The team were wondering all season, of how the team will play with a healthy RIP and never came to fruition. Eventually other players got hurt and things eventually went south.
Now, when it comes to a hamstring injury, the player has to to show, and even say, that he is ok. You can make certain moves and even cuts before you are ready. Yes, the training staff is at fault. But when it comes to an injury like the groin, it is also on the particular player as well. The communication between the two has to be there and have honest assessments of how one is feeling. Hamilton wanted to play, which isn't bad, but he came back a little too soon and it showed with one bad move he made later in the game.
My point of him handicapping the team is not because he messed our record up. The team was constantly waiting for him to get healthy, similar to Boozer and Noah the season before, just to see how good the team would be with the full starting lineup. Hamilton had some role in him playing in that Detroit game, but the training staff was also at fault for not looking at the big picture. That is my point.
