Charlie Villanueva's ankle injury requires surgery? Wait, what?

but come on, beat writers, you have the access, why aren’t you doing anything with it? Rec’d, Packey, awesome find and I hope some more details come of it once people start doing their real jobs.

Is what I have to say to this news.

Needs surgery doesn’t imply not playing the rest of the season. Kobe needed surgery on his knees last year but he finished the year and did it in the summer. If Chunk could play through the pain he could wait until then to have the surgery as well.

If he does need surgery then there is something that kicks in where his contract gets paid for by insurance, and if so then he may become a more valuable trade chip for a team that is struggling with paying the bills as it is (COUGH NEW ORLEANS COUGH).

Can we replace it with an ankle that likes to play defense?

It’s weird but I’ve had several ankle sprains throughout my athletic days and I’m still active but haven’t had a serious sprain in a long time. But every once in awhile I’ll wake up with sharp pains striking through all sides of my ankle to the point where I can barely walk. I’ve gone to doctors about it and they really can’t give me a solid answer, expect for I might be developing arthritis throughout the area. Now considering Villanueva is telling the truth, having something like this really does suck. Because your ankle feels like it’s seriously sprained but it won’t swell up or show any signs of damage. And literally, something like this can pop up when you are doing absolutely nothing. For me, the only answer I can give, is that it’s an old ankle injury that’s came back to bite me in the ass after “walking it off” instead of sitting out and resting it.

I feel like surgery would be the best option for me but no doctor has suggested that route yet. In Villanueva’s case, he might feel like he needs surgery but no trainer/doctor has suggested that route which is probably the reasoning no one has said anything to the public.

I don’t think BP’s hating on CV in the article. The intent, methinks, is to call attention to the fact that the Detroit writers don’t seem to be doing any reporting on this, as BP says in the closing paragraph.

Why hasn’t this been reported? Why do we have to be following Charlie Villanueva on Instagram to discover this? It’s safe to say not many fans are complaining about Villanueva being out of the lineup, but that’s fairly big news about a Piston who is being paid like a star, I’d think.