I doubt that.
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2014 NBA Off-season |OT| Our cap is tellin me NO! But my fandom is tellin me YEAH!
- Thread starter UnObtainium17
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I doubt that.
Ohhh my fucking fuck. My god.
jordan0386
Member
We have medicine to repair an ankle like that? Has it been done before?
MetalFearSolid
Banned
fuck that looks bad. Wish him a speedy and healthy recovery. But I honestly believe this will haunt Derrick Rose as well. This might impact his confidence
UnObtainium17
Member
If he focuses on his rehab he will be in basketball shape before 2015-2016 season starts. Though i think his "potential/ceiling" took a hit who knows. I hope not.Paul George's career is over. I feel so bad for him, I really cannot express it. Damn.
Oh fuck espn replayed it
greatestjediever
Member
Holy crap he went full Livingston. That was gruesome.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Ninja Scooter
Member
Play for Team USA for free, brehs.
sf2fanatic
Member
Damn they had to show it again
HigherLevel
Member
Paul George's career is over. I feel so bad for him, I really cannot express it. Damn.
He'll be back for the 2015 season. His potential took a hit but he's definitely not done.
Represent your country they said, it's gonna be fun they said.
Randolph Freelander
Member
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UnObtainium17
Member
Man team usa playing intentionally at 40% the rest of the tourney.. im ready.
Officerrob
Banned
That looked like the leg, not the ankle. Anderson Silva suffered a similar injury, he will miss about a year between fights
Jmanunknown
Member
It was the leg similar to Anderson Silva's inury except Paul's looks to be a compound fracture.
sooperkool
Member
I saw both Thiesman's injury and the infamous Slamball injury. I don't watch injury videos, I hope PG recovers.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
No it won't.
Not at all.
Speaking of George though, I think he'll be fine as nasty as that looked.
Not sure the timetable but I think he'll be fine.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Poor George. That's just...my god
HeisenbergLannister
Member
Yeah, Ware was back within 8 months, but probably shouldn't have played that early.
PG is very likely out for the entire season, but should be back for 2015-16. Who knows exactly how well he will be able to come back at. It could be a career altering injury.
Starphoenix
Member
This is why Pop doesn't want his players playing, Ginobili!Sucks for PG.
I'm pretty sure we'll see a number of owners/coaches who refuse to let their players play for the national team.
Ninja Scooter
Member
So LeBron getting another cake walk to the Finals?
Jmanunknown
Member
The Pacers were not gonna be as good as last year anyway. Now they are a lottery team. They lost their best two player in the span of two months. They should have paid Lance Stephenson.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Holy shit...took me a few seconds before I realized what I was looking at. Damn that is bad.
Randolph Freelander
Member
Kevin Ware was the same way. Shock, mostly, I bet.
I do think there will be a debate in the next few weeks about NBA players playing in this and I'm sure most GMs are understandably hesitant about letting them play internationally, but the players are pretty into it themselves right? I don't think this will change much as far as the NBA player policy for Olympics/FIBA if they truly like doing it. Can't blame anyone who backs out in the future, though.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Not if Mr. Rose looks like he did tonight.
Well, now I can't go to sleep but I can't get basketball out of my mind. Besides George, have your opinions on who get spots changed?
Also, found this on Reddit. https://twitter.com/andonenba/status/495358402873556994
Also, found this on Reddit. https://twitter.com/andonenba/status/495358402873556994
RellyRell28
Banned
Sucks for PG.
I'm pretty sure we'll see a number of owners/coaches who refuse to let their players play for the national team.
Which is ignorant cause something like that could of happened during a regular season game as well
Ninja Scooter
Member
If I were an owner id want to know why a game was scheduled at that rinky dink arena in the first place..
If it's another wing I would take Derozan.
PG: Rose, Curry, Lillard
SG: Harden, Klay
SF: Durant, DeRozan, Korver
PF: Davis, Faried
C: Cousins, Plumlee
I'm sure I'll be off on a few. Have a feeling Coach K will take Irving over Korver or maybe Lillard.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Would be nice, I have a feeling the Bulls will push them though, with or without Love.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
Man, this is why basketball players shouldn't be playing that much during the off-season. It's not like the Fifa World Cup where it's the biggest event in the sport.
The biggest event in basketball is the NBA finals.
The biggest event in basketball is the NBA finals.
Yeah, shock and adrenaline.
Vestal
Junior Member
Seriously, players need to strengthen their calf better and put some more meat around those bones. Bones are simply not supposed to break like that. Maybe its a lack of calcium, I don't know but there is something that needs to be done.
Second injury we have seen like this in a very short time span involving US Basketball.
Basically my list too, I didn't think Klay would make it but he has been balling hard during the summer. I feel like Beal made a better case over Irving though.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
There's absolutely no relevance to what happened here in your post.
Vestal
Junior Member
Excuse me what?
Look at the injury it was basically the same as the College injury from a while back. Looking at their legs, sorry but they are skinny as hell. Mostly bone and hardly any support structure around it.
side note: I hate the pacers as hell, but absolutely devastated this happened to PG. I may not like him because he is a Pacer, but the guy can ball and doesn't deserve this kind of set back in his life. Hopefully it doesn't ruin his career.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
They tried. I think Lance wanted to just leave.
But the pacers are screwed for the foreseeable future..... as a knicks fan I'm elated but on a human level I hope PG recovers to the level he was pre injury.
HeisenbergLannister
Member
There ain't a damn thing you can do to "strengthen your calf" to prevent your foot getting caught on the basket support and 200+ pounds coming down at full speed on that leg. The bone is going to give.
I know that what happened to Paul George is extremely uncommon, and it isn't necessarily under the NBA's watch in this case, but the NBA seriously needs to do something about the layout of the basketball court. It is ridiculous how they expect these athletes to be jumping in the air at full speed with barely any room to land. There is absolutely no reason why there shouldn't be a completed vacated area well beyond the backboard and out of bounds area. That includes the 5 ft wide pole holding up the basketball court. Design a rim that has the pole far back to allow for proper landing. This didn't happen during an NBA game, but it's only an eventuality for something similar to happen causing a player, fan or photographer to get severely injured.
The issue is that they are expected to jump in the air at full speed and given barely any room to land.
TheSadRanger
Banned
I only saw the picture but it instantly reminded me of Theismann's injury. As some of you said I wouldn't be surprised if owners are doing whatever they can to get their players out of this now.
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