Boobie Most Likely Out For The Year
Whether it be just one more game or 16 more games, one thing about the remainder of this postseason will be different from last year’s magical run: No Daniel Gibson.
Boobie will probably miss the rest of these playoffs with a separated left shoulder after colliding with Anderson Varejao in Wednesday’s Game 5 loss at Boston. Gibson left the game and was scheduled for an MRI in Cleveland on Thursday, which revealed first-degree separation. Team officials said that Boobie would miss one to two weeks, but it’s safe to say that the Cavs will shelve the former Texas Longhorn for the rest of the playoffs.
“It’s not good seeing a guy that key to your team in a suit,” LeBron James told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Somebody’s going to have to step up. A guy who hasn’t played much minutes is probably going to have to step up.”
And that “somebody” is probably going to be Damon Jones, who will finally be asked to do something to actually earn that $5 million paycheck of his. I know, I know, it sounds ridiculous: I mean, Damon Jones having to actually earn his money? Isn’t it enough to come up with different handshakes and theatrics to pull with LeBron during and after the starting introductions before returning to the bench with your warm-up pullover firmly glued to your back?
Boobie’s going to be missed. Just get well soon.
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One Response to “Boobie Most Likely Out For The Year”
May 16th, 2008 at 6:40 am
“And that “somebody” is probably going to be Damon Jones, who will finally be asked to do something to actually earn that $5 million paycheck of his. I know, I know, it sounds ridiculous: I mean, Damon Jones having to actually earn his money? Isn’t it enough to come up with different handshakes and theatrics to pull with LeBron during and after the starting introductions before returning to the bench with your warm-up pullover firmly glued to your back?”
It’s not Jones’ fault that Brown refuses to play him. In the early game he’s not much worse of a defender than Wally and he’s a far more consistent shooter. I’d rather see Andy move up to center, Lebron (or even Pavs if it’s garbage time) move to the 4, and see Jones in at SG than see Dwayne Jones in, ever, in the playoffs.
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