Everyone keeps talking that’s he’s still recovering. Does anyone know when the surgery happened and what it was for?
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I think it was his ankle but idk what. He was scootering around pregame once with a boot on right after when I was in attendance. No clue what they were correcting or fixing.
Had the exact same thought as I proceed through the 12 steps re Perry. Other thoughts:
- Is Eli working hard this offseason?
- could Taine be a 4th year sleeper?
- ditto re Warley
And then I was gonna go hunting for whether there’s anyone awesome left on the board but I think I moved to a different step.
It’s incredible that none of the UVA beat writers can get a story on this.
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He had ankle surgery in Feb if I recall. It was to fix a nagging/ongoing thing.
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Just saw him and he was walking on his own two feet with no signs of a brace or boot. He even appeared to laugh at one point. No longer concerned about missing on guards
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WE ARE SO BACK
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Did he happen to be hopping on one foot when he laughed, or was it just a regular laugh? Chuckle or belly?
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Actually [finger to ear] I’m now getting reports that that wasn’t a laugh, it was a grimace of pain
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Probably some kind of stomach cramp…appendicitis!
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This was the laugh:
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With our luck this off-season, it’ll progress from needing a world class surgeon by 7:00 pm to expected amputation by 10:00 pm.
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Too soon…
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I’m not sleeping on Taine.
His offensive stats last year were excellent in every way except usage. (One could also quibble with his FT Rate and FT% but on 18 attempts, I think the sample is too small to say much.)
And of course his last four games, he showed a lot more skill and creativity while he got sustained run.
Those are averages of 26 min and 8 points per game on 8-16 2s and 5-12 3s with 5A and no TO. And I intentionally left in the last game, which was a stinker for him as much as anyone.
I think Taine will be ahead of Rohde in the rotation all year. I think he will show more aggression that we’ve seen. I think he’ll hit 3s. Let me post my prediction for him right here, so I can look like a genius or dunce. Assuming no new guards are added (otherwise these are void):
20 MPG
7 PPG
110 ORtg
15% usage
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Obviously depends on who else we get, but I wouldn’t hate Taine starting, or at least a 6th man role. He’s one I wanted shooting more this year.
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[offstage] “Taine Murray! You’ve just been rewarded with your first ever starting spot as a Wahoo! How are you going to celebrate!”
Taine: “I’m not gonna shoot!”
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