Paul George Suffers Leg Injury in Team USA Showcase

Was just watching Team USA Blue vs White game and Paul George suffered an absolutely gruesome leg injury.

Easily a season ender and from a distance, possibly a career changer.  Very sad for this to happen in a "scrimmage"

http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_/id/11298573/paul-george-suffers-apparent-serious-leg-injury-team-usa-showcase-game


FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE...BEWARE IT IS HORRIFIC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi2R0IlCXlA

It looks really bad for George. This is going to become a major issue. NBA teams are going to try to put something in their contract about guys playing in summer games. The team is really shook up.

What a shame.

Rosalie

Just an awful thing to happen to such a good guy and tremendous player. Praying for a full recovery for him, no matter how long it takes.

Marcus said he saw something on twitter, (I can't find it) that the base of the stanchion supporting the basket was 2 feet closer to the court than normal NBA arenas have.

If so I can see attorneys and law suits...........

I always thought that basketball on any level needs more space around the outside of the actual playing area. Fans sit too close, chairs are to close, photographers are to close (especially under the baskets. A minimum distance should be 5 feet anyway (perhaps more on the baselines.

beat

found this.....

https://twitter.com/tdot82/status/495411967918481408

http://8points9seconds.com/2014/08/01/paul-george-injury-basket/#!btPcQm

beat

Trading Danny Granger, in particular, and letting Lance Stephenson go is starting to look like a bad idea, in retrospect.


bob


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Also, Would this make a deal with Indiana for Jeff Green more likely?  Who would we want in exchange?

The NBA trade machine says that Jeff Green for Luis Scola and Ian Mahinmi works.  For me to like this trade I'd have to see Indiana throw in a draft pick.  I'm a big, big fan of Argentinean Luis Scola (LOVE Argentinean players, in general!), but he just turned 34.  Mahinmi's offensive game is almost non-existent, but he's 6'11"-7'0" tall and has a 7'7" wingspan and makes his impact on the defensive end.  I think of him as a Steamer type of player.  Has the physical talents and some good instincts on the defensive shot-blocking/intimidating/changing end, but can't seem to crack the 20mpg+ glass ceiling.  

Another trade that works is Paul George for Jeff Green and Keith Bogans.  Larry gets a player that can help him win now, which is where the Pacers are, and he sheds about $6M in salary.  We can afford to wait a year for George to make his comeback because we are not in "win now" mode, it's a broken bone and not a tendon/ligament/joint injury he suffered and he's under longterm contract.  

I don't see Larry giving up Hibbert, so I'm not going to even try to run trade scenarios involving him.  It was Hibbert or Lance and Larry chose Hibbert.



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For those who haven't actually seen it, it's pretty damn gruesome.  I mean, like Joe Theismann gruesome.












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That was one of the toughest things to watch that I can remember.! Holy @*&&^%$


Pete

bobheckler wrote:Trading Danny Granger, in particular, and letting Lance Stephenson go is starting to look like a bad idea, in retrospect.

Bob,

Have you seen Granger play recently? It's difficult to believe he was once an all-star. He's terrible. He's lost any semblance of ability or confidence or mojo or whatever the spark is that makes a guy play well. He couldn't make up for the loss of Paul George in any way, shape, or form.

As for Lance Stephenson, he was obviously productive on a team that didn't have a lot of producers, and they were already going to miss that. But if he is a locker room cancer and loose cannon, then they're better off without him, regardless of his production.

The guy who has to step is Roy Hibbert. How comfortable do you think Larry Bird is with that concept?

I remember when Delonte West broke his wrist. That was gruesome, but not so much as Paul George's was. I watched this one once earlier, and do not plan to ever watch it again.

gyso

So, is there a trade for perhaps Jeff Green unfolding?

112288

Perfect person to offer his thoughts:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/kevin-ware-offers-encouragement-for-paul-george-after-his-injury-170559966.html

How about the college basketball kid that snapped his lower leg to 90 degrees in the NCAA tournament last year or the year before? Theismann had a lock first place for most gruesome for many years until that one came along I thought. Is George's worse that that because I just cringe thinking of the NCAA one and thought it could not get any more gruesome. I haven't seen George's yet.

db

OK. Just saw it. That's is indeed horrific. That is a huge, huge loss for IND and Larry. What is the deal?!!!

db

No one mentions Shaun Livingston, his bone was protruding out of his leg. He worked his butt off to get back to playing basketball. Gruesome. 

I was watching this game when the accident happened. Harden looked like he was going to get sick, put a towel over his head.
He could very well have heard George's bone crack. This has
really shaken up the players on the team. Imagine if it was
Kevin Durant? He was so disturbed after this happened, as were the rest of them.  Something is going to give here, maybe not now, but sooner or later owners/gm's are going to have something to say about this. Cuban already has said he
is against his players playing in the summer.

It was terrible. I hope he is able to rehab and come back stronger than ever. As far as a move is concerned, I would not be surprised to see Bird sign someone for one year, he is not going to win with the team without George. Take the hit and see if they can get someone in the draft next year. 

Rosalie

There definitely should be more space.  And a good start would be for the league to fine Toronto $10 million a day for each day they continue to have those absolutely stark raving stupid triangular signs within one foot of the baselines.  Players actually push off on those signs when inbounding the ball.

Sam

sam wrote:There definitely should be more space.  And a good start would be for the league to fine Toronto $10 million a day for each day they continue to have those absolutely stark raving stupid triangular signs within one foot of the baselines.  Players actually have to push off on those signs when inbounding the ball.

Sam

Obviously you're kidding. You raised this concern last year (I think seriously) when it was pointed out to you by someone that those were painted into the floor at an angle to look like they were actually potruding upward. When I saw them for the very first time I was taken aback for a few minutes until I saw someone inbounding the ball and standing right on top of something that gave the illusion of being several feet tall. It's pretty ingenious what the Raptors did with that paint job.

Kind of like the chalk guy who does scenes that look 3-D?

Here is another piece about things being too close to the court...... in it it says that the NBA minimum distance from the baseline to the base of the support is 4 feet. This was much closer.

Even along the sidelines fans, media, chairs are much too close. These guys are bigger faster, jump higher and further than those of 20-30 years ago, yet the room out of bounds is virtually non existent. World class indoor sprinters have 30-40 yards to slow up and a think padded wall at the end of that. we expect an NBA player at full speed to stop in 4 feet? Granted I know it's a little apples and grapes but 4 feet. Anyway here is the piece.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2014/08/02/paul-george-injury-how-one-expert-would-make-sure-it-never-happens-again/2/

beat

Beat,

They measured it and it was 1" off regulation.

112288

It was just a matter of time that something like this would happen.  You have to admire the gamesmanship of George going after Harding....but for what.....a stupid USA summer basketball scrimmage?

George will never be the same regarding having explosive speed...once that is gone.........the rest of the game begins to fail.


Too bad...........he was going to be a great one.

112288

All due respect, but 2 days after a horrific injury - do we really need to already start talking about trades and how the injury may benefit the Celtics?

112288 wrote:It was just a matter of time that something like this would happen.  You have to admire the gamesmanship of George going after Harding....but for what.....a stupid USA summer basketball scrimmage?

George will never be the same regarding having explosive speed...once that is gone.........the rest of the game begins to fail.


Too bad...........he was going to be a great one.

112288

Doctors have said he will make a complete recovery and the good news is there was no damage to his knee or ankle, or to his nerves or soft tissue, unlike injuries to Shaun Livingston or Derek Rose. It's just a severe break of the tibia and fibula but they expect that to heal completely with George making a full return to playing in a year.

And as far as that stanchion being one inch (3'11") closer than the four foot minimum distance mandated by the NBA, it's been pointed out that in most arenas the stanchions are a foot or two farther away from the court than four feet and George naturally thought he had more room for a move he regularly makes without coming in contact with it. Someone should have pointed that out to all the players before any games were played in that arena so they were well aware of the closeness of that one. It's probably not something they paid much attention to in their preparation for that game.

112288 wrote:Beat,

They measured it and it was 1" off regulation.

112288

where did you see this? Sure looks like a foot than an inch.

beat