Pietrus leaves on stretcher

[JSD]

He was moving his head, legs, arms and body before Lacerte came out and told him not to move again for precautionary reasons. This recent post bu Blakley combined with seeing these movements confirms to me that he will be ok.

[GreenFaith1819]

Thanks for post, Grandtheft.

Great News!

[vinnie]

Great news. However, depending on the level of concussion, hr could be out for a long time.

[j804]

Is it safe to say ( aside from basketball but for his well well being) he didn't break any thing in his neck? What did they check for with the tests?

The most obvious test is a CT scan to detect brain injury.  I'm sure he went through whatever the normally battery of tests is for detecting concussions and determining their severity, seeing how he responds to stimuli, testing if his memory is affected.

That is hopefully great

[European NBA fan]

Good news from Chris Forsberg via Twitter:

Mickael Pietrus update: He's been cleared to travel and is schedule to be seen by the C's medical staff upon his return to Boston.

[j804]

TP that's awesome get well Mike

[colincb]

Good news from Chris Forsberg via Twitter:

Mickael Pietrus update: He's been cleared to travel and is schedule to be seen by the C's medical staff upon his return to Boston.

https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=ESPNForsberg

[pearljammer10]

Good news from Chris Forsberg via Twitter:

Mickael Pietrus update: He's been cleared to travel and is schedule to be seen by the C's medical staff upon his return to Boston.

Well this is sure hopeful news, hope all is well.

[SHAQATTACK]

Hope this is all true good news for a change

[GrandTheftRondo]

Thanks for post, Grandtheft.

Great News!

Anytime 

Good news from Chris Forsberg via Twitter:

Mickael Pietrus update: He's been cleared to travel and is schedule to be seen by the C's medical staff upon his return to Boston.

Excellent!

[twinbree]

This is such a relief. I'm so glad to hear it was nothing serious. I wish him the speediest and safest of recoveries. At the point I'll be fine with our players being bubbled wrapped for each game and getting checkups daily. Our health situation is becoming abysmal.

[European NBA fan]

Forsberg is writing a story, but his latest tweets about Pietrus:

Early indications are Mickael Pietrus avoided serious head injury and expects to be back on the court this season, according to his agent.

Story link coming, but initial tests (x-Ray, CT scan) revealed no abnormalities. It appears to simply be a concussion; More tests to be run.

Pietrus has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support & plans to release a Twitter statement later this afternoon to express his thanks.

Pietrus' first question for his agent's assistant when reached by phone: What happened in the 76ers game?

[JSD]

Forsberg is writing a story, but his latest tweets about Pietrus:

Early indications are Mickael Pietrus avoided serious head injury and expects to be back on the court this season, according to his agent.

Story link coming, but initial tests (x-Ray, CT scan) revealed no abnormalities. It appears to simply be a concussion; More tests to be run.

Pietrus has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support & plans to release a Twitter statement later this afternoon to express his thanks.

Pietrus' first question for his agent's assistant when reached by phone: What happened in the 76ers game?

Great!

[WeMadeIt17]

Poor guy really feel for Pietrus quickly became my favorite player outside the big 4 just because he is such a team guy. Just was reading all the tweets from NBA players so nice to see. Here's a link to a few of them..

http://www.csnne.com/basketball-boston-celtics/celtics-talk/NBA-reaction-to-Pietrus-injury?blockID=676086&feedID=10946

[Jon]

Yep to all of the above, also on WEEI:

http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this-just-in/21186816/pietrus-cleared-return-boston