KG in a walking boot after Nets game

[lightspeed5]

Kevin Garnett has already been ruled out of tomorrow night's game with the Heat due to a sore ankle, and after last night's game with the Nets, KG was spotted in a walking boot.

With barely a week to go before the playoffs start—that's not good.

Today Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge made his weekly appearance on WEEI's "Salk and Holley" this afternoon and addressed the boot.

Well, you know, so first of all, there’s no such thing as 100 percent for anybody, right now,” Ainge said. “But KG, you can see how well he’s moving on the court. Last night, he didn’t have one of his better games on the court, but he was moving very well. You could see him defense laterally and he was rebounding and he was very active. The walking boot is just precautionary. It’s just … some guys keep ice on their legs after every game — sometimes, their legs are sore, sometimes, they’re not. They do it as a precautionary thing.

The walking boot … he has some inflammation in his foot, so every time he stops playing, he has the walking boot on. He doesn’t wear it all the time, but he just wears it after games to make sure his foot isn’t moving any more than it needs to. So it’s just precautionary right now.

leads me to think, was he playing on a cortisone shot just to see how it would feel? he moved very well in those games.

realgm fans arent worried: http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1244508

[dinome18]

 

[Evantime34]

I will miss KG when he is gone, unfortunately I think he will be gone after this season.

[LarBrd33]

[dang].  Not good.  We need him if we are going to push that Knicks series to 6.

[Kane3387]

[dang].  Not good.  We need him if we are going to push that Knicks series to 6.

I don't see the Knicks eliminating us in Boston.

[CelticConcourse]

[dang].  Not good.  We need him if we are going to push that Knicks series to 6.

I don't see the Knicks eliminating us in Boston.

I think he means if we don't have KG, we'll likely lose in 5 (thus not pushing the series to 6)

[Lightskinsmurf]

Yeah, wouldn't be surprised if KG retires after this year.

[CelticConcourse]

Yeah, wouldn't be surprised if KG retires after this year.

It sure is looking like it.

We should all take a step back and soak it in.

[KGs Knee]

I thought Ainge addressed this on the radio the other day.  Said it was precautionary, and were doing it after games intentionally, instead of reactionary.

Who knows with Ainge though, as to how truthful he's being.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

[dang].  Not good.  We need him if we are going to push that Knicks series to 6.

knicks in 5

they win two straight in NY then split in boston then finish up at home.