Westbrook to miss playoffs
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, April 27, 2013 with 6 comments
Oklahoma City Thunder G Russell Westbrook underwent knee surgery earlier today to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee. Westbrook will not be able to return for the remainder of the NBA playoffs according to Thunder GM Sam Presti.
"Although we are of course disappointed that Russell will be unable to return to the floor with his teammates this season, the opportunity to repair the meniscus as opposed to remove it was the best possible scenario for Russell's long term health as a player and person," said Presti. "Russell's health and well being are obviously our number one priority through this process and today's procedure helped solidify our belief that Russell will have many productive years of basketball in his future."
"Although we are of course disappointed that Russell will be unable to return to the floor with his teammates this season, the opportunity to repair the meniscus as opposed to remove it was the best possible scenario for Russell's long term health as a player and person," said Presti. "Russell's health and well being are obviously our number one priority through this process and today's procedure helped solidify our belief that Russell will have many productive years of basketball in his future."
damn! hate to see this but now we get too see wat kd made of! these young boys been runnin the west for last couple years but can u do without russ and harden? cant wait
ReplyDeleteYeah I'm ready to see if it's all talk or if he's gonna have a breakthrough. If he does and becomes the man in OKC...next year will be special.
DeleteDamn thats a tough blow for the thunder the hit didn't even look that bad on the replay....after seeing how he still finished the game playing on a hurt knee I think he'll recover pretty quickly
ReplyDeleteGonna be tough for KD
ReplyDeleteIt just got easy for other teams in the west playoffs.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are over-reacting. Westbrook is good, but he hurts the Thunder's efficiency sometimes. Just watch how much everyone manages to score without him.
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