I don't see him playing Friday. It will take him a day or so to even walk right after having a cast on this long. Not trying to be negative, just realistic.
Cast comes off tomorrow
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What you do with other homeless dudes has no place on this board.
I know the feeling, my friend. My own propensities -- precisely !
PJ needs to find Jeff Sheppard and find out how he played with that black and blue ankle of his in the Final Four.
Alright PJ, now get out there, and leave a legacy! Legend status is yours to be had!! ⚡️
This has always been the plan. They’ve said since last week they’d take it off Tuesday and see how he feels then. This doesn’t mean he’s playing yet.
This. It appears its coming off on the earlier side telling us 1. he feels close to ready. 2. the healing process went quicker and/or 3. They are doing what they can to see if he can go for Friday.
In regards to #3, I don't think they try this if they don't believe it can help get him ready for Friday.
Should find out if he can go by a day or two. I'm sure he'll be able to go.
He played on The Wire. Bubbles was a junkie
Positive thinking everyone....positive thinking.
Thought of this too ski. Original target dates were Tues or Wed. Seems to be a positive that they are taking it off tomorrow.
I’m just getting around to reading what his Dad said Friday. Note the last part - can’t hurt himself worse, it’s just a matter of pain tolerance. Back in the dinosaur days of the 1970s and 80s, teams would routinely give players with injuries cortisone shots to mask the pain, to just numb the hurt. The downside was you can really hurt yourself further and not know it. So....if we have a case where further injury really isn’t possible, and we’re just managing pain...what is the harm in numbing the foot? I’m not a doctor and didn’t sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Here is the quote:
“PJ wants to play,” he said. “My job is to make sure he’s 100 percent healed first. Thank God it’s nothing broke and there’s no surgery needed. We opted to go with a cast because it won’t allow him to move it and is supposed to help him heal quicker. So it’s just about pain tolerance at this point.”
Washington told CBS on Thursday that his pain is a 10 out of 10. “He came back to win a national championship,” Paul Sr. said, “so I think not playing hurts more than the foot.”
Here is the quote:
“PJ wants to play,” he said. “My job is to make sure he’s 100 percent healed first. Thank God it’s nothing broke and there’s no surgery needed. We opted to go with a cast because it won’t allow him to move it and is supposed to help him heal quicker. So it’s just about pain tolerance at this point.”
Washington told CBS on Thursday that his pain is a 10 out of 10. “He came back to win a national championship,” Paul Sr. said, “so I think not playing hurts more than the foot.”
I think he's going to play.Doubt if he plays a lot but having him in there would be a real boost for all the other guys.
Is that you Brad?
This thread is a lil quiet. Figured there would be more of a buzz or is everyone just speechless and don’t know what to think?
Its nerve racking enough being a fan of a team in this tournament. Then add the side drama of PJ who has been out for 10 days and the uncertainty of his foot.
Tomorrow may be the day UK wins the title or loses it and people are in limbo.
You ain’t lying about that brotha
Cal should tell the media that PJ will play all game, then let the officials call two early fouls on Washington, only to have Cal pull him out and say "Perfect, we were going to get two fouls no matter what, better to have them on PJ who I wasn't going to play anyways.."
And then he goes to Higgins after the game, says "But I got your two fouls right here" and hits him with that 1-2.
“He’ll get the cast off and move around, probably tomorrow sometime, and we’ll see,” Calipari said.
Does anyone else read this to mean they will temporarily remove the cast to see how he feels? It seems everyone thinks the cast is coming off because he's healed and ready to play, but this quote doesn't read that way to me.
Does anyone else read this to mean they will temporarily remove the cast to see how he feels? It seems everyone thinks the cast is coming off because he's healed and ready to play, but this quote doesn't read that way to me.
Think this was the plan all along. Sit him for first two games and make some other guy’s step their game up and play him in the last four. He’s gonna play, and he’s gonna play his *** off and get us to Minneapolis.
Anytime Cal has said “we’ll see” about this, it’s not good.
I think they go through the motions of taking off the cast etc to placate the fans but I don’t think he’ll play.
I think they go through the motions of taking off the cast etc to placate the fans but I don’t think he’ll play.
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