[爆料] Jazz Notes: Williams recovering from groin injury
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Jazz Notes: Williams recovering from groin injury
By Phil Miller
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 03/01/2007 03:04:18 AM MST
EMPHIS, Tenn. - To Andrei Kirilenko, it's no coincidence the Jazz went
0-2 when Deron Williams sat out last week.
"Fish [Derek Fisher] did good job for him, but any team is better with
usual guys out there," Kirilenko said. "Everyone is more comfortable."
Williams hasn't been comfortable since he pulled a muscle in his groin
during the Rookie-Sophomore Challenge in Las Vegas two weeks ago. But with
the help of rest, ice and even lasers, the second-year guard is healthy
enough to play again.
"It's still a little sore, but it's a lot better," Williams said. "It's
going away, and if I warm up good, I'm fine."
Williams has has undergone extensive treatment since the soreness
recurred last weekend, including the application of a device that uses laser
light to inhibit inflammation.
"I don't know what it does, but I'm doing anything I can" to play,
Williams joked. He probably won't practice at full intensity for a few more
days, but the league's second-leading assist man believes the injury
shouldn't cost him any more games.
"I just have to be careful not to try to do too much," Williams said.
"It's a little less sore every day now."
First time for everything
As if learning a new team and its offense isn't enough of a challenge,
former Jazz forward Scott Padgett is making another big adjustment after
being traded to Memphis a few weeks ago.
The Grizzlies lose more than they win.
"This is something totally new to me. I've never played on a team below
.500 in my life," said Padgett, who enjoyed four winning seasons in Utah
after being drafted by the Jazz in 1999. "But it's something you can learn
from. You see who the guys are who are going to battle through it and keep
trying to work."
Padgett, who was receiving little playing time in Houston, was traded for
Jake Tsakalidis in mid-February. He has appeared only once for the Grizzlies,
but is optimistic. "I got in the game before I had learned a play," he said
with a laugh. "The way I'm looking at is, I may have gone from a team that's
in the hunt to a team that's not going to go to the playoffs, but maybe I get
an opportunity to show what I can do on the court."
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