Doc Rivers: Garnett likely out for the playoffs

by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Apr 16, 2009 8:48 AM CDT in 2009 NBA Playoffs

Doc Rivers saw Kevin Garnett try and play this morning during practice and didn't really like what he saw. Rivers had Garnett shut it down, and told WEEI this morning that Garnett's prospects of playing this postseason weren't very good --

In an interview this morning on Boston sports radio station WEEI, Celtics coach Doc Rivers said it was likely that Kevin Garnett would not be ready to play at all in the playoffs. "After today there's no way he can play," said Rivers, who left open the possibility his star could return at some point in the postseason but was not optimistic.

While a potential matchup with the Celtics is stil 4 weeks or so away, this is certainly big news for Cleveland and Orlando, Boston's potential 2nd Round opponent.

In all honesty, this is sad news. I want every team in the playoffs to be at full strength. No excuses for winning or losing. As Cleveland found out about a month ago, however, Boston is pretty damn good at home even without Garnett...

Head over to Celtics Blog for all the latest.

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The City of Boston

just issued a suicide alert for Celtic fans. Seriously though, I wanted to beat them this year straight up. Now, they have a bit of an excuse.

So I told her," I'll be nicer if you try to be smarter!'..That was a mistake.

by Juannieboy on Apr 16, 2009 10:45 AM CDT reply actions

Oh great

now they have their built in excuse.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Apr 16, 2009 12:51 PM CDT reply actions

Theres no excuses in basketball…Im sure some celtics fans will do it, youre right…but definetly not me…Injuries are part of the game

you guys werent guaranteed to win against us, but were the favorites and had homecourt…and now your chances are greatly increased, but it truly is a shame for the game of basketball, and fans of both teams should realize that.

Nothing is set in stone as it is, and I personally dont like the way you guys match up with the lakers…

At this point you guys definetly want to see us, because from what I saw you dont match up well with orlando either

Good luck, and hopefully we can meet you in the ECF, seemed like a foregone conclusion before, but now not so much

by TheAncientRivalry on Apr 16, 2009 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, we won't have Ben Wallace

which means it all works out in the end. This will be an even fight.

by WaveOcean on Apr 16, 2009 2:30 PM CDT reply actions

lol

please tell me youre kidding :)

by TheAncientRivalry on Apr 16, 2009 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions

You know, Garnett had a lot of miles on him when Boston got him and extended his contract. There is an injury risk inherent in any contract to any player, but to older players and those with as much wear and tear on them as Garnett there is heightened risk, so I don’t feel all that sorry for them, nor do I think any of them should use it as an excuse, the chances are that Garnett would be injured at some point during his contract. It simply happened towards the second half of this season instead of the first. It seems that a team has a lot of money to spend that they are a bit more careless with it. Maybe extending an aging player like Garnett wasn’t such a good idea (wouldn’t have made a difference this season, but this injury doesn’t bode well for the rest of his career).

by hans on Apr 16, 2009 10:51 PM CDT reply actions