Troy Murphy sprains ankle; Von Wafer returns to practice
Troy Murphy left practice today with a mild ankle sprain, and he’s now listed as day-to-day. If he misses Friday’s bout against the Charlotte Bobcats, the Celtics should really struggle to replace the zero points, zero rebounds, and zero assists he provided last night.
In better news, not that it should make a huge impact on Boston’s recent struggles, Von Wafer returned to practice after a strained right calf kept him sidelined for the past ten games. (ESPN Boston)
Wafer participated fully in the practice, including the scrimmage sessions, then returned to the court after for additional shooting. He was waiting to see how it responds to the activity.
“We’ll see how it feels in the morning,” said Wafer. “We’ll probably know better then.”
Wafer traveled with the team on its recently completed three-game road trip, but only engaged in light activities, mostly shooting drills. While Celtics coach Doc Rivers said before Wednesday’s loss to the Memphis Grizzlies that Wafer was still a ways out from returning, the reserve shooting guard is optimistic about his recovery thus far.
“I was thinking I’d probably be out for a few more days,” admitted Wafer. “I think I did come back faster than I thought.” …
“I’m thinking about getting back healthy and trying to come back stronger than when I left,” said Wafer. “That’s all I’m concerned about. If I get to play, or if I don’t, either way I won’t be disappointed. You never know what to expect.”
Wafer has three weeks to earn a playoff spot, a spot for which he will most likely compete against Sasha “I kind of look like the guy from Prison Break but also don’t look like him at all” Pavlovic. Apropos to nothing, here’s a picture of Pavlovic kissing his wife.
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Celtics Blog | Jay King | March 24, 2011
Why pick on a guy that played 6 minutes in the last 3 games but the starters are given the royal ‘I’ll kiss your ass’ treatment even when they suck? Why not address the real problems of the Core 4 and the players that are playing meaningful mintues instead of bagging on TM? His line last night was 4 mins 0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0 rebs, assists,and 2 TOs. Certainly, it would have helped if he had not turned the ball over, but in 4 mins he had the same amount of pts and rebs that RA had in his first 4 mins and 1 less reb and 2 less pts than KG in his first 6 minutes. When he plays enough minutes he produces. Just like when you have enough time to write a post. Your constant bagging on guys that don’t play (JO coming back article, too) is really wearing thin. Go Cs…
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james u suck… start your own blog …. call it im old and know everything dot com
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Damn. What’s with everybody and their ankles? First Shaq, then Baby, now Troy. Maybe it was n’t the best thing to give up Ked, huh?
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KG and Rondo should quit shooting,they do better attacking the paint.Where have all the alley oops gone for this two guys?
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celtssss… No thanks. Having too much fun pissing off people like you that can’t post anything meaningful other than an insult. Next time try and comment on the content of my post or better yet don’t read them. At least I am trying to offer something constructive with my comments. Go Cs…
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James…At least in the process of pissing off people like celtsss you are making a point.
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Nick…I try, thanks! Go Cs….
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James, we will never agree on the KP trade, but I appreciate much of your input., especially regarding REBOUNDING and the starters not coming to play. Are they bored? Or do they want the 4 seed instead of Orlando so they can play Atlanta in the first round? I’m starting to wonder…..they obviously aren’t motivated for the top seed.
TM has shown promise when given minutes. I don’t know why Doc isn’t giving his bench more minutes. Why not start some of these guys to rest the starters? The starters no longer show up in the first quarter of games. I keep seeing 15 in the box score for 1Q. They could let Von Wafer gun (when he’s healthy) and probably get more pts than that.
Is Allan Iverson still available in the Euro league somewhere? Half joking here, but at least he attacks the hoop.
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