Kyrie Irving Remains Out With Concussion, Return Is Unknown

by johnf34 on Feb 9, 2012 10:37 PM CST in Cleveland Cavaliers in the News

Cavliers rookie starlet Kyrie Irving was evaluated Thursday at the Cleveland Clinic by Dr. Rick Figler.

With the new head injury policy in place by the league, Irving will be guaranteed to be slowed into returning to play. Concussions are notoriously hard to pinpoint a return timetable on so we'll have to follow this one closely to see when he plays again.

A good part about the process is that a league hired neurologist must pass the player in a series of tests before he can participate again. The process will definitely take a couple days so expect Irving to miss a bit more action.

The incident where Irving injured himself was when he crashed into Heat forward Chris Bosh and then fell and nailed his head on Dwyane Wade's knee.

For the season Irving is 18 points for the 10-14 Cavaliers.

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This is a not a bad thing at all:
1. An injury not effecting the player’s game in the future (unlike knee, shoulder etc).
2. A whole week of rest, for a rookie, is worth its weight in gold. You can kiss that “rookie wall” goodbye…

By the way, I would also let Casspi rest for a week on the bench. He made great efforts to blend in, but his clutch is slipping badly – so he waists tons of effort for little results. Let him come back in a week and earn it with the second squad.

by cats&shoes on Feb 10, 2012 3:05 AM CST reply actions