<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>LAS VEGAS (Ticker) -- Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Gordon will miss the remainder of the NBA's Summer League with a strained left hamstring. The 19-year-old left Saturday's game against the Charlotte Bobcats with 8:01 remaining in the 4th quarter and didn't return. Selected seventh overall in the 2008 draft, the Indiana product was averaging 19 points and 6.5 rebounds in two games.</div> What's with all these top 10 picks having injuries? I mean, it may be a small injury, but still... Not to mention that Gordon, Beasley, and Rose all probably would've came straight out of high school if they had the chance...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jul 14 2008, 01:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>LAS VEGAS (Ticker) -- Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Gordon will miss the remainder of the NBA's Summer League with a strained left hamstring. The 19-year-old left Saturday's game against the Charlotte Bobcats with 8:01 remaining in the 4th quarter and didn't return. Selected seventh overall in the 2008 draft, the Indiana product was averaging 19 points and 6.5 rebounds in two games.</div> What's with all these top 10 picks having injuries? I mean, it may be a small injury, but still... Not to mention that Gordon, Beasley, and Rose all probably would've came straight out of high school if they had the chance... </div> An injury is an injury, and still, this is summer league. Who's going to risk a promising career during summer league?