That's the assumption, yeah: overcompensation. But if an Achilles tear is a 0.1% likely event and his prior injury made him five times more likely, that's what I'm getting at: its still a very low chance.I don't think it's even the Achilles it's just overcompensating causes issue. Like when OBJ played on a high ankle sprain for 5 weeks and then his ankle shattered.
I know Toronto has some great people, but man that left a sour taste in my mouth. Especially that fucking asshole near the baseline waving bye. What a piece of shit. A teenager, I can understand doing that, but a grown man...fuck outta here.
Doesn't make any sense. How much money is KD worth to the Warriors with a potential career ending injury? These teams need some sort of risk/benefit analysis expert on payroll.
Its definitely career-altering. No NBA player has come back from this good as new, except maybe Domnique Wilkins who came back to average 30 PPG the next season.Am i right in that this type of Achilles injury is career ending in any sport? I always assumed you were done after this.
Its definitely career-altering. No NBA player has come back from this good as new, except maybe Domnique Wilkins who came back to average 30 PPG the next season.
So what's the assumption the injury is? It has to be a severe strain, right? I don't know people who can hobble around if it's a tear. If he tore it and was still walking around he is a bad bad motherfucker.
It has to be a strain, right?
Yeah achilles injuries are super easy to spot when they happen. Watch the replay and you can see the tell tale pop up the leg. I'm not sure the original calf injury would have lead to an achilles tear like that, but I don't really understand the mechanics involved.
I'm pretty sure many of the fans that cheered regretted it afterwards.
It was a sudden "we got this" moment, but I want to believe the majority came to their senses.
Barf city USA.so..that was his achilles shooting up his calf in that twitter vid?
no my god
Both, player that of that level wants to play in the finals and team staff and fan really wanted him to come backSucks. Hope he can bounce back. Who knows if he was pressured or he just really wanted to play? I can see a little bit of both. I don't think any player wants to miss the finals.
I said when KD got hurt earlier in the playoffs (but before we knew the injury) that if it was a torn Achilles it's one of the single most impactful injuries in the history of basketball. I don't think that's a stretch because of the impact to this year's playoffs, the Warriors dynasty, KD's career, and the looming summer.
It's just as true after last night, maybe even more so.
I'm fascinated by how this impacts his FA. Offering a guy a 4 year max, having him sit the first year of it, and then facing the prospect of hoping a 32-year old 7 footer coming off an Achilles injury can save your franchise is brutal. It's almost too perfect of a storyline for the Knicks - even when they don't play they're losing.
This also really changes the calculus of KD and another star going to play together somewhere else.
Derrick Rose was screaming at his TV last night watching this.
I didn't know that.KD has a $31.5 MILLION dollar PLAYER option next year. If he chooses to, and he should IMO, he can have his rehab payed for, and make $600,000 per week doing it. Honestly, I think the warriors are more screwed here than he is. He can come out of this looking good again, and them bad, and they are screwed in terms of salary cap next year...and then KD leaves 95% healthy the next year.
Yes, rehab sucks, but achilles repair is way way way better now than the past, most guys are coming back from it in under 12 months at high levels now. If he didn't have that player option, then I'd say he got screwed here, but GSW knowing that if that thing popped, was on the hook for 31.5 mil next year for a guy who won't play for them next year, or ever again, I'd have to think they thought he was really healthy enough to play.
That's just how fans are. Little fucks given what about the cost. KD should've been looking out for KD instead of trying to play on one leg.Never trust team doctors. Always have an outside DR that only cares about looking out for number 1. Now those peeps trying to rush him to comeback will be the same calling him washed on Twitter. He needed to put himself 1st. Pretty gutted about what happened, he's a great talent and this shit usually fucks NBA careers.
KD has a $31.5 MILLION dollar PLAYER option next year. If he chooses to, and he should IMO, he can have his rehab payed for, and make $600,000 per week doing it.
99.9% of players are never the same after a ruptured achilles injury and KD is over 30. Don't expect to see the same KD we got to enjoy these last several years again.Am i right in that this type of Achilles injury is career ending in any sport? I always assumed you were done after this.
The way Durant has been vilified lately, by himself and the media, also contributed to the fans reactions me thinks.
His first injury always looked like it was the Achilles, and even walking to the arena he looked off. He should never have played.
KD has a $31.5 MILLION dollar PLAYER option next year. If he chooses to, and he should IMO, he can have his rehab payed for, and make $600,000 per week doing it. Honestly, I think the warriors are more screwed here than he is. He can come out of this looking good again, and them bad, and they are screwed in terms of salary cap next year...and then KD leaves 95% healthy the next year.
Yes, rehab sucks, but achilles repair is way way way better now than the past, most guys are coming back from it in under 12 months at high levels now. If he didn't have that player option, then I'd say he got screwed here, but GSW knowing that if that thing popped, was on the hook for 31.5 mil next year for a guy who won't play for them next year, or ever again, I'd have to think they thought he was really healthy enough to play.
I didn't know that.
That would be smart.
He could also sign a long term and also just rehab for all of next year.
I want to say he too tall and good of shooter to completely fall off from this injury. But you nevet know.
So what's the assumption the injury is? It has to be a severe strain, right? I don't know people who can hobble around if it's a tear. If he tore it and was still walking around he is a bad bad motherfucker.
It has to be a strain, right?
You can walk on a torn achilles. I know from experience. You feel a bit shorter :(So what's the assumption the injury is? It has to be a severe strain, right? I don't know people who can hobble around if it's a tear. If he tore it and was still walking around he is a bad bad motherfucker.
It has to be a strain, right?
The Lakers Kobe signing Kobe to a max after the achilles kind of killed the team for a few years though it was loyal and an amazing thing to do in the moment. Repaying him for 15 years of killing himself for the franchise and always showing up. But if you are a cold ass GM you shouldn't pay an athlete until you know he is worth it.It's definitely a more plausible option if the injury is what we expect. There's more to it though - I'm not sure KD is any more likely to get a long-term deal next summer, after presumably sitting out a year of basketball activities and entering his age 32 season. Who knows what the FA market will be like next summer and who will have cap room after the moves this summer. Seems to me the priority has to be getting long-term money and KD's team has to do some calculus whether this summer or next summer is the best opportunity to do that.
I think the Warriors will offer him the full five year max - I'm not sure any other team will offer him the 4 year max this summer, just a crazy risk to take. That is a ton of incentive to stay in GS.