embid delays surgery

[rollie mass]

seeks out advice from durant,-by the way how is young doing

[greece66]

poor guy...

hope he does recover in the end.

[celticsclay]

it is hard to believe he will ever be an effective NBA player going some 2.5 years without playing organized ball. It doesn't seem like we are talking about riding a bicycle here

[greece66]

it is hard to believe he will ever be an effective NBA player going some 2.5 years without playing organized ball. It doesn't seem like we are talking about riding a bicycle here

The chances of him ever matching the expectations generated during his last season in college are now around 5%. IMO not so much because the absence from organized bball (he is a big- if he were a PG it would be a totally different story) but because we all know what usually happens to bigs with foot injuries. 

Having said this, I'd like to see him having an NBA career even as a bench player.

[hwangjini_1]

poor guy...

hope he does recover in the end.

i agree with both sentiments. he is a very talented basketball player and even though he would be on another team, i was looking forward to seeing him develop and play.

well, though the injuries are not identical, ilgauskus did eventually overcome multiple surgeries on bones in his foot and became a decent nba player.

let's hope for the best.