Shabazz doubtful for tonight

[jfuchs91]

I don't care how they spin it, this was an unofficial benching for his postgame comments. Does he look injured to you?

He missed practice yesterday because of the injury. Do you really think a struggling team would have their starting PG sit out from practice before a big game for PR reasons?

 

[UCweCONN]

He missed practice yesterday because of the injury. Do you really think a struggling team would have their starting PG sit out from practice before a big game for PR reasons?

Honestly, this season nothing surprises me.

 

[aceboon]

Umm ABSOLUTELY.

He looks about 3 steps slower than he was compared to last game. He actually looked quicker last game than before and I thought he was finally getting 100%. I guess he tweaked it again. The announcing crew did say he has been battling this injury all year.

I came to post the exact same thing, he looks like Shabazz prior to the last 3 games, slow and not able to get by his man.

 

[tzznandrew]

He couldn't create any separation, and so the offense was worse than usual.

But you can't be too sad with a shot like that.

 

[aceboon]

Can't undersell that shot enough but I'm concerned about how he looked after the way he was moving the prior 3 games. We're not beating Syr with him being that slow and unable to penetrate and push the ball.

 

[UCDaveD]

Guys, just an update. Shabazz played tonight.

 

[ford82]

Fortunately he will have some time to rest before Syracuse Saturday.

 

[cohenzone]

Glad the kid hit that shot. The problem with playing through pain is that while sometimes the injured part can't be hurt any worse, some players definitely are tempted (pushed?) to play when they shouldn't, the macho thing, and the result is often that the player is less effective than a replacement might be, or aggravates a problem that instead of costing the player one game, costs the player an unknown number of games beyond the one or two that might have been missed.

Of course, in pro sports, we have the modern phenomenon that the higher the player is paid, the less pain they are asked to play through because they are investments and not athletes. It is, of course, an upside down idea. You would think that the more a player is paid, the more would be demanded of them. Mickey Mantle would scarcely be seen on the field in modern baseball he was so banged up.