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It's tendonitis of the quadriceps, which is the large muscle on the front of the thigh. Really has nothing to do with his knee at all, which is structurally sound and stable, although they call the malady "jumper's knee".
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This. Tough the Pop bit is probably 5% of it if that. He knows the TD window is closing, and his improvement will be the key to pushing us over the top in a rematch. He's a compe or, he wants to take it to LeBron when they meet again.
same issues with gasol.. he will be old quick, just like that
i remember duncan was asked a few years ago if the tendonitis comes and goes and he replied, "no. it just comes." pretty sure that was during the season though.
hopefully kawhi makes a full recovery.
if it was bothering him during the playoffs/finals... think about how much better he could've been. even though he played great for being 21 at the time.
Duncan had tendonosis, not tendonitis.
haha, oh. well i'm glad i know that now cause i had been thinking they were hurting because of the same problem.
This to me might be his biggest issue on what might keep him from going from a great player to an all-star level.
His game will put him over the top if he keeps improving but I am very concerned about his knee. He is in his early 20's so that can be both a blessing and a cursing. Hes young so maybe he can heal, but then again a player this young should really not be suffering from these kind of chronic issues.
NOTHING IS WRONG WITH HIS KNEE.
It's tendonitis of the large muscle on the front of his thigh, the quadriceps. His knee is structurally sound and stable.
This thread annoys me!
yeah, racm is good at delivering the bads tbh.
Proud of Kawhi. Olympic ball and Fiba. It's a complete scam. An organization that makes millions off of NBA players without any sort of compensation. International basketball has always been and always will be a joke.
Interesting post in this thread about jumper's knee by TGY, scroll up if you want to read it, but what struck me about that post was that it can take several years to clear up and that Kawhi attempting to come back and play midseason when he was not 100% probably set him back in his recovery and rehab time. Here is the relevant quote:
That description goes right with RC's description of the condition being very challenging to rehab and the fact it had not gone in a linear fashion with Kawhi receding on prior progress made. It also goes in hand with Pop saying after the 9 games Kawhi played they decided to sit him bc he was having pain after games and it was going in the wrong direction as in getting worse, not subsiding or going away.I personally dealt with it twice over a 6 year period of time and was once virtually out of commission for almost 2 years. Granted, I didn't lay off of it like I should have which is why it took so long to go away. But for the better part of 2 years I was in so much pain I couldn't do any sorta quadricep dominant squat AT ALL and any jumps I did hurt like and would often send me writhing to the ground in pain. That's fairly typical for this condition. It hurts but people gut it out and it gets worse.
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If you jump with this condition you're practically guaranteeing yourself a chronic condition and you WILL be in constant pain. Trust me, I know. It WILL NOT respond to treatment unless you totally eliminate jumps and plyos. The ONLY jumps you might be able to get away with are jumps in a pool - even then I'd be very careful. This is the type of condition that you can make weeks of progress on but the MOMENT you do something stupid and flare it up again you start right back at zero.
http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/jumpersknee.html
It's tough to say how to go from here when he apparently has had this chronic problem for many years (one report I saw said it went back to his college years).
I am convinced he's injured and in pain... the question is if he will be fine next season.
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I give KL the benefit of the doubt.
No matter what the docs/MRI say, he knows his leg ain't right.
People who say he's sandbagging to get traded to an LA team are assholes.
there's a fair amount of fans that are frustrated. This season started with terrible offseason signings, then Kawhi is hurt all year. Some wanted to tank... but of course, hindsight is always 20/20... it's a frustrating situation.
I have given him credit that he's injured, but now I found that he's had a history of chronic tendinopathies and it appears this year he got a really bad one. It can take years for it to clear up.. so perhaps it's not a career ending injury, but he will be sidelined for a long time. I don't know how you can supermax him with this injury history but obviously when healthy if 100%, he's an MVP candidate. Tough situation. I won't hate on him bc I do believe he's really hurt. He could sit and support his team and be a better leader but he's had this lack of personality his entire career.
Rest assured, my team is on it.
kawhi wants that supermax contract before he even steps foot on the court. He probably realizes his days of pain free basketball are over and he wants lifetime compensation.
He’s hurt. Fine. If still he’s rehabbing to try and get back on the court this year, fine.
But if he’s done for the season and knows it, he owes it to the players that have busted their asses all year to sit behind them and cheer them on and be part of the playoff process. He is still a Spur as of right now. They are still paying him $19mm for this season.
What a ty situation for everyone tbh. The fans, the team, and Leonard himself.
Knees are replaceable. But that feeling you get when you're eating your first chicken gimlet is not.
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