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Utah Jazz: Boozer, Korver, Collins all out for Spurs game

How soon til we can have a healthy Jazz team?

Over a month for a sprained ankle? I think that is ridiculous, when did players become timid over a little pain. It wont get worse (unless you turn it and re-sprain it), can't you play through a little pain and tape it tight?

You have never had a serious ankle sprain. If you there is alot of ligament damange you could be lucky to just be walking on it in a month let alone playing.

Instead of getting our players healthy that have been suffering injury since the pre-season, a la Williams, Harpring and Collins, we're just getting worse. I can name on one hand the players on the roster that aren't day-to-day or that don't have some sort of injury that has hampered them or kept them out of a game in the last week. Polish up your resumes people because I think the Jazz may be in need of a new Strength and Conditioning Coach real soon!

The competitiveness of the game is not the same as just moving around the office. He needs to take the time to be 100% so that the season closes with the thump of opponents falling.

there is more than one way to sprain an ankle, and severe sprains do not always heal quickly. I am surprised you are doubting the resolve of Mr. Williams, who I am certain will play as soon as he is able.

I used to play pick-up games at the U with Walk-ons. Now I'm not comparing that to the NBA, but these guys played real hard to try and make the squad. I sprained my ankle while playing a pick-up game there and it hurt (shed a couple tears I was trying real hard to keep back). After a month I was back on those courts with tape just fine.

Shat= never been an athlete

A bad training coach is what the oakland a's have, guys out for long periods of time over nothing; the jazz have a great record of healthy players, and all the injuries are either legitimate, or non-related to basketball. and, anyone, please, stop duncan, he's menaced the jazz for years, as if, it's his personal mission. it needs to stop, you have to realize duncan turns it up a notch against the jazz, i can't stand duncan, i'd like to see a humiliated, rejected, and pathetic spurs time after the game tonight, they can go home to their eva longorias and their eva longoarias can console them on their diminishing basketball skills, while she's thinking about the prowess of boozer and dwill.

Tape it up and get on the court. Or stay completey off of it and stop playing at all. Do one or the other.

It's refreshing to see the voices of reason outnumbering the judgemental complainers in the comment section. I've played a lot of basketball over the years. And I've gone years without an injury and then had a rash of injuries all at once. I'm sure this is one of those times for the Jazz. Sure Boozer, Williams, and Korver could grit their teeth and play now. And they will be fighting it the rest of the season. Better to let them heal up now and be 100% down the stretch. This is a good opportunity for the other players to get some minutes. I predict the Jazz will finish the season very strong.

Never claimed to be an athlete, but non-athletes tend to get injuries. Probably more so because they are not pros. Never claimed to be, but is that what it takes to have any opinion here? Do you have to be an athlete to have had and understand an injury. My lovely wife is a Physical Therapist and agrees with me.

Its like a MASH unit...Nurse Sloan and his lovely
assistant Johnson..
Does the word WIMPS mean anything to anybody?
Sorry Prop 8 opponents, its no reflection on you.

I find it incredibly entertaining that the Jazz are experiencing such difficulty. This is going to be a long season for them. Sure' they'll make the playoffs but they'll choke as always. The Jazz had their chance for a title and they'll never have another chance again. In fact it would be best if the Jazz and Utah go their seperate ways.

"(Okur) usually guards (Duncan) anyway," Sloan said this morning. "Tries to. We've never had anybody guard him. That's why we've lost a hundred games against them."

Has there ever been a better quote?

Can you "catch" an injury from someone like a cold? Why all the sudden injuries?

Has your "lovely wife" examined Williams ankle? I'm sure she knows much more than the team of docs the Jazz employ.

we havent had a full healthy line up yet. and we are still in real good shape in the standings. we only really trail the lakers. arent we better without collins anyway, why is he even listed? why is he even around? fesenko and koufos have better ball skills. colins is just another ostertag or even worse another big country reeves if anyone remebers him. a waste of space.

My vote would be for YOU and Utah to go your separate ways. Anybody with me on that?

A Physical Therapist understands the nature of the injury given the listed severity. It would probably help to examine, but why? I say man-up and get on the floor. If I made millions, I would tape it and play through the pain. As I said, it's a sprain and can't get worse unless you sprain it with a similar motion. I, personally, think the doctors the teams hire now are more worried about injuries than they need to be. Just my opinion...

No need to get rude either, just stating my opinion.