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Exum Injured

Whatever this is, it will show us if Exum is a fast healer or if he heals like Carlos Boozer. Hopefully not the latter.
 
So he was putting weight on his leg why he went back to the bench...I don't know if that means anything.

Jazz PR master Jonathan Reinhart tweeted that Exum is coming to SLC for further evaluation at the u of u.


After learning it was his left knee, I watched the video again. It appears that after the jump stop his knee bends inward a little awkwardly. At first I thought it was him trying to use his legs to move his momentum away from the help defender coming at him, but it could be that his knee gave out causing the change in direction.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cEToH7VZZ8

Here is Demarre injury. He recovered fast and didn't have ligament damage. Hopefully Exums is similar.
 
mellow said:
So he was putting weight on his leg why he went back to the bench...I don't know if that means anything.

Jazz PR master Jonathan Reinhart tweeted that Exum is coming to SLC for further evaluation at the u of u.
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I tore my mcl playing basketball and kept playing for a while (did not know it was torn at the time). I was always able to put weight on it.
 
My sister is a physical therapist, she said the angle of the video makes it difficult to tell, but she would guess ACL. Probable best case is MCL.
 
Jamezz said:
If this is the case the medical staff should have known about the risk and either not draft him (if they wanted instant gratification) or have him strengthen up and get some burn in the D-League, gradually getting stronger. He's only 19, if he needed 2 more years to be NBA ready then so be it. There was no contact so obviously there was something else going on. Way to go Jazz staff.
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Dude, quit being such a moron-- do you know how hard it is to be able to tell how long a ligament will hold up? These are 19 year old human beings, not ****ing vehicles where you can just jack the car up and look at its components.


And you completely missed my point-- this isn't a one-off genetic thing. I think 7-8 of the top 10 players from last year have now had serious injuries within their first 12-14 months of being drafted. This is not genetic. The article I mentioned talked about how much basketball these kids are playing at way too young of ages, and their bodies are becoming ticking time bombs.
 
Howard said:
My sister is a physical therapist, she said the angle of the video makes it difficult to tell, but she would guess ACL. Probable best case is MCL.
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That's honestly what it looks like. Really really looks like the ACL just gave on him.
 
Jamezz said:
If this is the case the medical staff should have known about the risk and either not draft him (if they wanted instant gratification) or have him strengthen up and get some burn in the D-League, gradually getting stronger. He's only 19, if he needed 2 more years to be NBA ready then so be it. There was no contact so obviously there was something else going on. Way to go Jazz staff.
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It doesn't matter how ****ing strong you are, that **** happens.

Derrick Rose is as strong as bull (no pun intended) and the dude tore his **** up out of nowhere.

It's just bad luck.
 
Lattimer said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cEToH7VZZ8

Here is Demarre injury. He recovered fast and didn't have ligament damage. Hopefully Exums is similar.
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This looked bad too-- but I fear Dante's youth being a factor. He doesn't have the leg muscles Demarre' does.
 
dalamon said:
Dude, quit being such a moron-- do you know how hard it is to be able to tell how long a ligament will hold up? These are 19 year old human beings, not ****ing vehicles where you can just jack the car up and look at its components.


And you completely missed my point-- this isn't a one-off genetic thing. I think 7-8 of the top 10 players from last year have now had serious injuries within their first 12-14 months of being drafted. This is not genetic. The article I mentioned talked about how much basketball these kids are playing at way too young of ages, and their bodies are becoming ticking time bombs.
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Dude that's why the medical staff, scouts, etc... get paid the big bucks. If he would have injured his knee with contact it's a different story, it can happen to anyone, but not being any contact it tells me that something was up with the way his body is structured. Nonetheless it's early and maybe it's nothing, we'll see. But I have a right to be angry if it does turn out being a big issue.
 
I feel like the fact that he was out on the team bench chilling with it wrapped up is a good sign. Seems like if it was super cereal he would be getting treatment or something. IDK, just hoping.

This is teh most bummer **** ever.

I blame Trey Burke.

and I blame Dalamon for Trey Burke.

So I blame Dalamon.

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Jamezz said:
Dude that's why the medical staff, scouts, etc... get paid the big bucks. If he would have injured his knee with contact it's a different story, it can happen to anyone, but not being any contact it tells me that something was up with the way his body is structured. Nonetheless it's early and maybe it's nothing, we'll see. But I have a right to be angry if it does turn out being a big issue.
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These tears often happend without contact (watch the Carroll vid). There is nothing you can do. You can minimize risk obviously by stretching/working out/being in shape, but the risk is never 0.
 
Cy said:
It doesn't matter how ****ing strong you are, that **** happens.

Derrick Rose is as strong as bull (no pun intended) and the dude tore his **** up out of nowhere.

It's just bad luck.
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Ask Philly's medical staff how's life. It might have sounded like I'm over-reacting, I hope I am.
 
Jamezz said:
Dude that's why the medical staff, scouts, etc... get paid the big bucks. If he would have injured his knee with contact it's a different story, it can happen to anyone, but not being any contact it tells me that something was up with the way his body is structured. Nonetheless it's early and maybe it's nothing, we'll see. But I have a right to be angry if it does turn out being a big issue.
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No it's impossible to know. If it was possible, then nobody would ever get injured.
 
Jamezz said:
Dude that's why the medical staff, scouts, etc... get paid the big bucks. If he would have injured his knee with contact it's a different story, it can happen to anyone, but not being any contact it tells me that something was up with the way his body is structured. Nonetheless it's early and maybe it's nothing, we'll see. But I have a right to be angry if it does turn out being a big issue.
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Pretty certain that you don't understand the body and how injuries happen.
 
How long is the recovery for mcl? Acl?

It looks to me that he tried to force his body into a jump stop...fadeaway to the left. It put some serious torque on his knee to jump and change momentum. I will jump to the conclusion that it was is inexperience driving and finishing in the lane but wanting to show people he can drive and finish that led to the injury.
 
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