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| Speedy Claxton |
PG |
November 2, 2007 |
Sore left knee - out indefinitely |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Claxton has yet to play this season because of his continuing struggles with knee soreness. Claxton is listed as day-to-day, but his return is uncertain. |
| Marvin Williams |
F |
May 7, 2008 |
One game for fouling R Rando on 5/4 |
League Suspension |
November 1, 2008 |
| Williams was suspended one game without pay for committing a flagrant foul against the Celtics' Rajon Rondo in the Hawks' Game 7 playoff loss in Boston. |
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| Darius Miles |
SF |
September 19, 2008 |
10 games for violating drug policy |
League Suspension |
November 15, 2008 |
| Miles has been suspended without pay for 10 games for violating the terms of the anti-drug program at the end of the 2007-08 season. Miles' suspension will begin with the first game of the 2008-09 regular season for which he is eligible and physically able to play. Miles has missed the past two NBA seasons because of knee injuries. He has averaged 10.6 points and 5.2 rebounds in his career. |
| October 30, 2007 |
Right knee |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Miles didn't appear in the Blazers' season opener on Tuesday because he's still recovering from microfracture surgery on his right knee. His return is still uncertain. |
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| Sean May |
PF |
October 6, 2007 |
Right knee surgery - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 1, 2008 |
| May is facing six to 12 months of rehabilitation after microfracture surgery on his right knee this week. May had the surgery Tuesday in New York. It involved drilling tiny holes in bones around the knee to try to stimulate cartilage growth. May will be on crutches for up to two months. The Bobcats are hopeful the procedure will allow May to play again in the 2008-09 season. The 13th pick in the 2005 draft, May has been limited 58 games in the past two seasons. |
| Adam Morrison |
GF |
October 24, 2007 |
Torn left knee ligament - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Morrison is likely done for the season after an MRI exam on Sunday revealed a torn ligament in his left knee. |
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| JamesOn Curry |
G |
July 10, 2008 |
One game |
League Suspension |
November 4, 2008 |
| Curry was suspended for one game by the NBA on Thursday after the Bulls guard pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in Idaho. Curry was arrested in January and pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and urinating in public. A second-round draft pick in 2007, Curry spent most of his season in the Developmental League. |
| Drew Gooden |
PF |
March 29, 2008 |
Abdominal strain |
Day-to-Day |
October 28, 2008 |
| Gooden will miss the remainder of the season because of a lower abdominal strain, interim coach Jim Boylan said. |
| Joakim Noah |
FC |
October 3, 2008 |
Left eye hyphema - out 1 week |
Day-to-Day |
October 28, 2008 |
| Noah will likely miss five days of training camp after being poked in the left eye during practice Wednesday. The team said on Friday that the injury left Noah with blood in the front chamber of his eye. He'll be monitored daily by the Bulls' medical staff. |
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| Daniel Gibson |
G |
May 14, 2008 |
Left game - bruised left shoulder |
Day-to-Day |
November 1, 2008 |
| Gibson will miss Game 6 of Cleveland's playoff against the Boston Celtics after separating his left shoulder during the second half Wednesday night. Gibson, one of the Cavs' best perimeter shooters, left early in the fourth quarter following a collision and did not return. The team estimated he would miss one to two weeks. The Cavaliers trail 3-2 in the best-of-seven series and could be eliminated Friday night. |
| Eric Snow |
PG |
March 11, 2008 |
Left knee soreness - out 4-6 weeks |
Day-to-Day |
October 1, 2008 |
| Snow hasn't played since damaging tissue in his knee in late February and he recently admitted that his playing career may have come to an end. "I?ve probably played my last game," Snow told the Detroit Free-Press. He has one year left on his contract, but might retire early and seek a position as a coach. |
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| Carmelo Anthony |
SF |
October 10, 2008 |
Bruised left ring finger |
Day-to-Day |
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| Anthony won't play in the Denver Nuggets' preseason opener against Minnesota on Friday night after bruising his left ring finger. |
| Sonny Weems |
GF |
August 7, 2008 |
Sports hernia, out a month |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Weems, who had surgery to repair a sports hernia in late July, expects to be ready for the beginning of training camp Sept. 30. |
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| Monta Ellis |
G |
August 28, 2008 |
Left ankle sprain - out 3 months |
Day-to-Day |
December 1, 2008 |
| Ellis will miss the first month of the regular season after severely spraining his ankle. Ellis, who got a six-year contract extension worth $66 million from the Warriors this summer, sprained his ankle and tore a deltoid ligament while working out at his home in Jackson, Miss., Warriors spokesman Raymond Ridder said. |
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| Ron Artest |
F |
July 14, 2007 |
Seven games by NBA |
League Suspension |
December 1, 2007 |
| Artest, along with Stephen Jackson, was suspended by the NBA on Saturday for the first seven games of next season because of their most recent legal problems. |
| Shane Battier |
SF |
September 27, 2008 |
Inflammation in left foot - out 4 weeks |
Day-to-Day |
October 29, 2008 |
| Battier will be sidelined up to four weeks and miss most of preseason because of an inflammation in his left foot. Battier had surgery May 9 to remove bone spurs from his left ankle, and the team said the foot inflammation occurred during rehabilitation. The Rockets expect him to be ready for the season opener against Memphis - Battier's former team - on Oct. 29. |
| Steve Francis |
PG |
December 31, 2007 |
Left quadriceps surgery - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 28, 2008 |
| Francis will have season-ending surgery to repair a torn quadriceps tendon in his right knee. |
| Yao Ming |
C |
February 26, 2008 |
Broken left foot - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
November 1, 2008 |
| Yao is out for the season with a stress fracture in his left foot. His recovery time is expected to be about four months. |
|
| Jamaal Tinsley |
PG |
February 9, 2008 |
Sore left knee |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Tinsley sat out Tuesday's 114-107 home victory over Seattle. He has missed 18 of the last 21 games with a sore left knee, and remains listed day-to-day. |
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| Paul Davis |
FC |
December 21, 2007 |
Sprained right knee - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 31, 2008 |
| Davis left Friday night's game against the Dallas Mavericks in the second quarter with a sprained right knee. |
| Chris Kaman |
C |
March 31, 2008 |
Sprained right ankle |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| The Clippers lost 93-86 to Dallas on Monday, and played the final three quarters without Kaman after he sprained his right ankle with 26 seconds left in the first. He is listed day-to-day. |
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| Andrew Bynum |
C |
January 13, 2008 |
Left knee injury - out 8 weeks |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Bynum underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Wednesday in New York, and the Los Angeles Lakers said they expect him to make a full recovery by the start of training camp next fall. The 30-minute procedure consisted of removing some cartilage debris and smoothing some rough spots on the underside of Bynum's left kneecap, the team said. |
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| Shaun Livingston |
PG |
October 30, 2007 |
Torn knee ligaments |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Livingston is still recovering from major knee surgery and won't make his season debut for several months. |
| Shawn Marion |
F |
March 19, 2008 |
Sore back |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Marion hasn't played since March 18 in a win at Milwaukee due to a sore back. He is listed day-to-day. |
| Alonzo Mourning |
C |
December 19, 2007 |
Knee injury - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Mourning tore the patellar tendon in his right knee in a collision with Atlanta's Mario West in the first quarter on Wednesday night. |
| Jason Richards |
G |
September 9, 2008 |
Torn ACL - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 31, 2009 |
| Richards will miss the entire 2008-09 season after tearing his ACL. |
| Dwyane Wade |
G |
March 10, 2008 |
Left knee rehab - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 31, 2008 |
| Heat coach Pat Riley announced Monday that Wade, the All-Star guard and 2006 NBA finals MVP who has battled left knee pain throughout the season, will not play in Miami's final 21 games this year. |
| Dorell Wright |
GF |
March 3, 2008 |
Knee surgery - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 1, 2008 |
| Wright will be out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury. the Sacramento Kings. The Heat said Wright would be in a straight-leg brace for one month, and will begin rehabilitation immediately. The 22-year-old Wright averaged career-bests of 7.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and 25.2 minutes in 43 games this season, plus hit 49 percent of his shots, the best mark of his four seasons. |
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| Jason Collins |
FC |
September 12, 2008 |
Right elbow surgery - out 6 to 8 weeks |
Day-to-Day |
November 1, 2008 |
| Collins will undergo surgery to repair a ruptured triceps tendon in his right elbow. The Timberwolves said Thursday that Collins was injured in a freak golf accident when his cart skidded on some wet ground and tipped over. |
| Sebastian Telfair |
PG |
March 11, 2008 |
Ankle sprain |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Coach Randy Wittman said he doesn't know if Telfair will return to action before the season ends. He has already missed the past 15 games, including Sunday's 113-101 home loss to Memphis, since injuring his ankle March 7 at Sacramento. |
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| Yi Jianlian |
PF |
April 2, 2008 |
Sprained left knee |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Yi will miss the final eight games of the regular season with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. The Bucks made the announcement Friday night before their game against the Indiana Pacers. |
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| Eddy Curry |
C |
March 8, 2008 |
Torn cartilage in right knee |
Day-to-Day |
October 29, 2008 |
| Curry will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, ending his disappointing season. Curry will have a piece of torn cartilage removed next week, the Knicks said Friday. Recovery time is expected to be four to six weeks. |
| October 6, 2008 |
Bacterial infection |
Day-to-Day |
October 9, 2008 |
| Curry practiced for the first time this season Monday after he was sidelined last week because of a bacterial infection. |
| Jared Jeffries |
GF |
October 3, 2008 |
Fractured left fibula - out 6 to 8 weeks |
Day-to-Day |
November 16, 2008 |
| Jeffries fractured his left fibula at practice Thursday and is expected to miss six-to-eight weeks. |
| Stephon Marbury |
PG |
January 14, 2008 |
Sore left ankle |
Day-to-Day |
November 1, 2008 |
| Marbury hasn't played since Jan. 11 after undergoing surgery on his left ankle. The point guard is out indefinitely. |
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| Robert Swift |
C |
February 22, 2008 |
Torn meniscus - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Swift is headed for another knee surgery and is likely out for the season after playing in just eight games. The 7-footer, who had been slow to recover from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that cost him all of last season, will undergo surgery March 4 to repair a torn lateral meniscus in the same knee. |
| Chris Wilcox |
FC |
March 24, 2008 |
Sprained right pinky finger |
Day-to-Day |
October 1, 2008 |
| Wilcox will miss the remainder of the season with a dislocated finger on his right hand. Wilcox originally dislocated a joint on the little finger of his hand at Phoenix on Jan. 3. He aggravated the injury against the Suns on March 19. The five-year veteran appeared in 62 games this season, averaging 13.4 points and seven rebounds in 28 minutes per game. |
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| Tony Battie |
FC |
September 28, 2007 |
Left rotator cuff tear - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 29, 2008 |
| Battie will likely undergo arthroscopic surgery on his partially torn rotator cuff and could miss the entire season according to the Orlando Sentinel. |
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| Herbert Hill |
FC |
October 30, 2007 |
Left knee surgery - out 4 to 6 weeks |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Hill suffered torn cartilage in his left knee and is out indefinitely. |
| Royal Ivey |
G/F |
April 16, 2008 |
three games, for conduct in 4/14 game |
League Suspension |
November 3, 2008 |
| Ivey was suspended three games by the NBA on Wednesday for punching Chicago's Aaron Gray in the groin. Ivey will miss the Bucks' season finale against Minnesota on Wednesday and the first two regular-season games he is eligible to play next season. |
| Jason Smith |
FC |
August 9, 2008 |
Torn left ACL - Out for season |
Day-to-Day |
March 1, 2009 |
| Smith tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during an NBA-approved camp in Las Vegas in early August. It's unclear when he'll be able to return to the court, but there's a possibility he misses the entire 2008-09 season. |
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| Amare Stoudemire |
FC |
October 3, 2008 |
Partially torn right iris - out 3 days |
Day-to-Day |
October 29, 2008 |
| According to the East Valley Tribune, Stoudemire was inadvertently poked in the right eye by a teammate on Wednesday, and suffered a partially torn iris. There is no damage to the retina or the cornea, and Stoudemire is day-to-day. |
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| Channing Frye |
FC |
September 9, 2008 |
Left ankle surgery - out 8 to 10 weeks |
Day-to-Day |
November 7, 2008 |
| Frye will likely miss the start of the regular season after having surgery to remove bone spurs from his left ankle. The arthroscopic surgery was performed Monday in Southern California, and the team said he is expected to miss 8-to-10 weeks. The Trail Blazers open their season Oct. 28. |
| Greg Oden |
C |
September 11, 2007 |
Right knee surgery - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 27, 2008 |
| Greg Oden, the top pick in this year's NBA draft, likely will miss his first season with the Portland Trail Blazers after surgery on his right knee Thursday. |
| Joel Przybilla |
C |
April 6, 2008 |
Broken bone in right hand |
Day-to-Day |
October 31, 2008 |
| Przybilla broke a bone in his right hand during the second quarter of Portland's game against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. The Blazers said he will miss the team's final five games. |
| Martell Webster |
GF |
April 3, 2008 |
Flu-like symptoms, dizziness |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| The Blazers were without Webster for Sunday's 72-65 loss to visiting San Antonio. He suited up for Portland's loss to Houston on Thursday night, but experienced dizziness and flu-like symptoms and was taken to a hospital. Webster spent the night when doctors found an irregular heartbeat and he was not at Sunday's game. He was expected to be examined by the Blazers' cardiologist early this week. |
| October 9, 2008 |
Stress fracture left foot, out 8-10 wks |
Day-to-Day |
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| The Blazers said that Webster had surgery Thursday to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. Webster was injured in the exhibition opener, a 110-81 victory over the Sacramento Kings. |
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| Shareef Abdur-Rahim |
FC |
December 8, 2007 |
Right knee surgery - out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 27, 2008 |
| Abdur-Rahim had surgery on his right knee Friday and is expected to miss the rest of the season. |
| Brad Miller |
C |
April 5, 2008 |
leg |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Miller missed his second straight game Sunday with a lower leg strain. He's day-to-day. |
| July 10, 2008 |
Five games for violation of drug program |
League Suspension |
November 12, 2008 |
| Miller was suspended for five games by the NBA on Thursday because the center violated the league drug program. Miller, whose ban is set to begin with the first game of the 2008-09 season, averaged 13.4 points and 9.5 rebounds in 72 games last season. |
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| Manu Ginobili |
SG |
September 2, 2008 |
Left ankle surgery |
Day-to-Day |
October 29, 2008 |
| Ginobili had arthroscopic surgery Wednesday to repair a ligament injury in his left ankle. The Spurs said Wednesday that the surgery in Los Angeles had gone well and Ginobili will be in a splint and on crutches for three weeks. Then, his rehabilitation schedule will be determined after his ankle is re-evaluated. |
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| Jorge Garbajosa |
FC |
December 11, 2007 |
Left leg surgery - out 10 weeks |
Day-to-Day |
October 30, 2008 |
| Garbajosa underwent surgery on his left leg Tuesday and will be off it for at least 10 weeks. No timetable has been set for Garbajosa's return and he will remain on the inactive list indefinitely. He broke a bone in his lower leg and dislocated his ankle while trying to block a shot in March. The injury ended his rookie season. |
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| Gilbert Arenas |
PG |
April 30, 2008 |
Left knee- out for season |
Day-to-Day |
October 31, 2008 |
| Arenas says he won't play again this season because of problems with his surgically repaired knee. |
| September 18, 2008 |
Left knee surgery - out 3 months |
Day-to-Day |
December 5, 2008 |
| Arenas had a third operation on his bothersome left knee Wednesday morning, once again throwing into doubt his status for an upcoming Washington Wizards season. The Wizards offered no timetable for his return - beyond the fact that he obviously won't be ready for the start of training camp next week - but Arenas told The Washington Post that he plans to be back on the court in early December, which would rule him out for the first month of the season. |
| Antawn Jamison |
F |
October 8, 2008 |
right knee strain |
Day-to-Day |
|
| Jamison left the Wizards' preseason opener against the Dallas Mavericks with a sprained right knee. Jamison's leg buckled while playing defense midway through the first quarter Tuesday night, and he had to be helped to the locker room by teammates. A team spokesman said Jamison was out for the rest of the game. |
| Darius Songaila |
PF |
May 2, 2008 |
One game for striking L James on 4/30 |
League Suspension |
October 31, 2008 |
| Songaila has been suspended one game for striking Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in the face with his hand, and will sit out Friday night's Game 6 of the playoff series. |
| Etan Thomas |
FC |
October 10, 2007 |
Heart surgery - out indefinitely |
Day-to-Day |
November 1, 2008 |
| Thomas, was cleared to practice for the first time since he had open-heart surgery in October. No timetable has been set for him to play in a game. After a routine preseason physical, Thomas was told surgery would be a good idea because of a leaky aortic valve. The biggest impediment to his return to practice had been concern over how much pounding he could take on his sternum, which was broken during the 4 1/2-hour operation. |
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Updated Sat Oct 11 1:02 PM EDT
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