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Bairstow ACL injury, out for the season

Didn't you know Paul our clowns behind the microphone think Craig is an Allstar 4 now? What a laugh!

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Yeah fair enough Martin wasn't a scorer either.

I don't know but it looks like he's not playing with the confidence you would expect from an import. The play where Bairstow went down I can't see why Beal didn't just take it to the basket himself and let the big fella do the work he's paid for, from what I've seen of Bairstow, running the floor at full tilt, catching and finishing probably isn't his strong suit.

and in the past his backcourt partner has always been a scoring threat.

Damian Martin???????

Just an observation on this injury and I don't blame Beal but Bairstow didn't even want the pass he was on the way to get the rebound should Beal have missed. This is a common problem with guard play not recognising when their bigs want the ball in transition and I think it comes down to Beal's loss of confidence. As an import I think he has been terrible, maybe its because he's matched up with Gibson who is not a prolific scoring threat and in the past his backcourt partner has always been a scoring threat. Beal doesn't seem to have any lift in his legs, his ball handling is not good so without a scoring backcourt partner he is struggling.

Dazz - I believe they do a combination of Lars and Hammy these days for pros.

I had a recon in 2012. I was back shooting hoops at 8 months and I'm not a pro athlete, but played state league level. I was back to full competition in 12 months.

It's not a major injury that it was decades ago. It's just a long rehab process. So people fair better than others.

Hammy only takes a little longer to recover for footy players coz they need the length in their hammy. Basketballers not so much. It's much or a muchness

Sorry to hear this. Real shame to see all these top Aussies go down but ACL is unpalatable news.

I'd go for a perimeter player for sure, not a big.

All the rio Olympians got injuries? Martin, Goulding, Anderson now Bairstow, bad luck, a lot of injuries to key player's to each team.

Imagine LeBron, curry etc all out at stages?

Just want to see the best player's playing and see which is the best team, never happen injuries are apart of the game.

All the rio Olympians got injuries? Martin, Goulding, Anderson now Bairstow

Shit, fell bad for the guy. Fought his way back from that Shoulder injury, and now this. ACL's take a long time to rehab.

I know in AFL circles there is debate about whether to to use LARS, a synthetic strengthener, or the traditional hammy graft.
Anyone know what the preferred method is for ballers?

Breakers take the win to end the Hawks winning streak at home (15wins) and go top of the table with a 9-2 record.
Kirk Penney looks to be back to his best (or at least getting close to it) with 22 points while Gary Ervin had a game high 31 points with 16 of those coming in the last 10mins as he tried to carry his team to a win, the guy can flat out play no doubt.
Tough place to get a win and then factor in how well the Hawks have been playing and you get one happy Breakers outfit.
New Zealand now head to Melbourne to take on the Tigers who are 2-8 so far this season. The Breakers bench is going to have to step up and take some pressure off Wilkinson,CJ and Penney after that tough Hawks game but there is more than enough depth there to do it. Didn't see much of Abercrombie in the box score Vs the Hawks so I'm guessing he should be reasonably fresh for the Tigers and i would expect a fair bit of the offense to go through his hands with that Scout at the game.

I think they should get a perimeter player. They've got Jervis, Kickert, Petrie and Young, and Craig can slide to the four at times. Meanwhile they only have three genuine guards and Bruce is struggling.

Any 6'9-6'11 bigs running around in the SEABL?

Bairstow/Dave Anderson/Julian Khazzah(the ZOO) all long term injuries.

Terrible news for Bairstow, sorry to hear it. It really means he is out for the best part of two seasons not one, because he will probably miss most of next season too.

Officially an ACL, out for the season.

ACL is the word on the street

Leachim Naginud!!!!!!

Hope it's minor. If it's not do Brisbane get an import big to replace him or go for a perimeter player?

If Jervis gets minutes he'll foul out.

They were keeping the 3rd import slot up their sleeve for something like this. They'll need to pull the trigger quickly though.

RIP Bullets

ACL or Meniscus damage. Probably both. Shame.