Warriors: Steph Kerr is such an idiot

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So you can explain to all the stupid s how having flexible ankles overcomes all the laws of physics to keep a player from slipping on a sweaty hardwood floor.

Let me explain you stupid . If you brace and wrap that ankle, when he slips, his ankle doesn't bend or give as much as it should and sends that force to his knees. Are you a ing dimwit?

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And you think if he got hit by a bus it had to do with his ankle simply because it hadn't happened before.

Non sequitur.

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Non sequitur.

No. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Correlation does not equal causation. If he'd rolled his ankle while it was taped up it could have translated the torque to his knee. He slipped on a wet spot and his legs went opposite directions. That's going to happen whether your ankle's taped or not. Curry physically banged his knee against the floor when his feet went apart.

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Let me explain you stupid . If you brace and wrap that ankle, when he slips, his ankle doesn't bend or give as much as it should and sends that force to his knees. Are you a ing dimwit?

Yeah, I know. You read an article and you think that makes you smart. The premise is incorrect. He tried to make a cut at full speed and slipped on a wet spot on the floor. His ankle wasn't part of the equation because his shoe had no adhesion. Ankles don't turn on slippery floors. Anybody that's ever played basketball or actually turned an ankle knows that.

[pgardn]

Players that are physically tired are more likely to get injured. So are players who have not warmed up properly. And we conjecture excessively concerning biomechanics.

Now ST is mixing this in a pot with random events (wet spots on floors;entanglement with a jersey) WE don't know a thing about the actual physical condition of these players. Maybe if Curry was indeed tired... Stop. You have not a clue if he was muscle fatigued at the moment his knee went. Or his ankle.

This is ridiculous. The coaches and trainers are on the floor and in the locker room with these guys.

[pgardn]

Let me explain you stupid . If you brace and wrap that ankle, when he slips, his ankle doesn't bend or give as much as it should and sends that force to his knees. Are you a ing dimwit?

Oh the physics major and engineer is back.

Do keep going.

[pgardn]

Yes, because the MVP doesn't have to play for them to beat the Rockets, look at Game 2 and look at the second half of Game 4. I don't know if the coach or player made the decision or insisted, so I've merged them both into Steve Curry.



The decision for the Warriors best player to play is all on Steph Kerr.

You know it's likely they beat the Rockets without Draymond Green as well. But he is not the MVP so you don't sit him?

The playoffs. The best players play.

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No. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Correlation does not equal causation. If he'd rolled his ankle while it was taped up it could have translated the torque to his knee. He slipped on a wet spot and his legs went opposite directions. That's going to happen whether your ankle's taped or not. Curry physically banged his knee against the floor when his feet went apart.

There is good enough reason to have su ion given Curry's performance in that game up to that point vs his performance in games prior to his latest ankle injury that he was indeed favoring that ankle, and that he could have moved in a way to protect that ankle which resulted in knee damage. There's also reason to suspect his ankle brace played at least some part in his knee injury. Those two su ions at least have physics and probability behind them. Your rebuttal is basically "nuh uh" because you are defending Kerr.

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There is good enough reason to have su ion given Curry's performance in that game up to that point vs his performance in games prior to his latest ankle injury that he was indeed favoring that ankle, and that he could have moved in a way to protect that ankle which resulted in knee damage. There's also reason to suspect his ankle brace played at least some part in his knee injury. Those two su ions at least have physics and probability behind them. Your rebuttal is basically "nuh uh" because you are defending Kerr.

I don't give a about Kerr. Curry slipped on the floor with his ing left leg, and you guys think his right ankle had something to do with it. I'm calling you out for saying stupid .

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I don't give a about Kerr. Curry slipped on the floor with his ing left leg, and you guys think his right ankle had something to do with it. I'm calling you out for saying stupid .

No, you're arguing irrationally for basically no reason. You've totally ignored Curry's performance prior to the knee injury, intentionally I presume. The unCurry-like performance was a marker that shouldn't go unnoticed in relationship to the injury.

oh... I almost forgot

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There, now my argument makes more sense to you.

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No, you're arguing irrationally for basically no reason. You've totally ignored Curry's performance prior to the knee injury, intentionally I presume. The unCurry-like performance was a marker that shouldn't go unnoticed in relationship to the injury.

oh... I almost forgot

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There, now my argument makes more sense to you.

I ignored his performance prior to slipping on the floor because it's completely unrelated. Exactly as related as the tape on his RIGHT ankle has to do with his LEFT LEG sliding out from under him on a wet spot. There's nothing irrational about pointing out that just because two things happen within a short period of time, it doesn't automatically mean that one is the result of the other.

And you think it's because I love Steve Kerr.

You're an idiot.

[DMC]

I ignored his performance prior to slipping on the floor because it's completely unrelated.

Nice tautology there.

Exactly as related as the tape on his RIGHT ankle has to do with his LEFT LEG sliding out from under him on a wet spot. There's nothing irrational about pointing out that just because two things happen within a short period of time, it doesn't automatically mean that one is the result of the other.

But it doesn't negate it and it should be investigated. You've just casually dismissed it because you don't want to accept that poor performance (otherwise unexplained) which could have been caused by favoring a recently injured ankle could have actually allowed the coach to avoid the subsequent injury by deciding his player wasn't playing like someone who was fully recovered. Now he's looking at another injury but he should feel good because it cannot be related since it's possible for anyone to get hurt slipping (even though the other player who slipped didn't get hurt).

And you think it's because I love Steve Kerr.

You're an idiot.

I think it's because you have a problem with rational thought and reasonable deduction. You prefer gut feeling, eyeball test. Plus you're a ing idiot (same one who thought Blair was the next coming of Barkley).

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I ignored his performance prior to slipping on the floor because it's completely unrelated. Exactly as related as the tape on his RIGHT ankle has to do with his LEFT LEG sliding out from under him on a wet spot. There's nothing irrational about pointing out that just because two things happen within a short period of time, it doesn't automatically mean that one is the result of the other.

And you think it's because I love Steve Kerr.

You're an idiot.

His left foot slipped just like his right foot also slipped you stupid . Except his right ankle didn't bend like his left. Watch the ing video you stupid .

[dabom]

The truth about Steph Curry's injury
By Tim Grover of The Vertical
17 minutes ago
Yahoo Sports



When news broke Monday that Steph Curry had a Grade 1 knee sprain and would be re-evaluated in two weeks, most people heard this: It's not an ACL! He'll be back in two weeks!

Not so fast.

A Grade1 knee sprain means there's slight damage; the ligaments are stretched but not torn, and the knee still has stability. If you're going to sprain a knee, this is the mildest way to do it.

But the most important part of Monday's announcement was this: "He will be re-evaluated in two weeks."

Sorry, but in no way does that suggest he'll be ready to play in two weeks, no matter how mild the sprain.

That two-week evaluation will assess what he's been able to accomplish between now and then. Are these two weeks going to be productive? Has the swelling gone down enough for him to begin rehabbing the injury? Can he tolerate weight-bearing activity? Change directions? Start and stop?

Can he be Steph Curry?

If he can't do anything, if activity is limited to rest, ice and compression, then those two weeks become even longer.
For Curry to make a successful return to playoff-caliber basketball, his rehab will have to restore his timing and conditioning because his game involves so much quick change of speed and direction; his style of play requires an extremely high level of agility. He's not explosive like Russell Westbrook, but he'll beat you with quickness, both physically and mentally, not just up and down the court but in all directions, at all speeds.

It won't be enough for him to receive the inevitable verdict that he's been "cleared for basketball activity." There's basketball activity, and then there's Steph Curry.

Keep in mind, there's also the ankle issue. Remember, before Sunday's knee injury, Curry missed the preceding game with an ankle sprain. I know everyone is looking at the replay of the knee sprain and saying, "It was just one of those things." But in this case, if you really look at how he tweaked the ankle, you'll understand that it wasn't "just a slip." Without a doubt, that weakened ankle contributed to the knee sprain; when he slipped on the court, the ankle instability couldn't help protect the knee. The entire body is a chain: one rusty link puts extra stress on the other links and weakens the entire chain.

Curry was wearing an ankle brace when the knee injury occurred, and it's a reasonable bet that the brace jeopardized the knee. Why? Because while the ankle is immobilized, what's the next point of vulnerability? The knee. The stress moves right up the chain.

No question Steph needs the brace to stabilize the ankle, but there are risks associated with that. Ankle braces are supposed to prevent sprains, but what happens when you brace something? You're giving added support from an outside source. When the body gets something from an outside source, it stops doing what it's supposed to do naturally. So instead of the ankle protecting itself, it relies on the brace and ultimately weakens the entire chain up the body. End result: Increased risk of other lower-body injuries.

Ankle stability is everything: The stronger your lower legs, the more explosive you'll be in all directions: laterally, forward, backward, vertical, stop and go. Think of yourself as a race car: Your horsepower comes from the calves up; your ankles are the tires. In the middle of a race the pit crew doesn't change the engine, it changes the tires so the car can keep performing. Weak tires, weak race.

I'd be interested to know if the brace, tape or shoes were modified after the ankle injury, possibly causing the knee to track in a different way.

Curry's successful return will rely heavily on the Golden State training staff, which deserves tremendous credit for keeping this season's team strong and relatively injury-free. I've worked with several of those players in the past – Shaun Livingston and Andre Iguodala after serious injuries – and I know the challenges of keeping athletes healthy throughout an entire season, especially when they're playing every night and breaking records and not letting up.

For the Warriors, don't look for them to make excuses. Curry might be their best player but on this team, everyone has the ability to step up. So many teams completely implode when things don't go according to plan; you can just see the air go out of them. Many teams would have shut down if their six-time NBA champion head coach had to leave the team as Steve Kerr did, leaving them with the untested Luke Walton. But this team didn't use Walton's inexperience as an excuse. It didn't settle for playing as well as it did last season; it came back and played even better.

Lots of talk Monday about how Curry's absence will give the Clippers the break they've needed, their big chance to get to the Finals. Well, as of this writing, the Clippers still have to get past the Blazers, and Golden State is still playing the Rockets.

Can't move on to "next" until you accomplish "now."

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Tim S. Grover is the CEO of ATTACK Athletics, world-renowned for his work with championship and Hall of Fame athletes including Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade and hundreds more. An international authority on performance and motivation, he appears as a keynote speaker for corporations and sports organizations, and is the best-selling author of Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable. Follow Tim @ATTACKATHLETICS on Twitter and Instagram, and visit http://www.attackathletics.com for more.

[DMC]

His left foot slipped just like his right foot also slipped you stupid . Except his right ankle didn't bend like his left. Watch the ing video you stupid .

You can see on the video that he tried to move his right leg forward but couldn't get his foot to bend that way in time because of his ankle support. The dude knows how to fall properly, just couldn't. He fell on his ing head last year and was ok.

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He fell on his ing head last year and was ok.

Which ankle was hurt for that one, because by your logic, it's impossible for him to just fall without there being a corresponding injury.

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I don't understand how you can be such a ing dumbass.

[DMC]

Which ankle was hurt for that one, because by your logic, it's impossible for him to just fall without there being a corresponding injury.

You doubled down on stupid with hard headed and purposefully obtuse. Your eyeball test has an obstructed view and you have an obstructed colon.

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You can see on the video that he tried to move his right leg forward but couldn't get his foot to bend that way in time because of his ankle support. The dude knows how to fall properly, just couldn't. He fell on his ing head last year and was ok.

I said that last year the moment it happened and everyone called me an Internet tough guy on here.

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Hurry back Steph! FASTER!