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New Toronto Raptors striker Kawhi Leonard is very well documented, but his teammate Danny Green revealed in his podcast on Tuesday that he too had suffered a prolonged injury last season. [19659002] On the first episode of Inside the Green Room with Danny Green, the 31-year-old guard's show with Harrison Sanford, the UNC product revealed that his end-of-season physique revealed a tear in his groin .
the Raptors last week under the agreement Leonard who saw DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a protected first-round pick of 2019 go the other way, played in 70 games the last season, despite a number of injuries
"December has arrived and we played in Boston," said Green. Kyrie [Irving] was still playing at that time, he was not hurt. They are doing very well, in fact, early in the season. In fact, we won the game, but my stomach hurt in the first half, in the first or second quarter. I was trying to hunt and block a dunk, which was stupid because I was far from getting the block, but that's just the competitive nature in me. "
After an MRI revealed the strain, Green says the rehabilitation process" With pressure in the groin, it's hard to tell between a groin and a sports hernia, sometimes, "says Green. Some time to heal, I try to play again and some days, I would have bad days and a few days, that would be good. And I would feel it and it would be like "Maybe you should check it" and my agent [said] "Maybe you should have a second opinion." I did not want to because I had full faith and belief in Spurs staff. They have always been great with me. They have always done by me. They have always done a hellish job. "
Green said while staff continued to watch his injury during the season, seeking a second opinion, as Leonard did for his quadriceps injury that kept him at bay." "Throughout the season, we monitored [the strain] but we never went back to see him because so many other injuries had occurred," said Green. "I should have had a second opinion, So I can see where Kawhi came from when he got his second opinion.You will often get information from outside sources.I'm not saying that the Spurs staff is not up to par, It's just that not everyone is a specialist in all areas.It's not like they're specialists from the groin area or the Sports hernia.Go to a guy, who may be in Philadelphia, get a second opinion should not hurt. "
This is only q After the team lost a first-round playoff series of five West Conference games to the eventual NBA Golden State Warriors champion Green learned that the disease was more than just a problem. A strain.
"At the end of the season, I had to go through another MRI – you get your physical output – and the voltage was still there and now a full one," says Green. "Since then, I've been rehabbing it, basically and now they are pbading this information to Toronto, but we do not know how long I was playing with tension or [when] the tear had occurred because we had not really retreated or we did not Concentrated on it with other injuries that occurred throughout the season – Achilles, broken finger, had stitches on my face or elsewhere.A second opinion could have been useful. "
Although Green insists that the Spurs' staff was anything but careless, he acknowledges that the fact that Leonard sought an outward appearance for his injury should not have been criticized. [the strain] They did everything they could t, but I think it would have been nice to see a specialist just to see another angle, another vision. So, just because Kawhi had a second opinion, you can not hit him for that. Everyone should get a second opinion just to see another perspective. "
Green says that the pressure that he put on himself did not allow him to take the time for reflection which, in retrospect, was necessary
I could say that my game it's deteriorated towards the end of the season, "said Green." This was not the same thing, but because of my competitive nature, I did not want to leave the field. playing anyway and I felt the pressure we needed to win.We needed everyone and I felt that if I did not play, we would not have not very lucky, with Kawhi not playing, we were even less lucky, we missed a few other starters and wanted to show that I could help, but I probably should have sat down, waited and taken a little time or do another rebadessment and get a second opinion. "
For his 10th season of the NBA, Green says that # 3 9 He is inspired by a former teammate with whom he played during his rookie season in Cleveland while he is working on the form of the game.
"I hope that I'll get back to 100 percent, "says Green," when you get older, it's hard to maintain. That's the key. Obviously, LeBron [James] in the year 15 kills him. Eighty-two games are hard to do. Most young players do not play 82 games. "
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