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  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    ...wear these:

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    Seriously: Ewing had creaky knees his entire career. He did all right.
     
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    Ice bags and Ace bandages?
     
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    Well, those two. But actually I meant the knee pads that are bunched up at his ankles mostly. Here's a better look:

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    Of course, ideally there'd be space-age artificial ice built-in to the kneepads. And spikes on the outside to deter any Maggette wanna-bes.
     
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    He should just grow two big fluffy knee beards for padding.
     
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    because they dont do anything except protect for "court burns" (rug burns)
     
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    I disagree. They would obviously not stop hyper extensions and ligament damage, but I think they'd soften the knee to knee contact and probably would have stopped the bone from chipping in the collision with Magette.
     
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    I agree.

    Also, I think by adding resistance, they reduce the extent of any hyper extension that may occur.
     
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    Why doesnt Greg give me $40,000 to do some remodling at my house?
     
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    I think there's a good chance he'll be wearing something on his knee to pad it when he comes back. He might as well do both knees just to be safe!
     
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    Hmm...

    Do they make these for the entire body? Gregers needs all the help he can get.
     
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    Kobe and DWade tried that and the league said "No!". :tsktsk:

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    Stern said "I want to see me some leg!"
     
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    A huge inflateable bubble! Like Tom Green wore in this video:

    [video=youtube;NgQgiVRsuLc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgQgiVRsuLc[/video]
     
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    He thinks they make him look fat.
     
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    Knee pads are awful style. Very YMCA. I'd rather our players looked good, even if it meant they missed lots of games to injury.
     
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    Here we go...they're meant to protect against bear attacks. Mobility might be an issue but we can stop worrying about injuries!
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    Mobility is overrated. You can still have a decent career as an NBA center without it... how long was Greg Ostertag in the league?!?
     
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