While on the subject of team trainers and doctors, is it possible to impose a fine or forced firing...

While on the subject of team trainers and doctors, is it possible to impose a fine or forced firing when a team trainer or doctor consistently misdiagnoses numerous players? Not to call out any names but certain teams (not here with the Oklahoma City Thunder) employ trainers and doctors who regularly make medical mishaps (if that’s a politically correct way of saying it).

Etan Thomas' blog on HoopsHype.

Well, prior to this season, Etan played his whole career with the Wizards. So if it's not Oklahoma City ... I mean, it's pretty clear who he's talking about.

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Etan also played for Dallas

but he is most likely talking about the Wiz.

by BayAreaBullet on Nov 10, 2009 1:40 PM EST reply actions

He played with Dallas for less than half a season

And if I remember correctly, he was hurt for it.

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on Nov 10, 2009 1:46 PM EST up reply actions

If He Was Hurt for It

Wouldn’t that increase the chances that they are one of those teams?

"It's OK for the Bullets to trade baskets, as long as they can score on their end." -- Words of wisdom from Phil Chenier

by cuppettcj on Nov 11, 2009 12:05 AM EST up reply actions

hmmm...

didn’t Gil say something along the lines of Grover saving his career? I remember when I first heard that, thinking “how come the Wiz staff didn’t help?”…

by DynaMix on Nov 10, 2009 1:58 PM EST reply actions

My favorite part

was when Etan (1) advocated the NBA fining journalists for saying inaccurate things; and then (2) as a journalist, questioning the safety of the H1N1 vaccine.

So glad this loudmouth know-it-all is long gone.

by disgrunted on Nov 10, 2009 2:01 PM EST reply actions

you know, for a poet he surely doesn’t sound so poetic. Am i missing something?

by bigity b on Nov 10, 2009 3:44 PM EST reply actions

I was just about to say that he said this with such subtlety its no wonder that he’s such a well-respected poet. (I’m kidding of course.)

by Aldo on Nov 10, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions

any chance we can get an expose on the medical staff. I’ve called for it before and I don’t see the wiz beat writers tackling it. Not that the latest injuries have to do with them, but I would like to know what they have learned and how they have changed after the last few years of injuries.

by forthepeople on Nov 10, 2009 4:13 PM EST reply actions

Somebody Should Be Fired

For telling Flip that Mike Miller was OK to go back into the game after he separated his shoulder. That says it all about our medical staff.

"It's OK for the Bullets to trade baskets, as long as they can score on their end." -- Words of wisdom from Phil Chenier

by cuppettcj on Nov 11, 2009 12:06 AM EST up reply actions

I think at one point it will be written about ...

But it’s certainly going to require a TON of research since the topic is owed an absolutely dedicated piece to covering all the angles. Not sure we’d have time to do it during the season …. but who knows in the future.

Representing DC with Wizards & Stuff - Truth About It.net and Bullets Forever.

by Kyle Weidie on Nov 12, 2009 12:51 AM EST up reply actions