The New Orleans Hornets sure seem proud that they're being so cautious with Anthony Davis. Hornets coach Monty Williams has held Davis out twice—once because of his knee, once because of his shoulder—in a three-game span because of minor injuries.
Even though Davis' shoulder was deemed fine by medical personnel and he was cleared to return to what was a close loss against Brooklyn on Tuesday, he did not return. He sprained his knee vs. Dallas the previous Friday, and although he was back on the bench and fine to return in that fourth quarter, Williams again kept him out of what was also a close loss.
“These guys mean a lot to me,” Williams told the Times-Picayune after the loss to Brooklyn. “And when I see guys hurting in that way, I have to err on the side of caution. I'll talk to the doctors and trainers and find out, but when a guy is holding a shoulder like that, I've got to hold him out. They told me he could go back in, but I decided not to put him back out there.”
Cautious, conservative, careful…
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.