Przybilla to undergo MRI Wednesday night; meniscus tear possible Blazers center Joel Przybilla underwent another MRI exam on his sore left knee Wednesday night after pain continued to persist, and Przybilla said team trainers told him he is displaying signs of a tear in his meniscus cartilage. Przybilla injured the knee last week against the Los Angeles Lakers when it locked up while he was defending Lakers center Andrew Bynum. Blazers trainers popped the joint back into place in the locker room, and an initial MRI showed no structural damage. But while the swelling has decreased, the pain has persisted and Przybilla said it flares up when he squats down or makes other motions that put added stress on the joint. If it is a meniscus tear, then you have to figure arthroscopic surgery is the next step and there is a very good chance that it would sideline Przybilla for the rest of the season. And while many have complained that his production has been minimal this year, look at how Memphis and Seattle were able to drive and finish at the basket more efficiently than in past games, when opponents would often kick out after a drive. Blazers coach Nate McMillan said it's unquestionably due to Przybilla's absense. "For us I think it's been huge," McMillan said, "because a lot of people look at his numbers and say, 'Well, he's not doing this.' He did some things for us that we don't have someone else doing: Clogging and setting the tone for our defense and giving us those 18, 19 minutes to start the quarters off has made a huge difference. He was a great, really our best screener as far as getting out on our pick-and-roll sets and getting hits. So that's missing. It forces someone to all of a sudden go from, you know, Jamaal, from backing up to starting. So I think we miss what he brings to the floor. "Joel kind of set the tone during the quarters to defend that (dribble penetration). And I really feel that his teammates saw what he was doing and brought that in. We miss him, but we may be missing him for a while." http://www.thecolumbian.com/sports/blazerbanter MRI顯示有可能是膝蓋半月板受傷， 如果確定的話那就要動手術，整個球季也會因此報銷， 雖然球季只剩下沒幾場，雖然Przybilla是個玻璃人隨時都有可能受傷， 但聽到Przybilla又報銷的消息不免讓人失望。 他NBA生涯幾乎都在傷病和報銷中度過，今年一樣是傷病連連... 雖然現在拓荒者需要他的防守，但該動手術就去動吧，身體健康最重要！ 希望他能早日康復！ 另外之前有看到Magloire對他自己目前處境滿失望的， 我猜他可能約滿之後會另謀出路，應該不會和球隊續約。 所以Przybilla受傷的另一個定義可能是球隊會把今年選秀的目標放在PF/C上面， 畢竟他這樣一直傷下去也不是辦法... （另外，今年FA沒什麼好中鋒可以簽的，交易的話好用一點的中鋒人家說不定不肯放） 而且禁區只剩Randolph和Aldridge、LaFrentz(他也是顆不定時炸彈)可能會爆掉 囧rz -- #35 Kevin Durant |G-F College Team:Texas Height: 6-10 Weight: 204 lbs. SEASON MIN PTS REB AST TO STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P% 2006-2007 34.6 24.7 11.5 1.6 2.9 1.7 1.8 1.9 .479 .800 .379 --

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