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2013 April NBA |OT| Pipe Dreams
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theignoramus
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so then why are the Jazz shooting below their seasons average over the last 10 games? why isnt Al Jefferson going to the line as much as Pau? dude shot 2 free throws last night. thats offensive.
kobe get's superstar call just like any other superstar and we have hack a dwight. Cry more. I imagine a durant/dwight or harden/dwight pairing would average an absurd amount of foul calls a night. Let's not act surprised here.
You mean used to get.
Hey by the way, if Rondo was not injured, you'd probably go back to being a Celtics fan, right? You should be a Heat fan next.
I definitely wouldn't be a knicks fan. I'm waiting for the celts to knock your sorry asses out of the playoffs again.
Psychological Intellect
Banned
it'd be pretty crazy to have the two leading fta players on one team. 50 fta a night be a regular occasion.
on another note, can anyone explain why Nets and Hawks games are so, sooooo boring?
I feel like a member of my family just died.
So precious.
Because it's easier for casual fans to appreciate heroball.
lawlohwhat
Banned
Happened to look up at a tv in the bar right in time to see the injury last night. Knew it was bad when he couldn't put weight on it.
Sorry lakersage :[
Sorry nba fans :[
Sorry lakersage :[
Sorry nba fans :[
MorisUkunRasik
Member
I fucking hate basketball.
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
Let me say that he'll be back by the all-star break at latest. No Derrick Rose situation. If he's cleared to play, he'll give it a go.
Yeah, I don't think a star player has ever gotten injured before. It isn't fair.
Psychological Intellect
Banned
Neo-Lakes
I'm all for saying the NBA is rigged but that's a lot of uncontextualized small sample size theater.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Typical kad, projecting his own meaning on posts and attacking them. Attack this dick.
Black Mamba
Member
Maybe they're playing teams that foul less? Why didn't Al Jefferson get called for a clear double dribble on his game deciding shot?
Jefferson never shoots a lot of FTs. He shoots 2.7 FTA this year, 2.9 last season. He's steadily declined in FTA since he tore his ACL, never more than 3.5FTA per game.
Why would is be offensive that a guy who averages 2.7 FTA per game would only get 2 FTs. Do you know how averages and standard deviations work?
If it's any consolation to anyone I have spent some time watching the video of Kobe's injury and it does look like his injury is really low on his Achilles and close to the attachment point.
If so that would mean the surgeon can go in, remove a small amount of the torn ends (just to clean it up in there) and reattach at his heal. This usually is done by overlapping the ends of the tendon and sewing them together and in some situations the tear is low enough that the surgeon is able to attach directly over the existing attachment point so the scar tissue winds up encapsulating the tendon and the bone a bit.
* my tear was approx 3 inches above attachment point and is a much longer recovery process. But I don't play for the Lakers so it's all good. My career of being a dad isn't over. I will update Twitter soon, thanks for all the support*
His tendon will be a bit shorter for sure but the lower the injury occurs the better the recovery. Add in the wonders of science and I think you will see a good basketball player again.
I am making an attempt at an educated opinion here. It is just an opinion but I consulted with a NHL player and a national level high jumper in the past and assisted them through their Achilles injuries and now have my own issues so I have a bit of experience with the process.
I wish I could be a fly on the wall to see his recovery process. The blood plasma stuff that athletes are doing now alone could make a significant difference to his recovery. The biggest issue with the Achilles tendon is it has such a limited blood supply. After the first five to seven days of injury the blood supply starts dropping back to a normal level and that benefit to the healing process is gone. And then you have HGH and it's healing properties. I wish I could get my hands on some of that right now.
* my guess is that the NBA doesn't do any HGH testing until Kobe retires.
I honestly think that we may be about to see the best Achilles recovery in the history of the world.
edit: I spent too much time on that for it to be buried on the bottom of the previous page
If so that would mean the surgeon can go in, remove a small amount of the torn ends (just to clean it up in there) and reattach at his heal. This usually is done by overlapping the ends of the tendon and sewing them together and in some situations the tear is low enough that the surgeon is able to attach directly over the existing attachment point so the scar tissue winds up encapsulating the tendon and the bone a bit.
* my tear was approx 3 inches above attachment point and is a much longer recovery process. But I don't play for the Lakers so it's all good. My career of being a dad isn't over. I will update Twitter soon, thanks for all the support*
His tendon will be a bit shorter for sure but the lower the injury occurs the better the recovery. Add in the wonders of science and I think you will see a good basketball player again.
I am making an attempt at an educated opinion here. It is just an opinion but I consulted with a NHL player and a national level high jumper in the past and assisted them through their Achilles injuries and now have my own issues so I have a bit of experience with the process.
I wish I could be a fly on the wall to see his recovery process. The blood plasma stuff that athletes are doing now alone could make a significant difference to his recovery. The biggest issue with the Achilles tendon is it has such a limited blood supply. After the first five to seven days of injury the blood supply starts dropping back to a normal level and that benefit to the healing process is gone. And then you have HGH and it's healing properties. I wish I could get my hands on some of that right now.
* my guess is that the NBA doesn't do any HGH testing until Kobe retires.
I honestly think that we may be about to see the best Achilles recovery in the history of the world.
edit: I spent too much time on that for it to be buried on the bottom of the previous page
Adam Blade
WWKC
Holy carp, NHL-Age is the most insecure sports fanbase on GAF.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
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BruceLeeRoy
Banned
If it's any consolation to anyone I have spent some time watching the video of Kobe's injury and it does look like his injury is really low on his Achilles and close to the attachment point.
If so that would mean the surgeon can go in, remove a small amount of the torn ends (just to clean it up in there) and reattach at his heal. This usually is done by overlapping the ends of the tendon and sewing them together and in some situations the tear is low enough that the surgeon is able to attach directly over the existing attachment point so the scar tissue winds up encapsulating the tendon and the bone a bit.
* my tear was approx 3 inches above attachment point and is a much longer recovery process. But I don't play for the Lakers so it's all good. My career of being a dad isn't over. I will update Twitter soon, thanks for all the support*
His tendon will be a bit shorter for sure but the lower the injury occurs the better the recovery. Add in the wonders of science and I think you will see a good basketball player again.
I am making an attempt at an educated opinion here. It is just an opinion but I consulted with a NHL player and a national level high jumper in the past and now have my own issues so I have a bit of experience with the process.
I wish I could be a fly on the wall to see his recovery process. The blood plasma stuff that athletes are doing now alone could make a significant difference to his recovery. The biggest issue with the Achilles tendon is it has such a limited blood supply. After the first five to seven days of injury the blood supply starts dropping back to a normal level and that benefit to the healing process is gone. And then you have HGH and it's healing properties. I wish I could get my hands on some of that right now.
* my guess is that the NBA doesn't do any HGH testing until Kobe retires.
I honestly think that we may be about to see the best Achilles recovery in the history of the world.
edit: I spent too much time on that for it to be buried on the bottom of the previous page
Thanks for the write up I hope your right.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Oh man this is gold.
He's been saying he'd get one for a while. Too bad these are his first pics lol
Ninja Scooter
Member
You cant' resign a guy after you amnesty him.
Thanks man I appreciate it.
My recent shoe info session kind of woke me up a bit. I have been pretty down about this injury and it was fun to get a chance to make my brain work again. Since then I have contacted several old contacts, started training for my own recovery properly and have had conversations with two athletes that would like my help this summer to prepare them for their next season of university ball. I feel like I'm moving forward again.
A special thanks goes out to Adidas too I guess!
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
That OT thread is a disgrace
Who the fuck are you kidding? If he joined the heat you'll be the biggest stan for us.
Black Mamba
Member
Nope.
Lakers can Amnesty him and bring him back in 2014. Only rule is you can't sign someone until their contract ends. For instance, Scola has 2 more years left so Houston can't bring him back til then. but Kobe has just next year so if he were to sit it out, Lakers could amnesty him, get the MLE back, drop below LT, and re-sign him in 2014.
But Kobe would have to agree with this, I'd imagine.
Amnesty.
But it brings out the best of BESTGAF in ether form to outsiders.
white dynamite
Member
Great post Truelize.
Black Mamba
Member
Not sure, how.
Kobe won't play long if he can't play offensively at a damn good level. He won't be a 15ppg or less player. Once he dips below 20ppg and under 30mpg, he'll call it quits.
If you think he will make a full recovery at 34, and granted if anyone could it's him, then perhaps. But I just don't see it with this type of injury.
I think he goes for one more go at it, surpass MJ in points, and then his body will break down too much and it will be over. I'm not usually this pessimistic, but fuck.
Even the weather in LA is suddenly shit today after 2 weeks of awesomeness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GRumli2qLqg#t=16s
it was a foul. He tried to force himself over the screen and got called for the bump on blake.
yeah on dwight - moving screen. your favorite player KG does that shit all the time
I do find the 20PPG pretty funny. I'm hoping when he comes back, there is some sort of graphic monitoring his PPG. The moment he hits 19.9PPG, he just retires on the spot.
... On Dwight for a moving screen.
Dominican Power
Member
itshappening.gif
5% Melo.
Tragicomedy
Member
Welp that didn't take long...
For this to be accurate, D12 would be dropping Kobe on his head.
That said, I'm convinced the Lakers will be better in the long term moving on with Howard and their post-Kobe era.
I dislike Kobe's attitude and how he's been crapping on his teammates all season, but man you never want to see someone go down like that. Here's to a full recovery!
stuff like that thread is why I don't leave the nba thread for sports related threads. in general, gaf is ignorant and obnoxious as hell when it comes to sports.
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