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[QUOTE=D.J.]Not good at all I'm afraid. 29 athletes in the 4 major sports completely ruptured their achilles, all but 2 never played again. 1 of the 2 was Griffey.[/QUOTE]
Griffey was always my favorite baseball player growing up. Now it's time for my favorite basketball player to come back strong from the same injury. :bowdown:
He should retire. This game is destroying his body.
[QUOTE=Rysio]so mamba will be back for season opener? :bowdown:[/QUOTE]
They are just saying that to make the Lakers fans think it's not so bad. His career is seriously in jeopardy.
[QUOTE=Ancient Legend]After Dominique ruptured his Achilles, he averaged 29 ppg, 24 ppg and 26 ppg the next 3 seasons. Difference is 'Nique injured himself in his 10th season, Kobe in his 17th.[/QUOTE]
Two different injuries. In that other thread I was trying to explain this. The partial tear.guys can come back, maybe not as good as they were, but can come back.
The full tear is a career ending injury in almost all cases. 'Nique didn't have the same injury Kobe has.
Is this the worst possible injury he could have had?
[QUOTE]Someone posted a thing about an Asian guy in the instagram
I guess he happens to be this guy: [url]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Soon-Shiong[/url] Although I know he's not the one doing the surgery, he's part owner of the Lakers, a board cert. surgeon with access to all the latest and greatest treatments and owns hospitals through out LA. I find this somewhat comforting. I will be praying for a speedy recovery.[/QUOTE]
Got that from another message board. He was the Asian guy that walked Kobe to the locker room last night.
[QUOTE]Patrick Soon-Shiong (Chinese: 黄馨祥; pinyin: Hu
Billups had a complete Achilles tear too right? He was back in about 10 months, but definitely not the same player.
2011-12 Season - 15 ppg, 4 apg
2012-13 Season - 8.2 ppg, 2.2 apg
[QUOTE=AussieG]Is this the worst possible injury he could have had?[/QUOTE]
Pretty much.
[QUOTE=Soundwave]Billups had a complete Achilles tear too right? He was back in about 10 months, but definitely not the same player.[/QUOTE]
somebody said like only 2 players out of 27 players in all 4 major sports came back from complete tears. billups wasnt one of those 2 names, you sure it was a complete tear?
It's actually not as bad as I thought it would be. He'd probably be able to play sometime next season, probably by February.
[QUOTE=NoGunzJustSkillz]somebody said like only 2 players out of 27 players in all 4 major sports came back from complete tears. billups wasnt one of those 2 names, you sure it was a complete tear?[/QUOTE]
Read a report this morning that in the NFL they have a 64% return rate. Size of the athlete seems to be more of a determining factor than age or severity of the rupture. Basically it's harder for 300 pounders to come back than it is for men that weigh 100 pounds less. Which makes sense.
[QUOTE=daily]Read a report this morning that in the NFL they have a 64% return rate. Size of the athlete seems to be more of a determining factor than age or severity of the rupture. Basically it's harder for 300 pounders to come back than it is for men that weigh 100 pounds less. Which makes sense.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I read that too. The only big downside is apparently performance for returning players took a big hit, as in they were never quite the same afterwards.
Maybe Kobe can come back and be a 19-21 ppg player.
Apparently this happened to Kobe's stronger foot too, which is bad because that's the foot he uses to explode off of.
[QUOTE=Soundwave]Yeah I read that too. The only big downside is apparently performance for returning players took a big hit, as in they were never quite the same afterwards.
Maybe Kobe can come back and be a 19-21 ppg player.[/QUOTE]
Different sport too. the demands on an NFL player are different, usually involves not just moving your weight but that of a man of similar size who doesn't want to be moved.
We'll see Kobe has surprised us all for years now. Doubters had said he'd be washed up by now and that was far from true.
Fact is even a Kobe Bryant playing at 85% is still better than most the league will ever dream of being. He's also smart and will adapt his game to fill in the gaps
[QUOTE=Soundwave]
Apparently this happened to Kobe's stronger foot too, which is bad because that's the foot he uses to explode off of.[/QUOTE]
Yup
[QUOTE=Soundwave]Billups had a complete Achilles tear too right? He was back in about 10 months, but definitely not the same player.
2011-12 Season - 15 ppg, 4 apg
2012-13 Season - 8.2 ppg, 2.2 apg[/QUOTE]
Will be tough for him to come back the same no doubt...