Info on Kendrick Davis ('Surgery' vs 'Stitches')

[UNTflyer]

UNT player has surgery

North Texas men's basketball guard Kendrick Davis had surgery to repair his injured left hand after he broke a glass window in a door at the Super Pit following UT-Arlington's controversial 83-81 victory over UNT on Wednesday night.

UNT coach Johnny Jones said Davis did not punch the quarter-inch glass with his fist, but he forcefully tried to open the door and "pushed" his palm through the window. A trail of Davis' blood led to the locker room.

Jones said Davis' injuries are to the palm side of his shooting (left) hand, and no bone breaks are evident.

-- Troy Phillips

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/colleges/16036693.htm

Unfortunately, this blurb doesn't tell us much. DMN calls it "stiches"

UNT guard gets stitches in shooting hand

DENTON – Senior guard Kendrick Davis underwent a procedure on his shooting hand Thursday after breaking a window in a hallway door of the Super Pit after a loss to UT-Arlington on Wednesday.

Coach Johnny Jones said Davis tried to push the door open with an open hand while running back to the locker room and accidentally broke the glass. Davis went to the hospital and had stitches after the game to close cuts.

His status for the next few weeks has yet to be determined.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...5.453f2201.html

[MeanGreenBuzz]

Not good. That will hurt his touch...

[NT80]

I would think stitches to the palm are much better than broken knuckles or fingers for a shooter. He may be out for a while but not as long as a break.

[MeanGreenBuzz]

But as a guard he spends alot of time dribbling. To lose his main hand especially where the ball hits the hand is rough.

[UNTLifer]

But as a guard he spends alot of time dribbling.  To lose his main hand especially where the ball hits the hand is rough.

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I hope he doesn't dribble or shoot with his palm.

[MeanGreenBuzz]

I hope he doesn't dribble or shoot with his palm.

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Hmmmmmm, maybe thats why I wasn't any good at basketball...

[Keith7]

If Johnny Quinn can play reciever with a cast on, I don't see why KD can't play with a bandage on.. Sure he won't be 100%, but cut down his minutes slightly, so when his hand is 100% he won't have to shake off any rust

[UNT_92_Fan]

I cut the hell outta my hand bartending during intramurals last year and tried to play...

I am telling you now...he wont be playing...

Johnny playing with a broken hand covered in a HARD cast... thats reasonable...KD playing wiht the potential of blowing the stitches out with the slightest shot to the hand....yeah not taking that risk...

quote me!

[marc_moffitt]

My wife (a physycal therapist) told me that it would have been better if he actually broke a bone instead of tearing the flexor. Basically, his chances of playing well again are not very good for a long time.

A bone fracture can be overcome in a few weeks, the flexor is going to take months.