Hopefully, Mike Wells will put all the quotes together in a piece over on Indy Star shortly, but for now, here’s the four quotes he just tweeted from Lance Stephenson’s agent about the weekend arrest. (Tweets number one and two and three and four)
Stephenson’s agent, Al Ebanks, addresses the situation, “The allegations against Lance Stephenson, Jr. are very serious.”
More Ebanks, “Mr. Stephenson did not maliciously, intentionally or in any other way cause harm to Jasmine Williams.”
And more Ebanks, ” Everyone, especially Lance, regrets that this incident occurred.”
And the last bit from Ebanks’ statement, ” We look forward to addressing these charges in the appropriate venues.”
Not a lot of info, but I can’t say I actually expected anything. Much like Larry Bird’s statement about the incident, there’s not much either side can legally say right now until the judicial process proceeds a little further.
Now, just like the old days, we wait for some law enforcement and/or courtroom officials to let us know what might happen next.
Pretty much like riding a bike for Pacers fans.
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Al Ebanks,
Jail Pacers,
Lance Stephenson,
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Mike Wells
Above is the Tweet of Death that I have been fearing from Mike Wells.
Danny Granger will be sidelined “at LEAST” a month after being forced out of the team’s last game against the Clippers with an apparent heel injury — something that has been bothering him since the preseason. And as anyone familiar with plantar fasciitis knows, this is a part of the body where the injury lingers long after the player is able to come back and play. It’s supposedly one of the more painful things you can go through, particularly among those more “minor,” non-Greg Oden-level injuries, so even once a guy comes back, he still usually isn’t “back back” for a while longer — if at all for the whole season really. (Ask a Spurs fan about Timmy’s plantar year if you want to hear all about the worst-case scenario.)
In his Indy Star injury annoncement, Wells adds that “No surgery is required, and Granger will begin rehabiliation immediately.”
So, yeah, this is not good. This is not good at all.
I think I half-sarcastically mentioned in the Clippers game recap that it might actually be interesting to see what the Pacers offense would look like if you removed the one guy who used nearly 1/4th of the teams possessions, largely to shoot threes. But I meant for, at most, a game or two. Not … *checks the schedule* … 17 games. Wow. Not good. And that’s the best-case, he’s-only-out-30-days-exactly scenario. If he misses six weeks from today, that would be 23 games.
Good god.
Is the season completely lost? Our most likely answer is: probably.
It’s not certain because, as those with keen memories will recall, Danny missed a fair amount of time last year as well, and the Pacers managed to go 9-6 sans Granger. And that was even without Mike Dunleavy for all intents and purposes.
Your 8p9s co-writer Tim Donahue was quick to note, however, that those 9 wins without Danny last season came against opponents who finished the season with a combined .390 winning percentage and the only team of those nine with a winning record was Denver. Without Danny, Indiana beat (in chronological order): New Jersey (on the road), Clippers (at home), Milwaukee (home), Minnesota (road) Chicago (home), Memphis (home), Denver (home) and Sacramento (road).
That’s not exactly comforting.
And since Wednesday’s game comes against the now-Odenless Blazers, this has to be one of the most depressing NBA games I can remember for some time. It’s the “Our Season Is Totally Over Bowl.” Sponsored by, of course, the tears of orphans.
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Danny Granger,
Greg Oden,
Mike Wells,
Portland Trailblazers,
Season-Murdering Injuries
