He hurt his back standing during the Opening Ceremony? Are you fucking kidding me? That's one of the more ridiculous things I've heard explaining an injury.
Being in one position for hours no matter what it is is horrible for the body. Standing/Sitting/Laying down. Anything were you can't actively move positions and stretch out will cause strains in the body. Especially if you have never done it before and are not used to it.
Yeah, that's the reason why Team USA didn't have Phelps or Lochte during the opening ceremonies. Standing for a few hours isn't going to give an Olympic athlete a serious injury, but can definitely take a toll on your body and throw you out of whack in the short term. With that said, it does just sound like an excuse for an off game on Batum's end. He didn't play well, and he could have just used the opening ceremonies as a scapegoat. I guess we'll find out in France's next few games.
appropos of nothing, I wonder if he got paid in 1 dollar bills, put all of it in a swimming pool and then swam around in his pile of cash like Scrooge McDuck?
You went too far there. Sleeping is quite good for the body, even hours on end. I've never understood why they don't improve the Parade of Nations for the athletes. Put them on a conveyor belt in the staging area so they have seating options while waiting to come into the stadium. Hell, put them all on nationally themed parade floats.
No doubt. I couldn't believe this was real so I had to come over and say something. He certainly didn't look like he was straining to play. It's the Portland curse! You see AK47? 14-17 35 points 4 rebs 3 blks 2 stls 1 asst
Kirilenko has always been better than Batum, so it's no surprise. Of course, he's not really a SF any more, which is the major position of need for the Wolves, but he'll be there to guard whoever it is that Kevin Love should be guarding but can't. The Wolves will be better than the Blazers this year, and we should just accept that. (Unless Rubio can't recover, that is, because he's their most important player by a mile.)
It is, but everyone moves around in their sleep. If you had to sleep in something, like say a coffin, that does not allow for any real movement then you would wake up cramped and not feeling rested.
Getting off topic a bit, but I disagree. Sleeping on your back is the best for your body, assuming you're on a decent surface. Being confined might affect your mind and ability to get to sleep, but that's it.
