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pretty likely
Just watched Mutombo go down in the Houston@Portland game. Fighting Greg Oden for position under the basket, he went down in a heap clutching his knee and was taken off on a stretcher.
No definitive word yet, but judging by the way he went down combined with his age, surely that's the end of the career for one of the longest tenured players in the league.
Last edited by El Jefe; 04-21-2009 at 09:56 PM.
pretty likely
Does that make oden the oldest player in the league now?
Wow-I hate it when players go down due to injury. Hope he's ok.
Man, I watched that, it looked pretty bad.
He's a cool dude and that finger wag is classic, too bad he'll probably be out for the rest of the Playoffs.
But seriously, this has career over written all over it
At his age, book it.
But seriously, this has career over written all over it
Anyone else notice how Artest was just chilling on the bench while the rest of the team was on the court surrounding Dikembe?
I would do the same thing. Unless you have a medical care background, what the is standing around the guy going to do? Give the man space and let the medical staff take care of him.
Agreed. If you're not helping him medically you're just in the way.
Man that was just as bad as Yao going down last season...what this man did for us I can't put into words. Not playing the entire seasonand coming in after Yao went down last year was incredible. One of the greatest defensive players of all time. Its a shame he didn't go to Boston, he would have really helped them win this season. Thanks for sticking it out with us Mutumbo, you have been one of the most Loyal and Kind hearted players to ever put on your uniform. Take it easy.
btw, major props to the portland fans for being classy...Deke...and all of us really appreciated that.
I would give him a hall of fame vote if I had one to give.
Thealways annoyed me but that aside, one of the greats.
Sucks. Deke looks like he could practically play into his 50s. Crazy how at 43 he's still a top backup bigman. If this is it,to an amazing career, Deke!
If Dikembe is only 43, I'm 27 again. Look at him, and look at DRob. Deke looks OLD. There have always been rumors that his age was falsified to get him into G-Town, in the downward direction.Sucks. Deke looks like he could practically play into his 50s. Crazy how at 43 he's still a top backup bigman. If this is it,
any videos of this?
its sad to end it this way... I wanted to watch him atleast one more time
Classy move by the Blazer fans.
That really sucks. If any old schooler has earned the right to retire on his own terms it's Dikembe. Shame if he's lost that tonight.
They initially said it's a "knee sprain". I saw it buckle. More than a sprain in my opinion.
He has a strained knee. I hope it's not too serious and looked worse than it really was and he can come back and help us in this last playoffs for him.
They always call it a strain because all they have right now are x-rays. Once they look at the ligaments, you will get a better idea of what he's dealing with.
The good thing is it seemed to buckle in the normal direction, not the other way, that would have been really bad.
+1. I'd hate to see the career of such a class guy end this way. Would have been like David Robinson retiring after being carted off from another back injury.
sounds like when Zo went down. i was watching that game, and he went down, and you knew when he left the court, you'd never see him again in a uniform. you just knew.
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