OT: John Wall slips, falls, and ruptures achilles

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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Out 12 months. What a brutal blow.
     
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    $37,800,000 $40,824,000 $43,848,000 $46,872,000
     
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    They might blow it up. No point in carrying a large payroll when your franchise player is out and you won't be competing anytime soon.

    Otto Porter anyone? Dollar for dollar Dario Saric might be a better option but hasn't Dario been playing at the 4 lately? I thought when he first came in the league he was a 3? I'll take both and start them both.
     
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    Man, that's brutal. He gets surgery to remove bone spurs in the hopes of preventing an achilles rupture, then slips and falls during recovery and ruptures the thing anyway? That sucks.
     
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    His career is probably done, and his 170M dollar contract hasnt even kicked in yet
     
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    Ouch
     
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    Considering they're losing as is, it might be prudent for them to have a fire sale.

    I've really soured on Porter. He has stagnated quite a bit and is owed a ton of money.
     
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    Ouch. When my cat Rudy ruptured his Achilles tendon he had to be euthanized.

    Of course he also had a crushed foot, beginning of renal failure and had lost his hearing.

    Hope Wall isn't that bad.
     
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    I don't think they will be euthanizing him. Though, I could be wrong.
     
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    If it saves them $170 million, they might!
     
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    There has got to be more to this story ... screams of motorcycle or skydiving or something.
     
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    Let me guess, the cat's name was Lucky?
     
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    I need to have a similar surgery to the first one Wall had on his bone spurs. My doctor told me I wouldn't be able to drive or do anything for at least 6 weeks afterwards. I wonder if he was doing something he shouldn't have been because he shouldn't have been moving around much yet.

    I can't really take 6 days off let alone 6 weeks so I just live with the pain for now.
     
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    Let me tell you the story of a certain Blazer center who re-injured himself falling in the shower...
     
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    He was already hurt. Prolly more prone to injuries in his current state, so I kinda believe this.
     
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    Um, @SlyPokerDog , don't Bogart my stash man.
     
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    170M contract WOW
     
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