Donnie Walsh: Perhaps, but that has nothing to do with your original statement, which was abut conspiracy theories. Dolan’s media policy breeds skeptical thinking because he is shrouded in secrecy (and his product stinks).

Have you considered that keeping information private is a pretty smart business move? The Knicks aren’t even close to the Lakers anyways, Jerry Buss freaking DIED and nobody knew about it. Why should they go around publicizing their every move? I’d be more worried about their track record so far, pretty much only Houston and Portland can compare to the Knicks’ injury problems these past few years. It doesn’t matter what they release to the press, it matters when the players actually come back.

KnickFanInCelticLand: In 33 years of practice I have never seen a stress reaction injury in the middle of a 5th metatarsal.Bone trabeculae (the strength girders inside the bone) are so arranged to distribute the stress elsewhere.The “line in the sand where instabilty and non-healing of the fracture start is about 1/3 from where the metatarsal attaches to the midfoot.These fractures are sometimes grouped together under the historical name of Jones Fractures.

Thanks for clearing that up. Fwiw they are indeed calling his fracture a Jones fracture.

Frank:
last thing on this “transparency” business. As far as I’m concerned, there is no correlation between being “transparent” and being a well-run organization.

Perhaps, but that has nothing to do with your original statement, which was abut conspiracy theories. Dolan’s media policy breeds skeptical thinking because he is shrouded in secrecy (and his product stinks).

If the FO is in a win now mode as they should be. drop Sheed fast.

Frank:

this is exactly the kind of post I was hoping to get — someone who actually knows something. And someone who can give some credible detail about how a “Stress reaction” can mean many different things and have different prognoses despite the name “stress reaction”. And I hear what you’re saying about one end or the other of the metatarsal, but what if it’s not at the end but in the middle? or 1/3 way in? Lots of subtlety in most injuries.

In 33 years of practice I have never seen a stress reaction injury in the middle of a 5th metatarsal. Bone trabeculae (the strength girders inside the bone) are so arranged to distribute the stress elsewhere. The “line in the sand where instabilty and non-healing of the fracture start is about 1/3 from where the metatarsal attaches to the midfoot. These fractures are sometimes grouped together under the historical name of Jones Fractures.

ruruland: Uh, I think the fastest a lineman has ever run at the combine is 4.69.

270 pound 4.6 is pretty good,better than a lot of 250 pound linebackers in the combine.

I’m sure he could get it down to 4.4 or below if he trained.

He would be amazing in agility drills. He’d be Calvin Johnson with higher standing reach, longer wingspan,higher vertical and better ball-skills, likely much more difficult to tackle in the open field.

http://tracking.si.com/2013/02/27/heat-james-ran-40-in-4-6-seconds/

There have been plenty D-lineman run under 4.6 at the combine. Also, this is a hand time where it is faster than the combine time would be. The Bengals have two ends who are 6-6 and 260+ that run under 4.6. Mario Williams ran a 4.6 and his college teammate Manny Lawson ran a 4.6. There are plenty fast lineman. Take the late great REggie White at over 300 lbs he ran in the 4.6s.

However, with speed training Lebron can run much faster probably. His best position would be TE as a Jimmy Graham type. True match up nightmare.

Also, better ball skills than Calvin is a stretch. The catches he was making at GT is some of the best ever to combine hand eye coordination and body control.

1. With Sheed out for at least 8 more weeks, it is even more important that Camby come back healthy for the playoffs. I would favor resting him longer, if necessary, to make sure he is ready for the playoffs. I would rather the Knicks finish second in the Atlantic than rush Camby back.

2. David Stern is going to punish any player who engages in a fight that spills into the crowd. He wants (and needs) to create an understanding in the players that you simply cannot take it off the court. Malice at the Palace really threatened the entire business model.

3. I don’t know whether Lebron would have the technique to be a great receiver on day 1, but I am pretty certain that any NFL team would want him. There are not a lot of athletes in the world with his combination of size, speed, power and agility.

BigBlueAL:
I wouldve preferred Curry and Jack being suspended tonight rather than Lee lol.

if it makes you feel any better, with Lee on the floor the Ws are a +2 per 100poss – with him off, they’re a -5.

And Steph Curry has a TS of 58 with Lee, 52 without.

The only thing transparency affects is how happy the beat writers and fans are about that particular thing the team is being transparent or un-transparent about. And at the end of the day, if the team is winning, nothing else matters anyway.