A grade 3 sprain takes longer than 3-4 weeks to heal.
Seems like it’s either closer to grade 2, or they just want to leave the possibility open for AlP to come back this season if we are still in the race in 3 weeks.
Official update on Alperen Şengün, per @HoustonRockets Head Coach Ime Udoka:
Severe ankle sprain, Grade 3
Bone bruise in the knee
Nothing broken; no ligaments torn.
Timeline is 3-4 weeks.— Vanessa Richardson (@SportsVanessa) March 12, 2024
by FarWestEros
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We are not making the play-in, so who cares.
I’d rather have him completely healed.
His lower back was giving him issues not so long ago too. The guy was absolutely ballin’ this year, deserves the time off now, so he could focus on training in the offseason.
It just seems like the chances of actually getting thru the play ins and then much less winning a playoff series are so low that risking him doesn’t feel worth it imo.
Heavy bias on my part since Sengun easily became my favorite player, and I would rather have him fully ready for a more realistic run rather than risk making it worse for a snowballs chance in hell.
I wouldn’t be mad either if Rockets made it and al p sat out. Would still be good experience and they could see who steps up since we already know what sengun is. That being said, I don’t really see that happening without Sengun basically demanding to play, assuming his timeline matches up where the injury has maybe healed enough.
Then, if sengun does play and gets hurt, I could already see the FO hate threads being made…
Maybe AlP found a spell that regrows torn ligaments. He’s the wizard after all
I feel like this organization and front office have a habit of kinda jerking the fanbase around regarding injuries, making it out to be faster timelines than it’s actually likely to be. That’s probably all this is. Not impossible Alpi could be back in a month, but with a grade 3, very unlikely.