Bonn1997 wrote:

Clean wrote:

Dagger wrote:

Clean wrote:These injuries are not as bad as they seem. It is WAY better to break a bone than to suffer a ligament/joint injury. Max he will have 1 year out to be safe and his bones will be stronger than they were before the injury. He will have a titanium rod inserted and the bone grown also adds to it being stronger. Anderson Silva had the same injury from a checked kick and he has a fight booked for a little over a year past the day he got injured. Just yesterday he said his leg was 95% now but he will give it more time to be safe. We are only 7 months away from when he got injured.

Has his actual injury been reported? Speculation seems to be all over the place, from what I read some think this injury will carry over the rest of his career.

There has not been an official injury report but I think it is pretty obvious what is going on when you see the middle of his shin bone create a 90 degree angle. I am a huge MMA fan and this type of injury has happened 3 times there. The docs said the only problems that will occur long term from these injuries are...

1. Mental: Will he trust his body to do what it should do.
2. Nerve damage caused by a break with a sharp jagged edges.

Here is one of the best doctors in the world explaining these types of injuries. He is the one that fixed Anderson Silva. He is probably the one doing Paul's surgery as well. He lives in Vegas so Paul could not be in better hands if in fact he is doing the surgery.

You can break a bone AND tear ligaments and injure a joint, though

While it is possible for it to happen it is not probable. The forces on the body that causes these injuries usually dissipate after something breaks or tears. The amount of force needed to do 2 or 3 of those things are usually reserved for car accidents and stuff like that. Has something like that happened during a hard hit in football? That seems like the only sport that would have anywhere near high enough force to do something like that. I have seen 6 of these injuries in total. 2 in basket ball, 3 in MMA and 1 in Maui Thai and none had any ligament/joint damage.

Clean wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Clean wrote:

Dagger wrote:

Clean wrote:These injuries are not as bad as they seem. It is WAY better to break a bone than to suffer a ligament/joint injury. Max he will have 1 year out to be safe and his bones will be stronger than they were before the injury. He will have a titanium rod inserted and the bone grown also adds to it being stronger. Anderson Silva had the same injury from a checked kick and he has a fight booked for a little over a year past the day he got injured. Just yesterday he said his leg was 95% now but he will give it more time to be safe. We are only 7 months away from when he got injured.

Has his actual injury been reported? Speculation seems to be all over the place, from what I read some think this injury will carry over the rest of his career.

There has not been an official injury report but I think it is pretty obvious what is going on when you see the middle of his shin bone create a 90 degree angle. I am a huge MMA fan and this type of injury has happened 3 times there. The docs said the only problems that will occur long term from these injuries are...

1. Mental: Will he trust his body to do what it should do.
2. Nerve damage caused by a break with a sharp jagged edges.

Here is one of the best doctors in the world explaining these types of injuries. He is the one that fixed Anderson Silva. He is probably the one doing Paul's surgery as well. He lives in Vegas so Paul could not be in better hands if in fact he is doing the surgery.

You can break a bone AND tear ligaments and injure a joint, though

While it is possible for it to happen it is not probable. The forces on the body that causes these injuries usually dissipate after something breaks or tears. The amount of force needed to do 2 or 3 of those things are usually reserved for car accidents and stuff like that. Has something like that happened during a hard hit in football? That seems like the only sport that would have anywhere near high enough force to do something like that. I have seen 6 of these injuries in total. 2 in basket ball, 3 in MMA and 1 in Maui Thai and none had any ligament/joint damage.

Bonn1997 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:That's sick sick sick. The basket expansion was WAY WAY to far out. I would not risk my multi million $ career on amateur basketball--the reason why that leg broke was that basket positioning--that would not have happened with NBA regulation hoop. That was horrible--if me--Im audi out of that tourney. If Im an owner my player is out etc... why does Derek Rose play for this and not the paying fans ---this was going to happen and boy was it fcking bad.

Wouldn't it be even easier to collide into the basket if it was closer? Or are you saying that players just aren't used to the basket being there?

Yea they are creatures of habit. It's ridiculous that the basket is that close to the court. Especially since these guys are so long, fast & athletic. Awareness needs to be brought to this going forward. Real shame this happened. A stupid intersquad scrimmage

Bonn1997 wrote:

Clean wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Clean wrote:

Dagger wrote:

Clean wrote:These injuries are not as bad as they seem. It is WAY better to break a bone than to suffer a ligament/joint injury. Max he will have 1 year out to be safe and his bones will be stronger than they were before the injury. He will have a titanium rod inserted and the bone grown also adds to it being stronger. Anderson Silva had the same injury from a checked kick and he has a fight booked for a little over a year past the day he got injured. Just yesterday he said his leg was 95% now but he will give it more time to be safe. We are only 7 months away from when he got injured.

Has his actual injury been reported? Speculation seems to be all over the place, from what I read some think this injury will carry over the rest of his career.

There has not been an official injury report but I think it is pretty obvious what is going on when you see the middle of his shin bone create a 90 degree angle. I am a huge MMA fan and this type of injury has happened 3 times there. The docs said the only problems that will occur long term from these injuries are...

1. Mental: Will he trust his body to do what it should do.
2. Nerve damage caused by a break with a sharp jagged edges.

Here is one of the best doctors in the world explaining these types of injuries. He is the one that fixed Anderson Silva. He is probably the one doing Paul's surgery as well. He lives in Vegas so Paul could not be in better hands if in fact he is doing the surgery.

You can break a bone AND tear ligaments and injure a joint, though

While it is possible for it to happen it is not probable. The forces on the body that causes these injuries usually dissipate after something breaks or tears. The amount of force needed to do 2 or 3 of those things are usually reserved for car accidents and stuff like that. Has something like that happened during a hard hit in football? That seems like the only sport that would have anywhere near high enough force to do something like that. I have seen 6 of these injuries in total. 2 in basket ball, 3 in MMA and 1 in Maui Thai and none had any ligament/joint damage.

Interesting. I hope you're right here.

The injuries that come to my mind is Tyrone Prothro(former Bama Wr), Marcus Lattimore(South Carolina/49er rb), Deandre Brown(former Southern Miss Wr).

From personal experience, I dislocated my knee, my leg was wrapped around the steering wheel, and I was starring at the sole of my shoe. Every ligament in my knee exploded but despite all of the force from the trauma I didn't break a single bone in my leg. The body is weird man.

needless to say it was gruesome and yet there was no damage to muscle or connective tissue. the operation took six hours, with two titanium plates, 15 screws, and 100 stitches. recovery took 10 months because the bones took so long to heal. i wore a cast on two separate occasions. the first time 10 weeks and the second 7 weeks.

paul george has a long road back but inasmuch as he too suffered no ancillary damage to the tissues surrounding both lower leg bones, he should eventually recover 100% use of the leg, as i have with my arm.

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UPDATE: Paul George gets some good news. Surgery on his leg revealed no ancillary damage, will greatly help recovery. (via @WindhorstESPN)
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djsunyc wrote:team USA can go back to college players. if i am an owner all player contracts will now have a veto clause for non nba basketball activities.

Maybe for players who have had major injuries, but no way this would pass for every player.

Even in Derrick Rose case, insurance picked up a huge chunk of his pay....upwards of 80% since he's missed at least one entire season.