Steph Curry had a CLEAR concussion. Why isn't anyone calling out the Warriors/NBA?

[HurricaneKid]

I'm relieved he is ok. But he admitted he has had concussions before and he needed help walking back to the locker room and was CLEARLY woozy (a clear sign a concussion took place).

Are the Warriors/NBA seriously suggesting there was no concussion when the world saw there was?

Why is no one addressing the elephant in the room?

◦If a player is diagnosed with concussion, he will not return to participation on that same day.

I think it is because of how easy it is to be out for a week or two with a concussion and if he didn't come back in the Dubs could have been without the MVP for a week or more.

[ImKobe]

This ain't the NFL baby.

[Rake2204]

To be completely honest, and obviously there's no way I'd could know for sure, but when I saw Curry hit the floor, I really didn't think it was going to be very serious.

I've certainly been there before and I'm sure a lot of us have (having our legs taken out during a shot block attempt). There's potential for it to be very bad but sometimes one can escape relatively scathe-free. In Curry's case, it looked like his head shared first contact with his back (which sounds bad, but it actually can cushion the head). There was also limited snapping of the neck and bouncing of said head.

Lastly, he was conscious throughout, able to sit upward before deciding to lay face down. Obviously, consciousness doesn't mean a concussion didn't take place but again, for that type of fall, it seemed as though he ended up landing in a manner to avoid serious injury.

That said, I admit I wondered about the "contusion" thing, as to whether it was a way to skirt concussion testing... but I think they tested him, no?

[Lensanity]

Coming back with a concussion when you are up 3-0 is pretty stupid. I would agree if it was a game 6 or 7 but he is just risking harm by doing that.

[Trollsmasher]

He should get a two games ban

Can't allow teams and players to go around the protocols

[Out_In_Utah]

Coming back with a concussion when you are up 3-0 is pretty stupid. I would agree if it was a game 6 or 7 but he is just risking harm by doing that.

I'm thinking they had him come back to show that he is fine so they don't have league doctors look at him and rule him out for game 5.

[Quickening]

He was just attention seeking, no way was he concussed from that.

[ISHGoat]

I'm thinking they had him come back to show that he is fine so they don't have league doctors look at him and rule him out for game 5.

im pretty sure he came back because he was feeling fine, not because he was trying to out-level the league :lol

[kamil]

He was just attention seeking, no way was he concussed from that.

Attention seeking?

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[Lensanity]

I'm thinking they had him come back to show that he is fine so they don't have league doctors look at him and rule him out for game 5.

Good thought, that could be. However I doubt the NBA would force a ratings machine in Curry to sit out. This isn't the NFL, the NBA doesn't have a concussion problem and isn't battling constant concussion related lawsuits.

[HurricaneKid]

I'm thinking they had him come back to show that he is fine so they don't have league doctors look at him and rule him out for game 5.

This is exactly what I thought when they rolled out that ridiculous "contusion" line during the broadcast. If he didn't come back in he clearly would have been in the program and who knows how long he is out. A week or two with some symptoms is perfectly normal. And it would have been a bad week or two to be out.

Balance issues are a clear sign of a concussion. The fact that he couldn't get up for 5 min is really suspicious. But the fact that he had to be helped back into the locker room is downright damning.

And he admitted he has had concussions in the past. Its borderline criminal to put him back in that kind of danger (another blow to the head could have led to permanent symptoms).

[UK2K]

I'm thinking he should stop being a bitch.

I've ran over bombs and gotten concussions and nobody held my hand and babied me.

Your a grown ass man, and a millionaire. Stop being a puss.

Football players too, but more so.

[Out_In_Utah]

I'm thinking he should stop being a bitch.

I've ran over bombs and gotten concussions and nobody held my hand and babied me.

Your a grown ass man, and a millionaire. Stop being a puss.

Football players too, but more so.

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[Lensanity]

I'm thinking he should stop being a bitch.

I've ran over bombs and gotten concussions and nobody held my hand and babied me.

Your a grown ass man, and a millionaire. Stop being a puss.

Football players too, but more so.

Aren't you cool, Mr. Tough Guy.

[Dave3]

I'm thinking he should stop being a bitch.

I've ran over bombs and gotten concussions and nobody held my hand and babied me.

Your a grown ass man, and a millionaire. Stop being a puss.

Football players too, but more so.
That's the same logic as "well kids in Africa can't even have this, so why are you complaining?" There's a reason protocols exist for dealing with certain injuries, and just because you personally had something happen to you that wasn't dealt with ideally, doesn't mean that should be the standard of care for everyone else out there.

Yeah one concussion isn't going to do much, but the protocols are there because multiple concussions to the same person are going to result in long term neurological damage, and playing a game isn't worth more than that.

[ThickassGlasses]

I'm thinking he should stop being a bitch.

I've ran over bombs and gotten concussions and nobody held my hand and babied me.

Your a grown ass man, and a millionaire. Stop being a puss.

Football players too, but more so.

If you've been concussed before then you know they come at different levels.

I've been concussed in which I finished a baseball game with no problems, woke up the next morning with a tremendous headache and had to stay in the dark for 2 days to avoid the migraine-esque headaches.

I've been concussed to the point in which it took me a few minutes to regain my balance and feel level-headed so naturally I had to miss the rest of a football game. Woke up the next morning with zero issues and didn't have any setbacks.

Personally, I feel concussion protocols are dumb. I think it should mandatory to have the testing but if a player chooses to play with all information presented (while they are in a clear state of mind) then it's up to them.

[TylerOO]

nah. he was milking the injury. ive had that happen and i bounced right up.

[ThickassGlasses]

nah. he was milking the injury. ive had that happen and i bounced right up.

Well if you've had it, Curry is royally screwed.

[TylerOO]

Well if you've had it, Curry is royally screwed.

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[Alamо]

He probably didn't have a concussion. Look like his head barely took any of the fall

[hawke812]

I'm relieved he is ok. But he admitted he has had concussions before and he needed help walking back to the locker room and was CLEARLY woozy (a clear sign a concussion took place).

Are the Warriors/NBA seriously suggesting there was no concussion when the world saw there was?

Why is no one addressing the elephant in the room?

◦If a player is diagnosed with concussion, he will not return to participation on that same day.

I think it is because of how easy it is to be out for a week or two with a concussion and if he didn't come back in the Dubs could have been without the MVP for a week or more.

Where did you obtain your PHD? Youtube:confusedshrug:

[sd3035]

Attention seeking?

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[sd3035]

nah. he was milking the injury. ive had that happen and i bounced right up.

Yeah but it left you retarded

not a good sign for Curry

[J Shuttlesworth]

Yeah bit it left you retarded

not a good sign for Curry
:biggums:

[TylerOO]

Yeah bit it left you retarded

not a good sign for Curry

:applause:

[HurricaneKid]

Where did you obtain your PHD? Youtube:confusedshrug:

You caught me, I have no doctorate. It doesn't mean I know so little about concussions that I can't spot one immediately. Especially when the fella can't even walk on his own.

[warriorfan]

damn these cats can perform concussion tests from thousands of miles away in their livingrooms? impressive

[tpols]

Bran stans campaigning for the league to hold chef out lmao

As if facing the hawks in the ECF's and garbage teams throughout wasn't easy enough.. smh

[kshutts1]

You caught me, I have no doctorate. It doesn't mean I know so little about concussions that I can't spot one immediately. Especially when the fella can't even walk on his own.
This one time I ran down a flight of stairs so fast that I was dizzy at the bottom. Struggled to walk straight.

Guess running down stairs gave me a concussion. Who knew.

[HurricaneKid]

damn these cats can perform concussion tests from thousands of miles away in their livingrooms? impressive

You don't need to perform any tests when you can SEE the symptoms. If there are any symptoms, it is treated as a concussion. Period. Thats the protocol.

We SAW him wobbly, requiring assistance to get back into the locker room. Done. Concussion confirmed. No further tests required. Hell, its one of the few symptoms you simply cannot lie about.

[HurricaneKid]

This one time I ran down a flight of stairs so fast that I was dizzy at the bottom. Struggled to walk straight.

Guess running down stairs gave me a concussion. Who knew.

Just means you are out of shape. If it were preceeded by a nasty fall with head trauma, then it CERTAINLY would have been classified as such.

[sportjames23]

Attention seeking?

http://i.imgur.com/ogWcD.jpg


Aether. :cheers:

[warriorfan]

You don't need to perform any tests when you can SEE the symptoms. If there are any symptoms, it is treated as a concussion. Period. Thats the protocol.

We SAW him wobbly, requiring assistance to get back into the locker room. Done. Concussion confirmed. No further tests required. Hell, its one of the few symptoms you simply cannot lie about.


AMC wasn't concussed, deal with it.

[kshutts1]

Just means you are out of shape. If it were preceeded by a nasty fall with head trauma, then it CERTAINLY would have been classified as such.
I doubt that.

And the cause of said dizziness or injury can certainly suggest the best course of action, but it is not an adequate diagnoses in itself.

Now, if the NBA protocol dictates that any player BELIEVED to have been concussed must sit out, then I agree with your point. It certainly looked like a concussion was a foregone conclusion.

[NumberSix]

Attention seeking?

http://i.imgur.com/ogWcD.jpg
He knee was ok. They put some Gatorade on it.

[HurricaneKid]

I doubt that.

And the cause of said dizziness or injury can certainly suggest the best course of action, but it is not an adequate diagnoses in itself.

Now, if the NBA protocol dictates that any player BELIEVED to have been concussed must sit out, then I agree with your point. It certainly looked like a concussion was a foregone conclusion.

Then its likely a heart issue.

I just got my first concussion a few months ago. They didn't even run the actual tests because it was evident I had one and the tests were far less reliable than the fact that I had symptoms. Having WATCHED his symptoms there is no question in my mind he got a concussion.

Given that the Drs are paid by the team and know the process if they admitted it was a concussion, I think its hilarious that people think they are more trustworthy than what we all saw.

[JellyBean]

Coming back with a concussion when you are up 3-0 is pretty stupid. I would agree if it was a game 6 or 7 but he is just risking harm by doing that.

Yup. That is what I was saying in the game thread last night. I would have sat Steph down for the rest of the game, since the Rockets were up 12-15 points at the time. No point in risking a player's health.

[Dave3]

This one time I ran down a flight of stairs so fast that I was dizzy at the bottom. Struggled to walk straight.

Guess running down stairs gave me a concussion. Who knew.
Because the same symptoms regardless of what preceded it leads to the exact same diagnosis right? Like if a guy comes in with a high white blood cell count I'm right away going to assume he has leukemia (blood cancer) instead of maybe checking if he has an infection first? If you feel light headed after hitting your head, that's likely a concussion. If you feel light headed after a quick rush, or upon getting up, that's likely presyncope or orthostatic hypotension. Your attempted comparison is terrible.

And the tests a doctor is going to do for a concussion is a general HPI and CNS physical exam - vision, headache, nausea, coordination, etc. Curry saying he feels woozy and was having trouble balancing right? A doctor isn't going to check for your coordination if your balance is already off while walking.

Actual tests (imaging like MRI or CT) are only for if the guy is having seizures or vomiting to check for increased CSF pressure or a bleed, not to diagnose a concussion.

Not to mention, you don't need to be a doctor to diagnose a concussion. A lot of trainers and personnel around athletes are taught how to spot one, and when to take them to the hospital.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Maybe he was but that's the kind of situation where almost everyone involved could/would cover it up. It's like when Julian Edelman got hit in the Superbowl and just popped right back up to avoid the concussion protocol. When teams have a championship in sight player safety sometimes takes a back seat. That may not be right but it's true.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Rockets fans aren't complaining about Curry's dizzy ass coming back into the game. His air ball and bricked shot kept us from getting swept.:oldlol:

[sd3035]

He was just attention seeking, no way was he concussed from that.

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[UK2K]

Aren't you cool, Mr. Tough Guy.
No you're just a puss

[Dro]

I couldn't tell if he had a concussion. He was draining shots like his usual self, no rim.......