As a Clippers fan, we of course have been carefully watching the Blazers, as (as of this moment at least) we could be playing each other in the first round of the playoffs. So, I was watching the game. Oh God, this was one of the most sickening, heart wrenching injuries I’ve ever seen. The only other injury that I’ve seen that I can compare it to is when Shaun Livingston broke his leg back in January of 2008. I remember that injury so well to this day, and my stomach dropped seeing it, just like it dropped seeing Nurkic. Needless to say, this is not how any Clippers fans want to face the Blazers in the playoffs, if that were to happen. This is a horrible tragedy. I went to college in Salem, Oregon. I have friends in Portland, and close family. I was just in Portland a month ago for my daughters Irish Dance competition (and spoke with numerous Lyft drivers about the Blazers, and an employee at Powells about them). I love the Rose City, and it’s the city I’d like to live in if I were not so tied to Los Angeles. This is a terrible loss for your team. I hope Nurkic can recover. I watched Shaun Livingston recover, and now he has several championship rings. I hope your fanbase can stay strong.
I could tell I was out of sorts this morning when I tried to fill the tea kettle with the lid on. I always read newspaper over breakfast but realized I had eaten it all with paper still on table folded, thinking of Nurk.
I'm worried about how he'll keep his weight down while he's down. Remember how incredibly hard he worked to get his weight down after we got him? And that was with full use of all his extremities.
Is it possible that there was an undiagnosed issue with Nurks leg, like a hairline, that caused this? As in, it was going to happen eventually, etc?
In 2016, he had surgery on his LEFT patella tendon. In 2017, he had a non-displaced fibular fracture in his LEFT leg. This might not be a coincidence. I fucking hate how long the NBA season is. Freak injuries can happen, but injuries due to overuse are a serious pet peeve of mine because they're so easy to control. I hated seeing Dame play 48 mins last night.
I’m pretty sure rods are put in for injuries like this, and only taken out if they become too painful. My biggest concern with something like this isn’t the physical timeline, it’s the mental one. I’ve shattered a femur and severed a bicep completely in half, it took me much longer to mentally trust they were healed than anything.
Showing game on NBA TV and cut the entire seausequ. Show Nurk going for rebound, then carried away on stretcher
If you want the ultimate positivity to this situation here it is... With Nurk out Zach gets the minutes he needs over the next year and a half to become a dominant player. We are still strapped with bad contracts next year so no real difference makers were gonna be added. Maybe by the time Nurk is fully ready physically and mentally to come back in 2021 Zach will be established as a monster and we will have added another core peice without the contract restrictions of ET/Nards/Moe? This could all be part of the Basketball Gods plan. There you guys go, you’re welcome.
The Nurk injury feels like the Matthews injury when we are alll playing well then disasters strike. Ugh... I hate this game.
