Isaiah Austin can't play in the NBA

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...-silver-invites-isaiah-austin-to-attend-draft

Silver invited Adams to attend the Draft with him, would be really bitter sweet if he goes. Silver has done about everything correct in building up good faith since he came into office. I wonder how long that good faith will last once the next contract negotiations start.

 

Just got cleared to play. He's kind of like Meyers except with way better measurables.

 

Sign him!!!!

 

I don't see the downside. Cut Connaughton.

 

If I remember correctly, he hid the fact that he has a glass eye.

 

Why not?

 

Or Quarterman.

 

This dude would inspire a locker room and you know he would play with a passion nearly unmatched if he got a shot in the NBA. He is very athletic for a 7 footer and could be a good NBA rim protector. If we have the opportunity we have to take a chance on this kid. Chances are one of him or Ezeli pans out and gives us what we need.

 

I thought the thread was about Isaac Austin. He was a late-bloomer like Hassan Whiteside or Kevin Duckworth. Turns out he's Isaiah's uncle.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/austiis01.html

 

I'd rather have quarterman than napier

 

Yeah, I mentioned that back when this thread was created almost two and a half years ago.

BNM

 

So what happened? Did they find a cure for Marfan's Syndrome? Was he misdiagnosed? When this first came out his doctor told him he should never play basketball again, even a casual pick up game could kill him. Now he's been cleared to play in the NBA?

BNM

 

Hank Gathers. And don't forget Reggie Lewis.

I wondered the same. Daryl Morey wasted a #16 pick on Royce White, so he'll be the one who signs Austin.

 

Fixed

 

Neither Gathers nor Lewis died of Marfan's Syndrome. They both died of cardiomyopathy, Both had also previously collapsed a few months prior to their deaths. Gathers had collapsed on December 9th, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and prescribed propranolol, which he stopped taking prior to his death on March 4, because he said it made him feel sluggish. Lewis collapsed during the first quarter of their opening round playoff game on April 29 and then died three months later on July 27th during a pick up game.

Marfan's Syndrome is a completely different condition. It's a thinning of the wall of the aorta that causes the aorta to burst resulting in instantaneous death.

BNM

 

Straw man as usual. Please show me where I said that Gathers or Lewis died of Marfans.

 

Really? You did it twice:

Neither Gathers, nor Lewis died of a burst aorta (Marfan's Syndrome). Both died of cardiomyopathy, damaged heart muscle (in simple terms). They died of heart failure, not a ruptured aorta.

BNM

 

You didn't remember who you were thinking of, so I suggested Hank Gathers as a possibility. So you made a Federal case about my attempt at help being an impossible choice. Okay, do you remember yet who you were thinking of?

 

No, but I knew it wasn't Hank Gathers both times you suggested it was.

BNM