Isaiah Austin can't play in the NBA

[Scalma]

Or Quarterman.

I'd rather have quarterman than napier

 

[Boob-No-More]

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

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

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

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

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

 

[jlprk]

Flo Hyman led the US women's volleyball team to Olympic silver medal. She had undiagnosed Marfan. She dropped dead of a heart attack when she was 32. Marfan syndrome caused an aortic dissection she was unaware of.

I remember that. There was an article in (I think) Sports Illustrated at the time. About that same time, there was another athlete, a college basketball player (can't remember his name) that dropped dead during a pick up game when his aorta burst.

Hank Gathers. And don't forget Reggie Lewis.

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?

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

 

[Nikolokolus]

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 neither him or Ezeli pans out and gives us what we need.

Fixed

 

[Boob-No-More]

Hank Gathers. And don't forget Reggie Lewis.

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

 

[jlprk]

I remember that. There was an article in (I think) Sports Illustrated at the time. About that same time, there was another athlete, a college basketball player (can't remember his name) that dropped dead during a pick up game when his aorta burst.

Hank Gathers. And don't forget Reggie Lewis.

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

 

[Boob-No-More]

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

Really? You did it twice:

I remember that. There was an article in (I think) Sports Illustrated at the time. About that same time, there was another athlete, a college basketball player (can't remember his name) that dropped dead during a pick up game when his aorta burst.

Are you thinking of by far the most famous one, Hank Gathers, or someone else?

I remember that. There was an article in (I think) Sports Illustrated at the time. About that same time, there was another athlete, a college basketball player (can't remember his name) that dropped dead during a pick up game when his aorta burst.

Hank Gathers. And don't forget Reggie Lewis..

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

 

[jlprk]

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?

 

[Boob-No-More]

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

 

[BonesJones]

Fixed

I knew it was gonna be something negative..

 

[Boob-No-More]

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?

Chris Patton, University of Maryland. Took me 10 seconds to find it using google:

"According to a recent report in Sports Illustrated, other atheletes have been sidelined by Marfan's. Ten years ago, Chris Patton, a University of Maryland basketball player, died of a ruptured aorta during a pickup game. "

BNM

 

[jlprk]

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

Since you have no clue as to what the hell you were thinking of, I am now convinced that your were subconsciously thinking of Hank Gathers.

I officially win the argument. P.S. Bob Whitsitt rules.

 

[jlprk]

Chris Patton, University of Maryland. Took me 10 seconds to find it using google:

"According to a recent report in Sports Illustrated, other atheletes have been sidelined by Marfan's. Ten years ago, Chris Patton, a University of Maryland basketball player, died of a ruptured aorta during a pickup game. "

Well sure, now you go and find someone who fits. But how do we or you know you weren't thinking subconsciously of Hank Gathers?

 

[Boob-No-More]

Well sure, now you go and find someone who fits. But how do we or you know you weren't thinking subconsciously of Hank Gathers?

I know I wasn't because I know Hank Gathers did not die of Marfan's Syndrome, but you want "proof". So, here you go.

In my post that you kept quoting, I specifically mentioned I read it in an article in Sports Illustrated at the time of Flo Hyman's death. The article I just linked is from March, 1986 - four years before Hank Gathers died. I also specifically mentioned that the player in question died during a pick up game, when his aorta burst, which is exactly how Chris Patton died. The details are exactly as I remembered them and match what I wrote in my original post. Hank Gathers died in a WCC tournament game against the University of Portland, not in a pick up game. I remember that well, too. I was watching that game when it happened. I remember how stunned everyone was that he died.

BNM

 

[jlprk]

I remember that. There was an article in (I think) Sports Illustrated at the time. About that same time, there was another athlete, a college basketball player (can't remember his name) that dropped dead during a pick up game when his aorta burst.

Chris Patton died in April 1976. Flo Hyman died in Jan. 1986.

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1976/04/02/page/48/article/2d-terp-cager-dies

Maybe you were subconsciously thinking of Len Bias, who died in June 1986, which fits you estimate of "about the same time" as Flo Hyman died, much better than Chris Patton.

I only want to help you, Boob. You have problems reconciling your levels of consciousness. An LSD trip would calm you down.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Chris Patton died in April 1976. Flo Hyman died in Jan. 1986.

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1976/04/02/page/48/article/2d-terp-cager-dies

Maybe you were subconsciously thinking of Len Bias, who died in June 1986, which fits you estimate of "about the same time" as Flo Hyman died, much better than Chris Patton.

I only want to help you, Boob. You have problems reconciling your levels of consciousness. An LSD trip would calm you down.

I said the Sports Illustrated article I rembered reading came out at the time of Flo Hyman's death. Look at the link I posted earlier. It's from March 1986, two months after Flo Hyman died. It references the exact article I was referring to in my original post. Chris Patton died in 1976, but the article in Sports Illustrated that mentions both him and Flo Hyman was published in March of 1986.

And no, I am not thinking of Len Bias. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I learned of his death. I worked with two guys from Maryland at the time. They were thrilled he was taken with the second pick, and then devastated less than two days later when they learned of his death.

You are truly one strange dude. Why do you think you know more about my memories than I do, and why does it matter so much to you? This obsession is starting to get uncomfortable. Why don't you focus on SlyPokerDog and his early puppyhood memory of the first time he peed on an electric fence.

BNM

 

[jlprk]

Your obsession with destroying opponents through ambiguously diverting issues to straw men while cherry-picking numbers to feign objectivity...Freud said that with the advent of toilet training comes the child's obsession with anachronistic fixations. Think back. Do you remember anything unusual in your own toilet training?

 

[jlprk]

Man, its fun to post on message boards. Greatest invention since sliced bread.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Man, its fun to post on message boards. Greatest invention since sliced bread.

I would love to have a conversation with your psychiatrist. I bet that would be fascinating.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I knew it was gonna be something negative..

That isn't "negative" that's called simple probability.

 

[riverman]

I would love to have a conversation with your psychiatrist. I bet that would be fascinating.

Timothy Leary is dead!