fully healed until after the season.
 
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husky429 said:
Yes. I still wear them because I like'em... but it's always been obvious if you paid attention they don't to anything to keep your ankle from rolling
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My school was a Reebok school so we always got the Iversons. Had no problem with the Question and immediately got the worst sprain of my life upon wearing the Answer. Was late in the season so it ended my hapless career. Probably coincidence but that was the last time I ever wore lowcuts to play in.
 
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StllH8L8ner said:
My school was a Reebok school so we always got the Iversons. Had no problem with the Question and immediately got the worst sprain of my life upon wearing the Answer. Was late in the season so it ended my hapless career. Probably coincidence but that was the last time I ever wore lowcuts to play in.
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Hapless Career?? That’s cold man. Do you know what % of HS players make it to next level(College)? Very low. How about “undistinguished” if you must self deprecate.
 
AllHusky said:
Hapless Career?? That’s cold man. Do you know what % of HS players make it to next level(College)? Very low. How about “undistinguished” if you must self deprecate.
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Ha…yeah probably more appropriate. Thanks for the kind words!
 
Am I the only person not worried about when he'll return? I want him back, for all the obvious reasons and I want him to be 100%. I trust that will be sooner rather than later. We should be able to win every game in January with or without him.

At Marquette becomes a lot more difficult without him. That's February 1st, 18 days away still
 
willie99 said:
Am I the only person not worried about when he'll return? I want him back, for all the obvious reasons and I want him to be 100%. I trust that will be sooner rather than later. We should be able to win every game in January with or without him.

At Marquette becomes a lot more difficult without him. That's February 1st, 18 days away still
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Not worried but it’s not like it’s helpful that he’s out. Would be great to see him get some minutes against DePaul going into Marquette to get warm as the Feb/Mar schedule is much more challenging.

Way I see it is if we want an East deserving seed we need no more wtf losses in BE and to split with Marquette, Creighton and StJ.

While on the topic
 
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RuffRuff said:
Not worried but it’s not like it’s helpful that he’s out. Would be great to see him get some minutes against DePaul going into Marquette to get warm as the Feb/Mar schedule is much more challenging.

Way I see it is if we want an East deserving seed we need no more wtf losses in BE and to split with Marquette, Creighton and StJ.

While on the topic
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Sighhh.
Can Solo grow a few inches??
RuffRuff said:
Not worried but it’s not like it’s helpful that he’s out. Would be great to see him get some minutes against DePaul going into Marquette to get warm as the Feb/Mar schedule is much more challenging.

Way I see it is if we want an East deserving seed we need no more wtf losses in BE and to split with Marquette, Creighton and StJ.

While on the topic
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Sighhhh.
Can Solo grow a few inches???
 
alexd said:
Sighhhh.
Can Solo grow a few inches???
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Ball is 6-3 which is short for an NBA player. However his wingspan is an outrageous 7-7 or something like that. A more important thing that Solo needs to add to have an NBA career is quickness.
 
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Palatine said:
Ball is 6-3 which is short for an NBA player. However his wingspan is an outrageous 7-7 or something like that. A more important thing that Solo needs to add to have an NBA career is quickness.
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Not sure if you can add quickness. While he is long you don’t really see him use that advantage much. I think the key will be putting some added muscle on to be able to take it to the rim with some force. While muscular he’s only 190. Take a guy like Donovan Mitchell for instance (who’s from Elmsford CT btw), who’s 6 3, 215. If Solo can get to 200-205, find a way to start taking it to the rim through contact, his stock should spike.
 
king conn said:
I'm pretty sure at this point everyone has forgotten he sprained an ankle over July 4th weekend.

Since it happened when he went home to Texas, even Hurley didn't have clarity on it according to his quotes at the time.

Any sleuths out there able to find out which ankle that was?
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Right high ankle sprain this time...seems like every article referring to July 4, 2024 just says "an ankle". Tried about 25 links all same.
 
RuffRuff said:
Not sure if you can add quickness. While he is long you don’t really see him use that advantage much. I think the key will be putting some added muscle on to be able to take it to the rim with some force. While muscular he’s only 190. Take a guy like Donovan Mitchell for instance (who’s from Elmsford CT btw), who’s 6 3, 215. If Solo can get to 200-205, find a way to start taking it to the rim through contact, his stock should spike.
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His length is why I am so suprised he's not a better finisher at the rim. I'm not sure it's his strength or weight, I'm just not sure he knows how to use that length to his advantage there.
 
Palatine said:
Ball is 6-3 which is short for an NBA player. However his wingspan is an outrageous 7-7 or something like that. A more important thing that Solo needs to add to have an NBA career is quickness.
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if Ball had a 7'7" wingspan his arms would be dragging across the floor. it's probably in the 6'9-6'10" range like Donovan Mitchell
 
uconn_jack said:
His length is why I am so suprised he's not a better finisher at the rim. I'm not sure it's his strength or weight, I'm just not sure he knows how to use that length to his advantage there.
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He’d be exploding over guys - rarely do I see Solo out elevate anyone.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Not sure if you can add quickness. While he is long you don’t really see him use that advantage much. I think the key will be putting some added muscle on to be able to take it to the rim with some force. While muscular he’s only 190. Take a guy like Donovan Mitchell for instance (who’s from Elmsford CT btw), who’s 6 3, 215. If Solo can get to 200-205, find a way to start taking it to the rim through contact, his stock should spike.
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Elmsford is in NY, which is where Mitchell was born. He grew up in Greenwich, which is actually in CT, despite most ‘yarders’ belief that the Greenwich/Stamford/Norwalk area is just an extension of NY state.
 
My view on Ball is that his physical attributes are sufficient to play in the NBA if he’s a big time shotmaker. The problem is he plays much, much slower than his physical attributes should allow. He needs to play faster and more instinctively and learn how to use his physical tools.
 
RuffRuff said:
Not sure if you can add quickness. While he is long you don’t really see him use that advantage much. I think the key will be putting some added muscle on to be able to take it to the rim with some force. While muscular he’s only 190. Take a guy like Donovan Mitchell for instance (who’s from Elmsford CT btw), who’s 6 3, 215. If Solo can get to 200-205, find a way to start taking it to the rim through contact, his stock should spike.
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Mitchell is actually only 6'1.25 barefoot with a 6'10 wingspan. 247 said Solo has a reported 40 inch vertical and 6'10 wingspan while the UConn site said he has a 43 inch vert with 7'0 wingspan. I believe the 247 #'s.

Mitchell grew up in Elmsford, NY in Westchester County. He went to Greenwich Country Day in CT from 3rd grade until high school about 20 minutes away because his mom was an administrator there. I've followed him since he was a freshman in high school because he went to my high school for two years. Someone I know from the school posted video of him playing his freshman year and I said this kid will get recruited by UNC, UConn, Kentucky etc. He wanted to be a professional baseball player but broke his wrist at school and then quit baseball focusing everything on basketball.

Solo showed more bounce/explosiveness in high school but it was straight line drive kind of stuff. Mitchell was just different, dude was catching one handed tomahawk alley oops from half court in high school. He's right up there with Camby for me as the one who got away from UConn.
 
superjohn said:
've followed him since he was a freshman in high school because he went to my high school for two years.
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ah so you're a canterbury guy...
 
superjohn said:
Mitchell is actually only 6'1.25 barefoot with a 6'10 wingspan. 247 said Solo has a reported 40 inch vertical and 6'10 wingspan while the UConn site said he has a 43 inch vert with 7'0 wingspan. I believe the 247 #'s.

Mitchell grew up in Elmsford, NY in Westchester County. He went to Greenwich Country Day in CT from 3rd grade until high school about 20 minutes away because his mom was an administrator there. I've followed him since he was a freshman in high school because he went to my high school for two years. Someone I know from the school posted video of him playing his freshman year and I said this kid will get recruited by UNC, UConn, Kentucky etc. He wanted to be a professional baseball player but broke his wrist at school and then quit baseball focusing everything on basketball.

Solo showed more bounce/explosiveness in high school but it was straight line drive kind of stuff. Mitchell was just different, dude was catching one handed tomahawk alley oops from half court in high school. He's right up there with Camby for me as the one who got away from UConn.
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yea I always take UConn reported numbers with a grain of salt, I remember beat writers were being told Lamb had a wingspan over 7ft and then he checked in at 6'11" during the predraft process
 
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