An interesting nugget from 2009 found its way into my e-mail this morning, uncovered by Noah Galuten and forwarded to me from Henry Abbott:
PHOENIX — Phoenix Suns center Robin Lopez will have surgery to repair a broken bone in his left foot and is expected to miss six to eight weeks.
Lopez broke his fifth metatarsal — the long bone on the outside of his foot that connects to the little toe — in the second half of the team’s intrasquad scrimmage Saturday in San Diego.
Team officials say the procedure to insert a screw in Lopez’s foot will be performed Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix.
Associated Press – Phoenix Suns’ Robin Lopez out 6-8 weeks with broken left foot
Lopez underwent surgery on the foot on October 6th, 2009, and was activated from the IL roughly seven weeks later on November 27th.
If that same timeframe applies to Brook’s recovery, that’d put his time back on the court sometime around mid-February. That’s a very good timetable for his recovery — he’d be back on the court less than halfway through the season, and 35-40 intensely compacted games are better than 66. And, of course, in this instance he’d ideally be back at full strength a full month before the trade deadline.
While very injury and recovery is different, as far as player comparisons for expected recovery go, it’s hard to get a closer match than an identical twin.
Brook Lopez suffered a stress fracture to the fifth metatarsal of his right foot yesterday. Now, if you’re like me, the moment you heard that, all you saw was the words “fracture” and “foot,” filled in the rest as medical jargon, and began panicking. Well, after a bit of research, here’s what that jargon means, and why the panic is somewhat warranted — but not entirely. Read more…
Name: Sundiata Gaines
Position: PG
Date of Birth: April 18, 1986
Hometown: Queens, NY
Height: 6’1”
Weight: 200
Experience: 2 years
Drafted: Undrafted
College: Georgia
2011-12 salary: $884,293
| Per Game Stats |
| Totals | | 56 | 9.2 | .428 | .250 | .500 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| Year | Age | G | MP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
| 09-10 | 23 | 32 | 6.8 | .463 | .269 | .500 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| 10-11 | 24 | 24 | 12.5 | .400 | .237 | .500 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| 10-11 (NJ) | 24 | 10 | 14.6 | .417 | .235 | .550 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| Per 36 Minutes |
| Totals | | 5.6 | 13.0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 15.1 |
| Yr | Age | FG | FGA | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PTS |
| 2009-10 | 23 | 6.3 | 13.6 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 17.6 |
| 2010-11 | 24 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 13.3 |
| 2010-11 (NJ) | 24 | 4.9 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 13.6 |
| Advanced Stats |
| Totals | 13.8 | .486 | 7.6 | 25.0 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 15.5 | 23.0 | 98 | 108 |
| Age | PER | TS% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% | ORtg | DRtg |
| 23 | 17.3 | .518 | 7.9 | 28.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 24.0 | 107 | 105 |
| 24 | 11.3 | .459 | 7.4 | 22.9 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 18.3 | 22.2 | 92 | 110 |
| 24 (NJ) | 15.3 | .484 | 9.7 | 28.9 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 18.6 | 22.2 | 99 | 108 |
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Apologies for what was I’m sure a choppy episode of Nets Are Scorching TV, we were experiencing some technical issues that were beyond our control.
Nonetheless, Devin and I were still able to discuss our feelings on the Brook Lopez injury and how it changes things in relation to Dwight Howard, the acquisition of Mehmet Okur, our ideas for small-ball lineups and just why in the world everyone hates Kris Humphries so much.
Well, that didn’t take long.
Shortly after the Nets learned that Brook Lopez’s consecutive games streak will be snapped at 246 due to a fractured fifth metatarsl in his foot, Billy King announced a deal to acquire Mehmet Okur from the Utah Jazz. The Nets send a second-round pick and a trade exception back to Utah.
Okur’s a perfect fit for New Jersey: an expiring contract in 2011-12 (worth $10.8 million), acquirable for next to nothing, experienced playing with Deron Williams (and you’re kidding yourself if you think Deron had no input here), and according to his former coach Tyrone Corbin, currently in good shape.
Prior to an injury-hobbled 2011, Memo had put up a PER above the league average in each season of his career after his rookie season.
Brook Lopez fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot in the first half of yesterday’s preseason game against the New York Knicks, and will undergo surgery to repair it tomorrow. Lopez hasn’t missed a quarter of any game in his three seasons as a pro, but that streak will undoubtedly end come Monday.
To compare, Rodrigue Beaubois of the Dallas Mavericks underwent the same surgery in 2010, and he didn’t play in a professional game until February 2011.
On the court, this is a major blow to the Nets’ playoff hopes, as Brook is their second-best player and interior anchor, and to their hopes of acquiring Dwight Howard.
According to various sources, the Nets have reportedly agreed to a one-year contract with DeShawn Stevenson worth $2.5 million. Stevenson started 54 games in the regular season and 18 in the playoffs for the NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks, though the word “starter” was mostly for show — he averaged barely over 5 points and 16 minutes per game.
Nets owner Jay-Z and DeShawn Stevenson have clashed before. After some disparaging comments by Stevenson aabout LeBron James in 2008, Jay-Z wrote a dis track about DeShawn, “Blow the Whistle.”
To make room for Stevenson, the Nets officially waived Stephen Graham this morning. Graham’s $1.1 million contract would have become guaranteed had he made the opening night roster, but Graham was never going to make the opening night roster anyway.
With these moves, the Nets have slightly under $10 million remaining in cap space, with thirteen guaranteed players on their roster.
NAS Note: We’ll be posting these as we finish them, up to the start of the season. When all are completed, they’ll be static pages you can access from the header any time.
Name: Brook Lopez
Position: C
Date of Birth: April 1, 1988
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Height: 7’0”
Weight: 260
Experience: 3 years
Drafted: 1st round, 10th overall by the New Jersey Nets in 2008
College: Stanford
2011-12 salary: $3,076,983 Read more…
