I agree, the organization is pretty rough on its players. they wanted Turkoglu to play after he had a headache from drinking too much. Even though he told them he was hurting, the trainers told him to suck it up! What a bunch of invalid trainers we have. It disgusts me! We should give Kleiza another 2 million on top of his 6 million salary to help him be comfortable while he's recovering. This way, more euro players will want to come play with the Raptors. I don't even care if the Raptors win, I just hope all the players are having fun!
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Decent news for now:
Injured Linas Kleiza Denies Report of Incompetence by Toronto's Medical Staff
Toronto forward Linas Kleiza on Saturday denied a Greek report that claimed he believes incompetence by Raptors medical officials contributed to why he last Wednesday underwent season-ending right microfracture knee surgery.
"I have no problems with Toronto's medical staff,'' Kleiza said in a phone interview with FanHouse from Vail, Colo., where he has remained since the surgery was performed by specialist Dr. Richard Steadman...
"I don't know where that came from,'' said Kleiza, who said he didn't know about the report until being informed by FanHouse. "I haven't talked to anybody from Greece... I think everything was done right (by Toronto's medical staff). I was talking to them all the time (about the knee injury).''
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smushmush wrote: View PostCanada's health care system is indeed inferior - a case of excess demand(universal healthcare) versus limited supply(less doctors here due to our bad renumeration system for doctors here compared to our US counterparts, very high standards to get into medical school here too contributes to the problem). Also, I don't think a huge part of the team being injured is a coincidence. just my 2 cents.
"Excess demand"...because of universal health care? It must then follow that the US citizen either is very healthy not to burden the health care system there or is it because 40% cant afford/dont have medical insurance.
Have a read ......
http://open.salon.com/blog/kanuk/201...th_care_system
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/trueho...ory?id=6093645
Bosh may not be the best example but to think that the Raptors are the only team in the league who has players playing who are hurt or not 100% would be silly.
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666 wrote: View PostDecent news for now:
Injured Linas Kleiza Denies Report of Incompetence by Toronto's Medical Staff
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/02/05/i...e-by-torontos/
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Another example of how teams do not force players to play:
Cleveland has already recommended surgery and out for atleast the rest of this season for Varejo but:
C Anderson Varejao (torn tendon in right foot) is awaiting another opinion on whether to have season-ending surgery. (Yahoo! Sports)
The guy is actually trying to comeback and play this year with torn ligaments in his foot.
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Bendit wrote: View PostThats a pretty blanket statement. Are you absolutely sure?
"Excess demand"...because of universal health care? It must then follow that the US citizen either is very healthy not to burden the health care system there or is it because 40% cant afford/dont have medical insurance.
Have a read ......
http://open.salon.com/blog/kanuk/201...th_care_systemLast edited by smushmush; Sun Feb 6, 2011, 07:51 AM.
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I'd take this report with a huge grain of salt. Raps have the best reason inthe world to use preventative medicine: guaranteed contracts. I can't believe they'd push him to play after the million medicals they put every guy through. I mean how many of you get xrays and MRIs for ankle sprains?
Euro League reports love to paint NBA like the bad guys, meanwhile they welch on owed money left and right, drop injured players at the drop of a hat and still manage to put out a third rate product.LET'S GO RAP-TORS!!!!!
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