Dallas Mavericks Forward Caron Butler Done For Remainder Of Season

Dallas' worst nightmare seems to be on the horizon. Valuable swingman Caron Butler will miss the remainder of the regular season after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee. Butler was averaging 15 ppg, 4rpg and shooting around 43% from 3 while giving the Mavericks a reliable scoring option alongside Dirk Nowitzki (who is currently nursing injuries of his own).

This is a major blow to dallas' depth on the wing, where they were already lacking. The player formerly known as Shawn Marion will step in to fill Butler's spot in the starting rotation. Butler's injury may prompt Dallas to make a move to gain move depth (Jamario Moon or Tayshaun Prince would be a nice fit). Dallas is currently 2nd in the Western Conference behind San Antonio.

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Was David Lee's Injury Mishandled By The Warriors?

Saw this via a RT from fellow blogger Stiletto Jill (check her blog out http://jocksandstilettojill.com/). Per this story on warriorsworld.net, it seems as if the Golden State Warriors' medical staff may have mishandled an injury forward David Lee suffered after his elbow caught Knicks forward Wilson Chandler, breaking 2 of Chandler's teeth into Lee's elbow. Here's the sequence (according to the report):

•Abdenour puts a wrap around Lee’s Arm during the game

•Abdenour puts another wrap around the arm after the first one bleeds through with about 3 minutes left in the game
•Supposedly, the Knicks medical staff takes care of the cut
•David wakes up with the most pain he’s ever felt in his life, swollen arm, can’t move his hand
•Bulls medical staff checks out Lee for the next game in Chicago, suggests a visit to the hospital
•Lee has surgery last Friday for an infected laceration
•Lee is back in the hospital again today

I'm no doctor, but missing a couple weeks from a "cut" is a lot of time, and waking up from said cut with your arm swollen is cause for serious concern. But I do know that infections are a serious matter and should be handled accordingly. Hopefully they can get this resolved quickly and Lee can return to the court without any further complications.

Best wishes and a speedy recovery to David Lee.

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