TA spent an astounding 13 weeks off his feet this offseason as he recovered from ankle surgery to repair torn ligaments--ligaments most likely torn last December when he initially sprained his ankle. I can see why it's taken him a long while to get back up to speed--he's got to rebuild muscle in and around his leg, not to mention the recovery of the ankle.
Just to keep the record straight, TA was our best player off the bench at the beginning of the year last season, right up until he tore ankle ligaments in the first game of December. His game went down hill from there, playing on one leg does that. As always, when healthy, the dude is a good player. Once he recovers, he'll be a very handy part of the bench, albeit in a lesser role than last season.
As for haters in this thread--get over yourselves and get some perspective. Considering where TA came from and the skills given him to pick himself out of that situation to get where he's gotten, he's done quite well for himself, better than probably 99% of people from similar backgrounds, and probably better than 99% of this board, relative everyone's differing starting points.
Maybe someone can explain it to me, but I don't know how 'receiving death threats' all of a sudden became a black mark on one's character. To me, that's called blaming the victim and it's despicable. I mean, what exactly are these people saying...that he deserved those death threats? There are a lot of legitimate basketball-related things to complain about, or find fault with, so I don't understand why any poster would stoop to the extent of laying blame on Tony for receiving death threats. To me, that smacks of irrationality--and irrationality married to hatred is pretty much the definition of evil. These people ought to check themselves.
To me, TA's got a heart of gold and he's participated in a ton of community events throughout his time with the Cs. He's never had a single problem in the locker room with coaches or teammates, and he's always been a workout fanatic in the gym. In short, he's done his job as a professional basketball player in terms of preparing himself for competition. That said, his career has been soiled with a lot of bad breaks and injuries, most at no fault of his own. Even through all those bad breaks, he hasn't given up, and played almost an entire season with a torn ligament in his ankle, showing the extent to which he wants to reward Doc, Danny and the Cs for their continued belief and patience in him. So far, it hasn't been meant to be.
If his career takes him to another team, I only hope it's somewhere where he can finally fulfill some of his unmet potential.
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