OT: Russell Westbrook knee surgery

I wonder if the intense and powerful training these athletes often use to create these uber powerful legs increases the risk of these types of injuries.

If you put a too powerful engine in a race car, you can go faster...... as long as you can manage to keep it under control. But, the more powerful the engine, the harder is to do that.

 

Reading that this is a minor tear. If they're just gonna do a partial meniscectomy like they did with BRoy, he should be back sooner than later.

 

I think he'll be back by the conference finals if they get that far.

 

And I wonder how this effects his athleticism? He is an explosive player that needs that quick step and strength as an advantage. If that leaves him, he's fucked!

 

The play that supposedly caused this:



Dirty?

 

I think that's a great point, but Lillard does make some twisting driving moves to the hoop that could potentially put his knees at risk. On the whole, however, he seems to play at a different pace, and not as aggressive as Westbrook, which is probably a good thing.

 

Not dirty in my mind. Just playoff ball.

 

He was going for the ball. Hardly looks like he was intentionally trying to take out his knee.

 

But the timeout had already been whistled when he lunged.

 

Job well done, in my opinion.

 

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Did he come out after that play or kept playing?


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Karma is a bitch!!

 

La Ley y El Orden?

 

[video=youtube;4kr24G8jQpM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kr24G8jQpM&feature=player_embedded[/video]

 

Should have been a foul at the very least. Westbrook had already asked for time out. You can see him pointing at the ref.

Dirty play, IMO. Not that Beverley was trying to injure him, but it was an unnecessary play, and something that is typically considered bush league.

 

This injury had nothing to do with an at-risk position, though, and everything to do with Beverley diving across the body after timeout had already been called. It was about the least athletic contact injury you'll see.

 

I've never heard this at all. The defender almost always goes for the steal in that situation..

 

The whistle was being blown as he went for the ball.

 

I was watching the game and I don't remember the announcers saying or myself thinking that the foul was dirty at the time. And they replayed it a few time then as well. I think this clip (without sound) may be misleading.