Phightins Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Sixers forward Marreesse Speights will be out 6 to 8 weeks with a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee, the team said today. Speights was injured in the fourth quarter of the Sixers' loss at Chicago on Saturday night and did not return to the game. He underwent an MRI exam when the team returned from Chicago and was examined by team physician Dr. Jack McPhilemy. The injury is a substantial blow to the Sixers because Speights has been one of the team's best players early this season. He is averaging 13 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in 23.4 minutes per game off the bench. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sixerville/Speights_to_miss_6-8_weeks.html Maybe we will lose every game now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted November 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 SPEIGHTS** Not Sprights. Woops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) Forward Marreese Speights to miss 6-8 weeks; MRI reveals a partial tear of the Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) in left knee. Terrible news for the Sixers. Speights was really playing well to start off the season and he will definitely be missed. On the bright side though, this may open things up for Elton Brand. With Speights out of the lineup he will be getting more minutes and probably a lot more touches. This may be the opportunity that he needs to get his game back in order. Sucks for Speights though. He was having a very good start to the season. EDIT: Just noticed that this was already made, can somebody merge/delete this thread? Edited November 15, 2009 by Built Ford Tough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) Nice spelling of Speights. At least now that retarded coach will be forced to play Elton Brand in the 4th quarter so we can see how he plays for an entire game. Edited November 15, 2009 by Diesel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Blessing in disguise. Now they are forced to use Brand, I think he can be effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Blessing in disguise. Now they are forced to use Brand, I think he can be effective. I see no way this is a blessing in disguise unless these next extra losses in the next 2 months add up to a better draft pick that turns out to be amazing. Speights has been the best player other than Iguodala this year. The best frontcourt has been when him and Brand are out there together anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Eddie Jordumb doesn't know how to use Brand...so I don't really see how it'll work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amare320 Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Still have my doubts about Brand. Big blow to the sixers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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