Donnie Freeman Injury Updates (Not Out)

[CuseFan]

Great news! Whether he's back for St. Joe's or not, this means he is back soon !

 

[721Comstock]

Great news! Whether he's back for St. Joe's or not, this means he is back soon !

And so is Arinze!!

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Remember, Rothstein never exaggerates.

 

[capeorange]

We need a new thread. How about 'Donnie Freeman Injury Updates Has Been Updated'?

 

[RedtheGOB]

The fact Red specifically said, "he's back moving" leads me to conclude he has been dealing with some form of paralysis, which would point to a spinal cord injury. It's just like an episode of Grey's Anatomy. Art really does imitate life at times.

It’s more like the Pitt. They’ll prob need to crack his chest and restart his whole system.

 

[GoSU96]

Sit him through this weekend

 

[hoopsupstate]

I believe they said the same thing in Vegas before they said he was out for the tournament.

 

[PeteCalvin]

 

[Domedog84]

unsure. Just saying I've seen people drafted with both greater and less potential than Donnie. He's a big man.
Those guys did have injury concerns, btw. Big ones.

I assumed you included them because of their injury concerns, I just felt it was different than Donnie because all of those examples besides Chris were top 5 draft picks after one year of college. I think even the NBA would be scared to draft on potential for someone that has now had two years of injuries and is not currently being looked at as a first round talent.

 

[Widget24]

Ever since AO in 2010, I never trust announcements that are worded like this. My money would be on him sitting out tonight.

 

[MGraves5]

Ever since AO in 2010, I never trust announcements that are worded like this. My money would be on him sitting out tonight.

Just a guess, but I would bet there's a 2% chance he plays tonight, 10% chance Saturday and 80% chance he plays Wednesday. No reason to play him these next two games. Although Hofstra looks like they might be a tough out, we should be able to handle them without Donnie

 

[Blanko97]

Chris McCullough says hold my beer
And Zion. And Embiid. And Holmgren…

Chet, Embiid, and Zion all played essentially their entire college seasons...

 

[OmahaCuse]

Just a guess, but I would bet there's a 2% chance he plays tonight, 10% chance Saturday and 80% chance he plays Wednesday. No reason to play him these next two games. Although Hofstra looks like they might be a tough out, we should be able to handle them without Donnie

I would bring him back for limited minutes to get his feel back, even in spot duty. If he cant do further damage to injury

 

[MGraves5]

I would bring him back for limited minutes to get his feel back, even in spot duty. If he cant do further damage to injury

I agree, but still 2 more non conference games after these 2 to get him some minutes.

 

[orangemass]

Freeman isn’t sniffing Mock Drafts right now.

Glue?

 

[23Zone]

Game time decision is a total bunch of pigeon pie

 

[M2MPrinciples]

No good reason for him to play tonight. Just a little gamesmanship from Red is my guess.

 

[TommyA13]

Make him available but don’t play him unless it’s absolutely necessary

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Start him, then bench him at the first media timeout.

 

[atlanticuse]

Zion, Embiid and Holmgren all had amazing seasons and showed flashes of being absolute superstars. Donnie is a potential high upside guy, not a potential generational talent.

Did Jeremi Grant blow it out in 2 seasons here?
I had no idea he would be as strong an NBA player as he is.

To your point, he was an iron man 72 games (!!) in 2 years with 29 starts.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Start him, then bench him at the first media timeout.

Red needs to coach with more accountability, imho.

 

[Cuse_NYC]

He isn’t playing. In Red’s interview, he didn’t even assure us that he’ll be back for ACC play…

 

[MikeSU02]

Chris McCullough was drafted a decade ago. Can't compare that to now.

Donnie is going to be on teams' radars, but he'll need to prove out that he can stay healthy, but his efficiency and production are good.

He doesn't have super athleticism and he's not a guy that can hit from every level (ie 3pt).

This draft is currently viewed to be stacked, at least up top. That'll knock everyone else down a peg.

Hope for the best with Donnie. Just get healthy and help this Cuse team get to the tourney and make some noise. Everything else will fall into place.

 

[23Zone]

Poor guy seems so fragile.

 

[Cuse_NYC]

Chris McCullough was drafted a decade ago. Can't compare that to now.

Donnie is going to be on teams' radars, but he'll need to prove out that he can stay healthy, but his efficiency and production are good.

He doesn't have super athleticism and he's not a guy that can hit from every level (ie 3pt).

This draft is currently viewed to be stacked, at least up top. That'll knock everyone else down a peg.

Hope for the best with Donnie. Just get healthy and help this Cuse team get to the tourney and make some noise. Everything else will fall into place.

He really needs a good trainer to work with him. He has a soft shot (though the mechanics are a bit off, with the guide hand in front of the ball). Our staff hasn’t been able to improve his ball handling and finishing inside. I’d love to see him keep the ball up high and finish over people. It’s constantly bringing the ball down and flaring his arms for calls. The pro frame is there…