Nerlens Noel with a serious knee injury

[Juggity]

Could shake up the 2013 NBA draft pretty significantly.

He was carried back to the locker room screaming after coming down awkwardly on his left knee

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[racm]

With the first overall pick, the Orlando Magic select Cody Zeller, from Indiana...

[DeadlyDynasty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xnhut16Xpw Feel bad for the kid

[Reck]

Damn

Career may be over before it started.

[thunderup]

Saw it as it happened. Not good for the bottom-feeders of the league that are vying for that #1 pick.

[timvp]

The NCAA has to move back the basket supports before someone gets killed. The kid on Butler almost dislocated his brain a couple weeks back in a similar play. I know the NCAA doesn't care much about their modern day slave laborers but the least they can do is make it safe, tbh.

[racm]

The NCAA has to move back the basket supports before someone gets killed. The kid on Butler almost dislocated his brain a couple weeks back in a similar play. I know the NCAA doesn't care much about their modern day slave laborers but the least they can do is make it safe, tbh.

So even our Evil Overlord Stern looks like sunshine and rainbows compared to the NCAA?

:cry but we're an AMATEUR athletics association
:cry but we don't recruit tall black kids as an NBA feeder program

[baseline bum]

Not good at all; I think Noel lost a year to a knee injury in high school too. Sucks, as he is one of the best young shotblockers that I have ever seen.

[RobbyH]

With the first overall pick, the Orlando Magic select Cody Zeller, from Indiana...

Oh fuck no

[racm]

Not good at all; I think Noel lost a year to a knee injury in high school too. Sucks, as he is one of the best young shotblockers that I have ever seen.

Wasn't he on pace to break Anthony Davis' shotblocking record?

[baseline bum]

God this draft is really going to be pathetic now.

[racm]

God this draft is really going to be pathetic now.

Never that good to begin with. I see a guy like Oladipo making a jump on the draft boards though, the kid has been shooting lights out

[baseline bum]

Wasn't he on pace to break Anthony Davis' shotblocking record?

Nah, Davis averaged 4.65 blocks a game while Noel has 4.5.

[Clipper Nation]

God, this draft is going to make 2000 look like 1984 at this point :lol

[dylankerouac]

F this sucks I hope he's ok.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Anybody watching the 2nd game? They showed Mateen Cleaves in the stands and that nigga is chubby

[Lincoln]

He's young but his offensive game was horrible. Hopefully he can develop it

[Cry Havoc]

So even our Evil Overlord Stern looks like sunshine and rainbows compared to the NCAA?

:cry but we're an AMATEUR athletics association
:cry but we don't recruit tall black kids as an NBA feeder program

No, they're at opposite ends of evil in the spectrum.

Stern will do anything to protect his stars because they're his money maker. This includes ref protection/sacrificing the level playing field.

The NCAA doesn't give a fuck, because they make as much from upsets as they do from big teams winning it, and they generate massive March Madness profits regardless of who's playing. Plus the longest they can make money off one of their players is 4 years, so they really don't care if one or two ruin their career.

[baseline bum]

God, this draft is going to make 2000 look like 1984 at this point :lol

You could draft be@ners from this thread and it would still have more talent than 2000. I'd be shocked if we ever see another draft that horrible. Amazing that even with hindsight about how much Kenyon Martin sucks he would still be the right guy to pick #1.

[Mugen]

Looks like Nerlens is going to be staying in school a little while longer. Tough break for the kid.

[baseline bum]

Looks like Nerlens is going to be staying in school a little while longer. Tough break for the kid.

Unless he tore meniscus he'll probably still go top 7. Not like there's that much out there that's better than taking a chance on a defender like him.

[Killakobe81]

Shitty draft got shittier tbh ...

[Latarian Milton]

poor dude would otherwise have the chance to earn big bucks in NBA :cry

[noob cake]

Unless he tore meniscus he'll probably still go top 7. Not like there's that much out there that's better than taking a chance on a defender like him.

Serious meniscus or patella tendon injury will drop him out of the lotto. Rumor is that he has a ruptured patella tendon (serious 50/50 career ending injury)

[Killakobe81]

Portland will draft him with first or 2nd pick over Muhammad tbh ... Need another big ..besides they have batum and Matthews and genius posters will defend the third coming of David Robinson (defensively) 2nd coming of Oden as a smart pick ...since he is a "big" ...lol

[Captivus]

If this injury is actually 50/50 he is getting drafted...I mean...someone is going to do it...late but its happening.
Very sad.
I didnt even watch the video...I usually never do with injuries...

[Latarian Milton]

i might be wrong but if i remember correct, portland already had aldridge on their roster for a year who had proven himself a quality big in his rookie season but still made up their mind to draft oden instead of durant on the draft night. it was obvious they didn't need a big more than a SF when they picked oden over durant tbh

[Latarian Milton]

shit might be career-ending by 0.500 chance but dude's still a 1st round lock imho. it's gonna deter teams who have lottery picks but it'll be worth the gamble if you have a mid-late first round pick, you can't expect every late 1st round draft to turn out to be another josh howard or tony parker. another example, batum had heart issues preceding the draft but still managed to get selected in the first round

[thunderup]

He has a torn ACL. Out for the season.

[KoolAid Mans Brother]

The Blazers will trade up to get him.

[jeebus]

The Blazers will trade up to get him.
http://i.imgur.com/LWHGXGz.jpg

[Raven]

tbh i would never draft a big man with no offensive game with a torn acl in the lottery..

[Captivus]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1527957-nerlens-noel-knee-injury-awful-but-doesnt-derail-his-nba-future

[Mal]

He has a torn ACL. Out for the season.

He`d be a great reward for anyone picking him up with mid 1st round pick. Obviously he isnt staying in Kentucky, no one ever is.

[Juggity]

Yikes

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/000/724/247/noelknee_original_original.jpg?1360797259

[SpursIndonesia]

How can a knee bend like that ? And it just snapped ? That's just horrible, damn ....... :(

[tlongII]

Ugh

[timvp]

If you can get him around 5th pick overall, that's still good value, IMO.

[capek]

holy fuck at that pic :vomit:

poor kid :(