Center situation

[charlesnba23]

Noah is not coming here. Who are we trading to get that all-star C?

He's not an all star C anymore, but I think he can still be an effective player. We could trade DeMar for him straight up.

[rocwell]

Sources: Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas opts for rehab instead of surgery


Woj retweeted

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources...ail&soc_trk=ma

[A.I]

Sources: Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas opts for rehab instead of surgery


Woj retweeted

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources...ail&soc_trk=ma

Guess its Bebe's turn to shine, I hope he doesn't get injured.

[DogeLover1234]

Sources: Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas opts for rehab instead of surgery


Woj retweeted

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources...ail&soc_trk=ma

Are we thinking about 15-20 games for rehab? Article said JV missed 18 with a similar injury a few years ago. I don't know how severe it is, so maybe more, maybe less?

[rocwell]

Are we thinking about 15-20 games for rehab? Woj said JV missed 18 with a similar injury a few years ago. I don't know how severe it is, so maybe more, maybe less?

he should be good to go after Christmas Day or so.. my guess

[rocwell]

Raptors are a +76 in 382 minutes with Valanciunas on the floor this season, second only to Lowry's +81 (in 494 minutes)

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) November 22, 2015

[raptors999]

Are we thinking about 15-20 games for rehab? Article said JV missed 18 with a similar injury a few years ago. I don't know how severe it is, so maybe more, maybe less?

Rookie year probably no rush to bring him back and it was a finger on his shooting hand. No real rush this time either but its on his non-shooting hand.

[Axel]

Bebe should be the primary recipient of his minutes with some extra for JJ/Bennett at the 4.

[KHD]

Are we thinking about 15-20 games for rehab? Article said JV missed 18 with a similar injury a few years ago. I don't know how severe it is, so maybe more, maybe less?

i wonder what "rehab" means in the context of an injury like this. I'm kind of imagining you just have to wait until the bone fuses and it doesnt hurt to catch a basketball anymore.

The good news: it's not a foot injury or something that would prevent running, jumping, etc. And it's the non shooting hand. There is a lot of practice work he can do to maintain / improve his game while he is out.

[psrs1]

I like thea idea of bringing in Noah.

Noah is just a Biyombo defensive style Centre that can't score. We would have exactly same situation we have with Biyombo.

[psrs1]

Raptors are a +76 in 382 minutes with Valanciunas on the floor this season, second only to Lowry's +81 (in 494 minutes)

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) November 22, 2015

DC must hate Lewenburg as he always comes up with the stats that show how DC handles things is suspect at best. Certainly DC has no credible response.

[Maury]

Noah is just a Biyombo defensive style Centre that can't score. We would have exactly same situation we have with Biyombo.

But Noah is a really good creator and has good hands. He can deal with not having any offence. He is also a wayyy better defender than Bis.

[Chr1s1anL]

Noah is just a Biyombo defensive style Centre that can't score. We would have exactly same situation we have with Biyombo.

You forget the part where his one of the best passing big man in the league.

[rocwell]

i wonder what "rehab" means in the context of an injury like this. I'm kind of imagining you just have to wait until the bone fuses and it doesnt hurt to catch a basketball anymore.

Haha, you wish. There are plenty rehab exercises for broken fingers and you know what? It hurts af!

[Jclaw]

I've mentioned this elsewhere, but all that counts is making sure we're firing on all cylinders come playoff time. No need to make a panic trade to cover JV's absence. Think of this as a month long rest for JV in the middle of the season. Kind of like Demar's last injury. Yeah, it would be great to have cohesion but there's time for that