Very interesting topic Mr. Hobbs. I've also been wondering this for some time now. The Bradley story has been really bizzare. We got the kid in the draft. Immediatley put him under the knife so he'd be ready for the preseason. I couldn't tell you what the timetable is for such an injury and surgery but from what I read the team was being very conservitive and taking the added rest approach. Which I think is good. But now all of a sudden we rushed him back? What's the deal with that?

I think the real story here is how this team seems to mislead fans and media alike on injuries and their severity. Which pleases me none to say the least. Call it a sense of entitlement all you want but yes I do feel the team owes it to us as fans and the media to tell the truth about injuries. It gives us a better insight of what the players must overcome to get back on the court and what they must deal with on a nightly basis. This goes a long way in how they are perceived and treated. And to be fair to the fans media and players alike we need honest information to base our opinions on.

Our money through tickets concessions and the advertising we must endure is what pays for the players salaries and the team in general. I think it's fair for us to expect legitamite injury reports. Where I have questioned this team before was in the same topic but on the issue of the mysteries of all KG's injuries. He's the most glaring to me when it comes to the team giving us the run around, and being dishonest on the real severity of the injury. This policy needs to change. I don't know how we go about that. But it needs to change.

Were the C's doctors also the Magic doctors when Grant Hill was there?

It is an interesting question, however, my inclination is that this is not something that we just see in Boston.  I think it is the nature of ankle injuries.  They are just hard to deal with, because there is so much going on down there, and they take such a beating.

I really think a lot of this comes down to the make up of the players, both with pain tolerance, as well as their own biological makeup. 

Szerbiak and Al have had injury problems everywhere they have gone, not just Boston.  Tony Allen had ankle problems, but also had a ton of other injuries that kept him out.  I think these guys might just be injury prone.