Rob Williams out

Out 7 weeks, minimum.

A devastating loss.




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Rosalie,

Puke face, if it is to whom I'm thinking you are referring, will not be in the ECF. You can take that to the bank.

db

Come on, Ktron!  If it's on the internet, it has to be true!!  

BTW, the internet says 6-8 weeks healing with no surgery.  

db

P.S. Going to have to agree with Perk, though, in that going to need him for the 2nd round which puts that round first week in May otherwise we're going home. That falls right at 5 weeks out from now. Time for the training staff to make their pay. All will be forgiven this season if they can pull this one out of the hat.

Williams is No. 1 among 169 players in the league who have defended 500-plus shots as the closest defender, per Second Spectrum tracking. Only Williams has held opponents under 40% shooting.


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https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2022/03/robert-williams-injury-celtics-center-to-return-in-4-6-weeks-after-undergoing-surgery-on-torn-meniscus.html



Robert Williams injury: Celtics center to return in 4-6 weeks after undergoing surgery on torn meniscus


Updated: Mar. 30, 2022, 8:46 a.m. | Published: Mar. 30, 2022, 8:41 a.m.


By Brian Robb | brobb@masslive.com



Robert Williams underwent surgery for a torn meniscus in his left knee on Wednesday morning, leaving open the possibility he could return for the Boston Celtics this postseason, a league source told MassLive. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com was first to report the news.

Williams underwent a meniscus trim during the surgery, a procedure that results in a shorter recovery timetable as compared to a meniscus repair, which would have ended his season.


Williams suffered the injury during Sunday’s win over the Timberwolves. He posted 13 points and 10 rebounds over 24 minutes before exiting the game with the injury.


The projected recovery timetable for a meniscus tear is 4-6 weeks, leaving open the possibility that Williams could return in late April or early May if Boston advanced past the first round of the postseason.

Four weeks from the procedure would be April 27th, while a six week recovery would land on May 11th. The NBA first round will begin the weekend of April 16-17. The NBA second round is expected to begin in the closing days of April depending on the length of the first-round series.

The Celtics currently sit in the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference with seven games left in the regular season, which likely gave Williams and the Celtics plenty of incentive to go with the shorter recovery timetable option with medical approval. In the meantime, Udoka says others will need to step up in Williams’ absence.

“Keeping him encouraged and we dealt with a lot of stuff injury-wise and COVID-wise earlier in the season and had to lay through that,” Udoka said this week. “Guys stepped up when Jaylen was out, or whoever it may be. You look at it like that and we’ve been well tested as far as going through some adversity early.


“Everybody else has to hold it down and wait until he’s healthy hopefully and look at that option. He has some optimism that possibly he can come back and guys have to step up in the meantime. We’ve done it all year and hopefully, he’ll be back sooner than later. We’ll see in the next few days, but that should give him some hope and optimism to heal up and rely on everybody else to kind of take his spot for now.”

Daniel Theis and Grant Williams are expected to see extra minutes in Williams’ absence over the next 4-6 weeks but the possibility that Boston could be back at full strength at some point of the Eastern Conference playoffs is in play.


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