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a lot of this post reads like a trump tweet.
"ACL and achilles are just career killers." man stop it blud. ACLs are no longer career ending. kyle lowry, baron davis, DSJ all tore their ACLs prior to joining the league and look at the bounce that baron and DSJ had/have. dominique tore his achilles and averaged like 28+ in his return season. and comparing Kobe's achilles tear to KD's is a terrible comparison. kobe was in his 17th or 18th year in the league? KD aint young but relative to kobe, he's "only" in his 12th season. that's still a big difference in terms of wear and tear playing at a high level.
This is by no means a Trump tweet. I am super mad at the Warriors medical staff and the organization that is all. I am not a fan of the Warriors, everybody here knows that and the KD situation just further underlines that. He will be out for most of next season, if not all and we will not get to watch him play and thus the competition level will be not as enjoyable, at least in my opinion, since competition is what I enjoy most when watching the NBA. When I saw him play last night I just could not believe it. Someone in this thread posted that he was at the game and saw KD "run" or at least trying to, so he even had a better of view of all things.
I still think ACL and achilles are career killers. The regular ACL recovery time is 24 months nowadays, every athlete that returns before hand is increasing the probability of reinjuring by a lot. Achilles is 12 months minimum. I know that Kobe was already older and played more seasons, Kobe just like KD carried their times and pushed and pushed their limitis and ultimately suffered a gruesome injury. KD already had this Jones fracture desaster in his foot, remember? I am no doctor, but my wife repairs ACLs and Achilles of atheletes across all sports and so I would consider myself well informed when it comes to recovery times and potential setbacks.
Bodies are like cars for example: once an original part is replaced or repaired they do not run as well as they did before.
Does anybody have a stat of ACL and Achilles injury occurence in the NBA in the 90s, 00s and 10s? Would love to see that. I have a feeling that the 10s will have the most, due to shifting the limits as much as possible.
Get well soon KD!