Really glad I came here after seeing the news on ESPN. If people are saying this is worse than Ware, no way in hell am I seeking this one out.
Paul George suffered horrendous injury
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I told myself I wasn't going to look at it, but dammit I couldn't help myself. God dammit. It was just like something from a cartoon, it seemed impossible that the human anatomy could be morphed like that.
This sucks, because George was one of my favorite NBA players. A dominant two-way player who was improving each year on offense. He also had a nice swagger about him, wasn't afraid of LeBron and played to the crowd. I remember he just went off during the 4th quarter of one of the Heat series games, I think he had like, 18-19 pts. It seemed like he was really making the leap into being one of the top 3-4 best players in the league. It will take a lot for him to come back, but when he does, I will be pulling for him extra hard.
This sucks, because George was one of my favorite NBA players. A dominant two-way player who was improving each year on offense. He also had a nice swagger about him, wasn't afraid of LeBron and played to the crowd. I remember he just went off during the 4th quarter of one of the Heat series games, I think he had like, 18-19 pts. It seemed like he was really making the leap into being one of the top 3-4 best players in the league. It will take a lot for him to come back, but when he does, I will be pulling for him extra hard.
The Livingston comp feels like a poor one. Livingston damaged basically every part of a much more touchy part of his body; I have to think that George is in a comparatively better place--obviously we know nothing for sure but the pieces usually go back together more easily.jon abbey said:
All in favor of yanking Dropkick Izzy's femur out of his hip socket, tearing away all flesh and connective tissue by twisting it around like a crocodile dismembering a wildebeest, tossing his whole leg 50 yards away from him, and going on with our lives while he bleeds to death?
Hopefully George has a different trajectory. Livingston eviscerated his knee. If George only broke his leg, he might not suffer the same long recovery. Sucks regardless.jon abbey said:
Since DRS won't take my ten dollars, I've been forced to turn to shifty Twitter doctors who seem to think that's got to be a pretty clean break that's reparable with an intramedullary nail. The one in my shin is throbbing sympathetically.
Am I the only one who remembers how Napoleon McCallum's career ended? That was much worse than Theismann's injury. Also on MNF.
I don't know about career ending let alone never walk again. We have seen a lot of pretty brutal looking injuries in football (soccer) along these lines and multiple of them have come back to play again.
Of course basketball is always going to put a lot more stress on the area.
The human body is pretty amazing. I hope I'm right and he's OK. But brutal is the word.
Lawsuits might well be the second.
Of course basketball is always going to put a lot more stress on the area.
The human body is pretty amazing. I hope I'm right and he's OK. But brutal is the word.
Lawsuits might well be the second.
Damn, out all of next season:
Marc J. Spears @SpearsNBAYahoo 2m
Pacers guard Paul George had a "good surgery. No ancillary damage" but likely out for next season, a source told Yahoo Sports.
Marc J. Spears @SpearsNBAYahoo 2m
Pacers guard Paul George had a "good surgery. No ancillary damage" but likely out for next season, a source told Yahoo Sports.
I just remember ABC kept showing it on replay over and over. Gah. I think Dierdorf kept warning viewers not to watch.JayMags71 said:
I thought of Sid right away as well. Somewhat similar injury it seems. I remember hearing that Sid had to walk with a cane for something like 18 months post surgery. Of course, Sid was 41 and his body had gone through years of abuse when it happened to him. Hopefully George can recover from this.jose melendez said:
The thing with Sid is that you couldn't see the bone, since it was in his boot. I'm not watching this, but based on the comments it seems you can. Thinking of Sid also makes me lol @ how dumb you have to be to try a big boot from the middle rope.
DrewDawg said:
I also saw just the still. I also wish I hadn't. Not looking at that video, the still alone was pretty bad. Looks like a bad photoshop. Brutal.
Had never seen the McCallum injury. I've always been surprised that more of those types of injuries don't happen in football.
I'm still a little confused (and have been since the Ware injury) how exactly a large bone like that just gives out randomly. I remember people talking about weak points in the bone in Ware's case.
I'm still a little confused (and have been since the Ware injury) how exactly a large bone like that just gives out randomly. I remember people talking about weak points in the bone in Ware's case.
Wow, you broads are really broken up about this, huh? (that's called a pun, mabrowndog)
This deserves props.HomeRunBaker said:
Several NBA journalists (e.g. Kelly Dwyer) are reporting that, as horrendous as the compound fracture was, George suffered little or no ligament damage. If true, that's good news, both for George and for the rest of us who enjoyed watching him play. Let's hope for a speedy and complete recovery.
Umm... That's his job. Seriously guys get injured all the time, Sports reporters' jobs are to talk about how it impacts the team, Darren Rovell is a cap/business specialist it's his job to report on the business ramifications. It's not like the guy fucking died.BigSoxFan said:
Apparently Brian Hartline of the Miami Dolphins had the same type of compound fracture his senior year of high school. He healed and went on to have a stellar college career and now plays pro ball.
Hope PG has the same full recovery.
Hope PG has the same full recovery.
And how is it not a major business ramification? The argument that Rovell shouldn't do his job and report how George's injury effects the team just because people are upset he got hurt is asinine.BigSoxFan said:
My buddy was at the game and saw it all live, and i finally had a chance to talk to him. He happened to be paying attention and saw it all live in real-time. Foot got caught in the stand; body went one way & the leg stayed there and broke at a right angle. Incredibly disgusting live & in person. Blood on the court. Pandemonium. One guy in the stands fainted & people were trying to revive him. A lot of people missed it b/c it happened so fast & I guess players were wearing just numbers, no names so people were all asking each other what happened and who it happened to. Several players who saw it and were near the play were dry heaving & retching. D-Rose was having flashbacks and just sat on the bench head down in his hands with a towel draped over him. Coach K cancels game and there's a standing O.
Hopefully we'll look back and say it looked a lot worse than it was. Early reports are b/c pretty clean break & little to no collateral damage to connective tissue, might make a full recovery.
Hopefully we'll look back and say it looked a lot worse than it was. Early reports are b/c pretty clean break & little to no collateral damage to connective tissue, might make a full recovery.
So Paul George changed his number to 13. He didn't have to buy all his old jerseys, but he bought them anyway. . . and donated them all to his high school
https://twitter.com/Liz_vibes_/status/499673547136987136/photo/1
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/8/14/6002147/paul-george-jerseys-donate-palmdale-pacers
https://twitter.com/Liz_vibes_/status/499673547136987136/photo/1
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/8/14/6002147/paul-george-jerseys-donate-palmdale-pacers
If the player wants to change his number, there's a cut-off date each year (I don't know when) where if they ask for the change after the date they have to buy the unsold jerseys.
George requested the change before the date.
George requested the change before the date.
Oh Paul, you were getting so much love...
Then you had to go on twitter and explain how it is ok to punch your GF unconscious if "she be trippin'"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/smackblog/chi-paul-george-apologizes-for-ray-rice-tweets-20140911-htmlstory.html
Then you had to go on twitter and explain how it is ok to punch your GF unconscious if "she be trippin'"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/smackblog/chi-paul-george-apologizes-for-ray-rice-tweets-20140911-htmlstory.html
Cellar-Door said:
He didn't say if "she be tripping" He said, "if she ain't trippin then I ain't trippin." I think he means if she's over it then it's not a big deal. Still bad, but not the same thing.
That could be true but in conjunction with his other tweets I think he meant basically if she doesn't attack me then I won't attack her. How anyone could send out that series of tweets after seeing that video is mind bogglinggammoseditor said:
tbb345 said:
Yeah, not defending him, just saying he should be quoted correctly. It was clearly a stupid thing to say.