''The warmups felt great,'' he said. ''Once I ran up and down the court like three times ... I...

''The warmups felt great,'' he said. ''Once I ran up and down the court like three times ... I mean, I'm in such bad shape right now. I really gotta get back after it because I hadn't done anything in about 10 days. It's unbelievable how fast you lose it.

''I was so out of shape I wanted to come out. Coach [Vinny Del Negro] told me to keep running.''

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Noah was out with an eye injury

Noah is going to be a problem if he cannot stay in physical shape when his limiting factor is an eye injury.

He should be on the bike, on the treadmill, and running drills. Has he been doing these things?

by NBA Observer on Oct 12, 2008 1:58 PM CDT reply actions

nods

You don’t need your eye to run a treadmill. Someone needs to keep a close watch on his conditioning. I really don’t want to see him huffing and puffing up and down the court through the first half of the season.

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by cranscape on Oct 12, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Depending on the type of damage done to the eye

it’s likely he was advised to refrain from strenuous activity.

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by snley on Oct 13, 2008 9:00 AM CDT up reply actions

Maybe for a normal

person who sits in the office all day, but Noah is supposedly an athlete. Running a treadmill or riding a stationary bike is not strenuous for athletes. It should be routine.

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by cranscape on Oct 13, 2008 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions

maybe

they wanted to avoid getting sweat into the eye…thus, no activity

by NormVanBeer on Oct 13, 2008 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions

Goggles

Not of the beer variety.

by NBA Observer on Oct 13, 2008 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Blood flow

is the most likely reason not to do to much with that injury. shrug Doctors know best I guess.

It will be awesome to see him wear goggles during a game though. With his hair and the goggles…Benny the Bull will have run for his money.

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by cranscape on Oct 13, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions

working out, not playing

by NormVanBeer on Oct 14, 2008 9:03 AM CDT up reply actions

They had the Suns practice covered on NBATV

And at least in Amare’s case he wasn’t allowed to run. They said strenuous activity increases blood flow, including to the eye which slows the eye’s healing. I would like to assume the same held true for Noah.

by CJ Bulls on Oct 13, 2008 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

well there you go

thanks.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 13, 2008 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions

Thanks for the info

I guess that was a worse injury for a guy like Noah than I had thought. He already had conditioning issues. Who knew a bad poke to the eye could compound that.

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by cranscape on Oct 13, 2008 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions

‘’My teammates wanted me to shoot, probably because they thought I was going to miss,’’ Noah said. ‘’But my release was just so on-point.’’

^ha!

by Belize on Oct 12, 2008 2:48 PM CDT reply actions

Noah sure does talks about getting in shape a lot

He’s admitted that his conditioning was a problem both last season and during the summer league. Apparently his conditioning is still a problem. Does he ever plan on actually improving his conditioning?

by Big D on Oct 12, 2008 3:39 PM CDT reply actions