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Ramblin Wreck said:
Juxtatarot said:
Juxtatarot said:
Ouch! Paul George's injury in scrimmage looks terrible.
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Rewound and watched again. Among the most cringe-worthy injuries I've ever seen. Terrible.
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Didn't see it and don't want to but is it worse than the Kevin Ware injury?
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It was like the Ware injury but against the padding so maybe that makes it better? Livingston injury was much higher and blew out his whole knee. This seemed more shin high ankle. So maybe it's better?
 
Now they are blaming it on the stanchion being so close on that court in Vegas. It's much farther back in NBA arenas. Speculation is that going on instincts, he didn't expect anything to be there when he came down.

:shrug:

 
Yeah, at 2nd look, it was definitely lower than the knee. Obviously there can be other issues, but it looks like it was "just" a very nasty break and not a destroyed knee. Very similar to the Kevin Ware injury. Unfortunately, he clearly hasn't been the same since (left Louisville because it was pretty clear he was never gonna get all the way back)

 
TLEF316 said:
ESPN showing the injury every time they come back from commercial. Shame on them.
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I hate ESPN and its personalities in general but I'm conflicted on this one. They only showed the Kevin Ware injury once, but George is a superstar. This is HUGE news. They give a sufficient warning before airing the clip. Hard to fault them here.

 
Well maybe the Pacers will get a top-3 pick and this can help extend their window. I know that's no way to look at this but :shrug:

 
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MAC_32 said:
If it is bone only he can recover, it will just take a long time. If there are other issues though...
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Looked like a broken tib/fib. If it was clean, he'll have a long rehab, but might be decent again. I think the biggest concerns are infection if open, problems with bone re growth or just a very complicated fracture (multiple breaks in a bone).I've heard of NFL lineman, linebackers... Come back from breaks like this, but any elite athlete whose game is built on stop and start movements that put very high tension on the leg bones, muscles, and ligaments/tendons are rarely ever the same.

I hope him the best. Brutal injury for a rising star.

 
Just remembered that my company provides workers comp coverage for most of the NBA teams. I'm guessing USA basketball buys its own insurance (possibly through us too) but I'm kind of curious to see how a serious injury like this is handled from a coverage standpoint.

 
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Raider Nation said:
Now they are blaming it on the stanchion being so close on that court in Vegas. It's much farther back in NBA arenas. Speculation is that going on instincts, he didn't expect anything to be there when he came down.

:shrug:
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If true then it could have been one of anyone out there tonight, just happened to be George.

 
Maybe this is good for him. He signed a 5 year/30% contract before 13-14. Starting this season he'd be guaranteed at least 30% of the teams cap in salary for 5 years.

However, he had to win the MVP or make an all-NBA team (any level) last year. He made all NBA 3rd team guaranteeing the contract.

 
Almost impossible to imagine that he will ever be the same. But I hope he gets the best doctors money can buy and bucks the trend. It wasn't long ago that achilees ruptures were the death knell for nfl players. Now they are coming back in 6 months. Hopefully there are some new techniques that can help George out.

 
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Raider Nation said:
Don't think I've ever seen an in-game injury this bad to an NBA player. I go back to Magic and Bird entering the league.
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Livingston was the worst I can remember. He basically blew out every piece of connective tissue in his knee so his lower leg was hanging on by skin. Daunte Culpepper had the same injury, but his "looked" far less serious.
 
LarryAllen said:
Raider Nation said:
Don't think I've ever seen an in-game injury this bad to an NBA player. I go back to Magic and Bird entering the league.
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Livingston was the worst I can remember. He basically blew out every piece of connective tissue in his knee so his lower leg was hanging on by skin. Daunte Culpepper had the same injury, but his "looked" far less serious.
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Good point. That was awful. This one reminded me of Theismann.

 
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