Limping through training camp

[DrReality]

Limping through training camp

By Sekou Smith | Thursday, October 5, 2006, 03:55 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Hawks haven’t made it out of the first week of training camp and there’s another guy hurt. Rookie Solomon Jones is out for perhaps the next two weeks with a sprained ankle. He can now join Speedy Claxton and Zaza Pachulia, both starters, on the Hawks’ walking wounded list.

I saw him limping around after Wednesday morning’s practice but Hawks coach Mike Woodson was hopeful that it wasn’t an injury that would cause Jones to miss significant time. Two weeks isn’t ideal but it’s better than a month.

None of these scrapes are long term, even Claxton’s fractured finger should be fully healed before the start of the regular season. But every single hit during camp makes it harder for the Hawks to develop good chemistry among the core rotation of players.

Jones, who has been impressive during workouts throughout the summer, didn’t need a setback like this so early in the season. And the Hawks can only hope that this is the last of the nagging injuries for a while. They need to maintain a decent level of healthy contributors in order to take advantage of their early seasons schedule

[Duff_Man]

Seems like they're taking a page out of the Falcons' book. Lots of small injuries.

[Blunt91]

These injuries only mean that guys like Matt Frieje and Lionel Chalmers will get more PT. We have more quality depth this year in training camp than in the previous few years.