You're not interested at all in finding out what caused Blair to drop to #37?Quote:
Originally Posted by superbigtime
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You're not interested at all in finding out what caused Blair to drop to #37?Quote:
Originally Posted by superbigtime
Players who played without an ACL in different sports:
Marty Barrett-Baseball
Hines Ward-Football
John Elway-Football
Thurman Thomas-Football
Roberto Garza-Football
Jimmy Hitchcock-Football
I could not find a story of a basketball player playing witout and ACL. All had similiar stories to Blair in which they had surgery in high school and then the ACL was absorbed. Lets hope Blair has a career as good as some on this list.
Finding out? The info has been out there for a while now. Since before draft night. I see this talked about over and over, and I hope that Blair is not known as the guy with operated ACLs because as long as he is kicking ass, :wgaf:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tully365
The people who most give a fuck are probably RC Buford, coach Pop, and the medical staff of the Spurs. Blair is obviously a greater risk for serious knee injuries than the average NBAer and they are going to try and do everything they can to minimize that possibility. It's not as simple as whatever dude, who cares, the dude is kicking ass...Quote:
Originally Posted by superbigtime
Sure, he's made of Kleenex then. Some people can worry about and talk about it ad nauseum and never get sick of it. I'll just enjoy his game.
When he actually experiences an issue it is a problem. He didn't miss a single practice, much less a game in college. It's pretty insignificant at this point.
Is it your civic duty to read every post and comment on them? I started this thread because I am not here everyday trolling through every new thread and I had no idea about the ACL subject.Quote:
Originally Posted by superbigtime
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Originally Posted by superbigtime
:lol You guys are like those people who smoke 4 packs of cigarettes a day and say, "well I haven't gotten cancer yet, have I?"Quote:
Originally Posted by jj cain
Whatever. The sky is falling then.
When you get injured the body lays down temporary collagen to scar the area. The normal process is that it gets absorbed and replaced by a stronger, permanent collagen type. Apparently sometimes it just gets absorbed and ends prematurely. It probably has to do with the complexity of the injury. The healing process is triggered when blood vessels burst (note that if you pick off a scab, it bleeds then reforms). With the scar tissue erroneously fully absorbed and no more damage signs, the body has to reason to try to repair it again. Bam, no ACLs.
If I feel compelled to. Sorry you're not in on old news.Quote:
Originally Posted by redskinfan
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For the record, Hines Ward played through some serious pain, and his performances were up and down as a result of it. He also had surgery for a torn meniscus, which is typically what happens when people continue to compete with that kind of injury.
That being said, Ward was able to compete at a very high level, and for a very long time. There's no doubt that he is an aberration. But so far, Blair is too. From what I undertand, the architecture of every knee is a little different, and his may allow him to keep playing for a decent amount of time. Or maybe he's just such a beast that he'll kick ACL's ass and have a full career.
For right now, we've got him - and we're lucky for that. I'm sure the Spurs are going to watch his minutes, and watch his knees.
No ACL = No torn ACL.
I call that a win. :tu
Just one fewer ligament to worry about.
If he'd showed he couldn't play without them that would be one thing...
torn acl's are no joke, ive town both my acl's and it was some serious pain!!!!! especially after the surgery, but what i cant phathom, is how anyone can have any stability without an acl, when mine tore, i couldnt even walk without my knee popping out of place, causing extreme pain
Rafa Nadal doesn't have ACL's in neither leg but he manages.
Hey, why didn't Blair play in the second summer league game? Anybody know?
THE PASSWORD... The password is JOAKIM...!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Obstructed_View
He and Richard Jefferson had plans together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obstructed_View
Er . . . I assume those people were familiar with his injury, the reports, the rumors and what his injury might entail prior to drafting him, and if not, then have certainly been reassured by their own medical staff and his agent prior to negotiating a contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tully365
In other words, not looking for an expert on ST to explain it well after the fact. . . perhaps what you meant is that YOU care.
:lol It just seems to me that whenever the topic of Blair's knees come up, there's always someone in the thread who says who cares dude, he grabbed a lot of rebounds at Pitt, which really is peripheral to the discussion-- and besides why should people uninterested in the topic complain that other people find the subject interesting and want to know more about it? And the more we know about things, the less need there is to start posts off with passive-aggressive statements like Er.... I assume.... :toastQuote:
Originally Posted by easjer
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Yeah I'll never understand why people feel like they have to be rude on boards just cause they are always on them and don't miss a wink of action, while others can't be.Quote:
Originally Posted by redskinfan
No, actually it is very relevant, and it's not just the way he played it's the fact that he didn't miss 1 practice much less a game. He hasn't had an issue since it happened in high school. You can project all you want & it's just a crapshoot, but until he actually starts having issues, it's really not a big deal, especially at the price we get him for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tully365
I'm not projecting at all-- I'm trying to have a discussion about a very unusual and interesting situation and meatheads keep chiming in by saying they don't care about the details of the situation... and what I'm saying is, if you don't care to understand in greater detail, then go look at another thread. Don't get all pissed off because some people want to have an in depth discussion. Your assertion that he "hasn't had an issue since high school" makes no sense-- he's 20 years old. His high school days were something like 775 days ago... that's not a very long time. If your doctor told you that you had cancer and recommended chemotherapy, would you a week later say, "fuck it dude, I feel fine just like I always have, it's all just a crapshoot anyway".... probably not.Quote:
Originally Posted by jj cain