JO has surgery

[vinnie]

Danny said hopefully back early April. So celts waste total MLE this year. Danny also said surgery does not solve long term problem. Wish they could just cut him now. Should have had surgery at the beginning of the season. What a bust

[barefacedmonk]

Why did they wait for 2-3 weeks? I thought the plan was to strengthen the muscles around his knee.

[pearljammer10]

Danny said hopefully back early April. So celts waste total MLE this year. Danny also said surgery does not solve long term problem. Wish they could just cut him now. Should have had surgery at the beginning of the season. What a bust

You'll realize how important he will be to this team when he returns to give us an extra big body in the playoffs.

[vinnie]

Danny said hopefully back early April. So celts waste total MLE this year. Danny also said surgery does not solve long term problem. Wish they could just cut him now. Should have had surgery at the beginning of the season. What a bust

You'll realize how important he will be to this team when he returns to give us an extra big body in the playoffs.

I will be shocked if he sees any minutes this year, and the way Danny sounded, I duo t he will be effective next year. Total waste of money. They need another big man.

[barefacedmonk]

Need for Sheed.

Tell him to get in the pool and hit the gym starting tomorrow.

[vinnie]

Need for Sheed.

Tell him to get in the pool and hit the gym starting tomorrow.

+1

[Megatron]

Like ive been saying all season, J.O. is worthless, and Semih at this point is a better player, and way more reliable/available.

J.O. needs to be cut, I cant belive that guy was paid 5 million to play a grand total of 60 minutes of basketball.

Cut J.O. hes the worst player in the league and sign someone else.

[mgent]

So he takes the summer off and comes in out of shape to play like 5 games then decides to sit for a 1/4 of the season, then comes back for a couple weeks before deciding to sit out another month in lieu of surgery and then later on decides to go ahead and get that surgery anyway.

This is ridiculous.

[KungPoweChicken]

The guy has absolutely no heart.

[Who]

That is very disheartening.

Tough schedule for a return too. Sometime in April? To get in game shape and then contribute in the playoffs? For a guy who's performance is seriously inhibited by the smallest knock or lack of fitness? To a team that will have (hopefully) established a set rotation and comfort zone amongst it's bigs and be a potential disruption?

Well, I guess he'll still be valuable as a fifth big in the playoffs. Whenever the C's end up short handed in the paint due to foul trouble and Jermaine can come in and give 5-10 useful minutes here and there. Hopefully.

It's disappointing to lose him because he was valuable bench player with his interior defense and shot blocking in that second unit. Something they have sorely needed most of the season.

Might be best to keep Perkins there to cover JO's absence and give that second unit a defensive presence.

Edit: Oh, early April, missed that the first time I read the post ... hopefully that will give him enough wiggle room to get himself right for the playoffs. Maybe. Hopefully. Probably not. But maybe.

[LarryForThree]

JO makes me like Greg Kite now.

[GreenFaith1819]

Danny said hopefully back early April. So celts waste total MLE this year. Danny also said surgery does not solve long term problem. Wish they could just cut him now. Should have had surgery at the beginning of the season. What a bust

You'll realize how important he will be to this team when he returns to give us an extra big body in the playoffs.

I subscribe to this post.

A lot of us here were ready to throw Sheed to the wolves during the regular season last year.

Then the playoffs happened.

I still believe that JO will be able to help us.

As for his health? Worse case scenario is that he won't be able to play. This won't be because of his heart or desire, because to me he demonstrated that when he did play.

He was/is probably our best shot-blocker, and loves doing it.

I won't fault him for his health. That's something he can't control. Danny signed a good center, and he could not foresee that JO would have these issues.

Neither did JO.

Get well, big fella.

[greenpride32]

I still believe that JO will be able to help us.

As for his health? Worse case scenario is that he won't be able to play. This won't be because of his heart or desire, because to me he demonstrated that when he did play.

He was/is probably our best shot-blocker, and loves doing it.

I won't fault him for his health. That's something he can't control. Danny signed a good center, and he could not foresee that JO would have these issues.

Neither did JO.

Get well, big fella.

Completely agree with this post.  He's played hard for us when he's been healthy.  We took a risk knowing he's had a history of injuries, and so far it's not paying off for us.  But he does have great value to this team if he can get healthy.  Are you going to fault guys like Yao or Oden because they're hurt and can't play?

[vinnie]

They are paying the guy $6 million and he has basically done nothing. He should have had the surgery when the season started. Cut him. As for Yao and Odense, I don't care about them because they are not celtics

[Tai]

Just so you know, 6-8 weeks at this point could mean mid March to early April. Still a lotta time to be out, but if JO can infact come back after that, then maybe, just maybe, he could be ready for the playoffs.