How will May's injury impact the team?

[TheBeagle]

I never factored him into the season to begin with so no problems from my perspective. I thought if he actually played 50+ games and gave us consistancy we might could win closer to 49 games.

My thoughts exactly. Anybody who was counting on Sean to play 40+ games in the first place is/was borderline delusional. If his injury turns out to be that devastating, as some of you make it out to be, then we were in a hell of a lot more trouble than I realized, before the recent prognosis. There's no way anyone should have relied on Sean. What evidence was there that he was going to suddenly be reliable this year? The majority of you "clowned" on him the whole off-season, what with the Kristy Kremes, and posting appearances partying with the townies, now all of a sudden it's like we just lost an MVP candidate. Wow, this reaction just baffles me completely; since I'm in the minority here, perhaps I'm the deluded one

[ziggy]

Beagle,
You're not delusional at all. Although I knew that he wasn't going to give us 70+ games this season. In my mind there was always those lingering "what ifs".
What if the knee is ok this year?
What if he drops some weight?
what if he is able to hold down the PF spot?
With Sean's talent, I think we all let the "what ifs" outweigh our rationality.

[Keetch]

I'm almost relieved that finally May will receive full treatment for his knee. I'm not frustrated at all. What was frustrating was the denial / wishful thinking that Sean and the Bobcats have been living with for a long time.

I never really expected anything different this year anyway; his basic problem had never been resolved and you knew it ultimately had to be.

So best wishes Sean; here's to successful surgery and rehab. I very much look forward to your return to the team next season and very much hope the team and fans stay positive for you.

Without you the Bobcats can still be a good and entertaining team. With you in the future, we can be champions.

[WarioVsMooChicken]

Even more now, I wish we had Voskul.

[qchoops]

WvsMc,

You hit the nail on the head - the Bobcats management must have been expecting to get minutes out of May this year or they wouldn't have allowed Voskuhl to leave. He didn't put up great numbers, but he did give the team solid minutes and he knows how to play in the pros. Now, Hollins and Davidson (or maybe just one) are going to be tossed in the fire, and the team's record is going to suffer for it.

[dav7z]

First Mays knee is done for .Drilling holes to creat scar tissue to replace cartlidge will Never work. We need a experianced big one way or another. Even if it means trading Ammo he's expendable right now.We to deep on the wings any way. Or even signing Vareajo srraight out. Losing May hurts but it's not the end of the world.But the way i see it is we got two roster spots to fill and we have lost two power fowards. We need to get two experianced bigs to replace them. At least one decent one. We got enough projects in Hollins and Davidson. Hollins will not last 10 mins befor foul truble if he starts. Premoz it seems as if his personal truble might last a while according to what i've been reading. Face it we need a solid vetran and most are gone now. So we either try to sign Vareajo or trade Ammo for some one . No one else makes sence to trade.Does any body want to trade a Rich or a Wallace or a Carroll just to keep a Ammo.

[davcbow]

I dont see where it will effect us much because we are used to him not being in the game already....

[123together]

it means walter and dudley will have to play a lot of minutes, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but may has mad skillz when he is healthy

[kidk612]

First Mays knee is done for .Drilling holes to creat scar tissue to replace cartlidge will Never work.

Umm... it has worked on other guys and I don't see any reason to be overly pessimistic about May's chances to come back from this. He's pretty young and its not like his game was centered around jumping out of the gym to begin with. I could understand questioning May's role in his own rehab, especially given his rep on this board, but I wouldn't write off his career based just on the surgery.

As far as trading Ammo, I personally think thats a terrible idea. If you really think we could get a guy like Gooden for him at this point you are out of your mind. Why would we possibly want to sell low on him right now?

I also think signing Varejao would be a mistake. From what I understand he's demanding Darko money ($7-8 mill a year I believe?). Making a multiyear commitment of that kind of coin to someone of his status would bite us in the ass. With the Oakfor contract situation and Felton being eligible for an extension I think next year, seems like we'd be handcuffed to our current roster. Varejao would be really nice to have on the team given the current situation but to me it just doesn't seem worth it.

Maybe I'm delusional, but I don't think now is the time to hit the panic button. I'm unsure how the situation with May will play out, we have a $2.6 mil option for him next year, but I'd hope that regardless of what happens he'll be back with us unless we don't want him around, which we'd be crazy not to. Can't even begin to predict how this surgery will affect him or whether he'll be truly committed to coming back, but if he does come back at least close to his former self and stay on the court, I'd take him over Varejao. 2 years younger with a higher ceiling and already has more polish anyway. I'd stay the course, bring in a cheapish vet big and hope our younger guys step up, keeping May as a somewhat low risk option after this year.

I know it sucks after a summer of positive moves and optimism to take a blow like this, but giving away Morrison for peanuts or buying high on Varejao at this point just don't seem like the answers. Is our roster strong enough to make the playoffs? I honestly don't know now that May is out of the picture, but its certainly still possible and I wouldn't want to make a rash move just to increase our chances this year, if its going to hurt us in the future.

[Mustachio]

i like the way nckid thinks!!!

May's knee surgery is something that a very high percentage of players who have had it done recently have come back from. Including Amare Stoudemire i think.

Ammo isnt going anywhere... might as well just come to terms with it.