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.
86spike said:Shaun Livingston's injury was just as bad. Hopefully George can return to form too.
This is true. Thank god PG signed that big extension when he did.jon abbey said:And how long did it take him to fully recover? 5 or 6 years? He got hurt in 2007, was back in the league by 2008, but didn't become an impact player again until maybe 2012.
It's definitely visually worse.Stevie1der said: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.
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:And how long did it take him to fully recover? 5 or 6 years? He got hurt in 2007, was back in the league by 2008, but didn't become an impact player again until maybe 2012.
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:
And how long did it take him to fully recover? 5 or 6 years? He got hurt in 2007, was back in the league by 2008, but didn't become an impact player again until maybe 2012.
Blacken said: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.
Maybe. A year in the lottery wouldn't be the worst thing for them long-term, though, if George is okay afterwards.bosockboy said:That's a franchise crippling injury for the Pacers.
bosockboy said:That's a franchise crippling injury for the Pacers.
He probably postponed it to keep his owner from raising and arming a private army of Pacers fans to declare war on FIBA.86spike said:How shitfaced is Larry Legend right now?
I just remember ABC kept showing it on replay over and over. Gah. I think Dierdorf kept warning viewers not to watch.JayMags71 said: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 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:Psycho Sid style... his career might be over.
DrewDawg said:Jesus. Only seen the still photo, but still.
The only person with a worse night than George was Dropkick Izzy.
Sid was the first one I thought of as well, and for me the boot actually made it more gruesome. Something about how the leg bent in half and flopped sideways like the whole thing was rubber somehow added to it.Ed Hillel 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.
If he doesn't die can we get refunds?mabrowndog 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?
This deserves props.HomeRunBaker said:If he doesn't die can we get refunds?
E5 Yaz said:I'm surprised we've gone this far without someone chiming in about how they had a similar injury
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:Phew! That eases my immediate concern about the Pacers' financial well-being. Fucking asshole.
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:Umm...the insurance payment has nothing to do with the Pacers' salary cap. What the Pacers could do is apply for the "Disabled Player Exception", which allows them to sign a guy for one year at the MLE level.
Cellar-Door said: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
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: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.
tbb345 said: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 boggling