Louisville Player Has Leg Snapped in Half

[PapaG]

The most disgusting injury I've seen since Joe Theisman. Wow.

I'm not going to post the video, because it makes me sick to my stomach.

 

[tlongII]

That was gruesome.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

....

 

[Natebishop3]

His career is most likely over. Obviously you can come back from it, but like Shaun Livingston he'll probably never be the same.

Sad because he was a good player.

 

[Haakzilla]

...I didn't see it happen, but I just looked it up That's a tough break for Kevin Ware (no pun intended)!

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[KeepOnRollin]

...I didn't see it happen, but I just looked it up That's a tough break for Kevin Ware (no pun intended)!

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That is sickening!

 

[Further]

That hurts to watch.

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm not gonna watch it. I've seen the Livingston video and it's not something I need to see again. Feel bad for the kid though.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I'm not gonna watch it. I've seen the Livingston video and it's not something I need to see again. Feel bad for the kid though.

Don't watch it (I wish I didn't). I think it is actually even worse then the Livingston one.

 

[Further]

Don't watch it (I wish I didn't). I think it is actually even worse then the Livingston one.

I agree. Wish I could unsee it.

 

[Natebishop3]

I've always wondered why we see this kind of thing so much in basketball. I think it's because a lot of these guys have so little actual muscle on their legs. I remember Tracy McGrady had legs that looked like twigs. The only time you see a football player's leg snap in half is when a helmet goes through it.

 

[Further]

I've always wondered why we see this kind of thing so much in basketball. I think it's because a lot of these guys have so little actual muscle on their legs. I remember Tracy McGrady had legs that looked like twigs. The only time you see a football player's leg snap in half is when a helmet goes through it.

Also bball players are jumping as high as they can and landing on hardwood, not turf.

 

[Run BJM]

This was easily more gruesome than Livingston IMO. I saw the live replay (they showed it at least once before they decided never to show it again, ever lol). I've seen some stuff like it in MMA so I think that prepared me for it but still pretty fuggin cringe worthy.

Hard to predict the future for the guy. Obviously the leg is broken, but it was broken halfway down his lower leg. If there's no ligament damage then maybe they can get the leg to heal well and he'll be ok?

 

[THE HCP]

Just landed here in SLC and have been reading everything about it...... I refuse to watch. When Greg went down the 2nd time and then Joel a little after that..... I find the injury, cue it up and had somebody else do the replay. I don't like watching that kind of shit. The only reason I saw Thiesmans injury was because it was in the opening sequence of that movie!


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[julius]

I will be perfectly content in life if I never see the footage.

 

[magnifier661]

Hard to watch

 

[Natebishop3]

Also bball players are jumping as high as they can and landing on hardwood, not turf.

Yeah, but you don't see the players with big beefy legs shattering their bones. It's gotta have some affect that they don't have much muscle around their bones and, as you said, they're jumping up and down.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I can't watch it. Did someone land on it, or did it just give?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

LMAO at some of you! "I won't watch it but I'll tell you how and why it happened!"

Uh huh...

 

[The_Lillard_King]

This was easily more gruesome than Livingston IMO. I saw the live replay (they showed it at least once before they decided never to show it again, ever lol). I've seen some stuff like it in MMA so I think that prepared me for it but still pretty fuggin cringe worthy.

Hard to predict the future for the guy. Obviously the leg is broken, but it was broken halfway down his lower leg. If there's no ligament damage then maybe they can get the leg to heal well and he'll be ok?

I don't want to watch it, but my thought was that this sounds different than Livingston's fall (that I watched). Livingston looked like his lower leg was pointing a different direction right at the knee, tearing up his knee in many terrible ways. They said this was a broken leg, severely broken and gruesome, but is there ligament damage?

 

[MadeFromDust]

Prayers for him, that was one of the worst things I've ever seen.

 

[NOVoodoo]

I was surprised that CBS kept replaying it over and over again. I didn't really catch what had happened at first, but you could just tell by the reactions of the Louisville players that it was something crazy.

Word is that he told the Louisville guys not to worry about him and to just win the game. They definitely played their hearts out in that second half... probably what got them the W.

 

[Run BJM]

I don't want to watch it, but my thought was that this sounds different than Livingston's fall (that I watched). Livingston looked like his lower leg was pointing a different direction right at the knee, tearing up his knee in many terrible ways. They said this was a broken leg, severely broken and gruesome, but is there ligament damage?

Yeah I've seen Livingston's injury too. The thing is, any really gruesome joint injury is going to be big trouble for a pro athlete. Broken bones aren't as worrisome because, assuming they're healed properly, the injury shouldn't really make a difference in the athlete's performance. I have no idea what else happened to this guy beyond the broken bone though, I've read the tibia actually broke in two places, and for all I know his knee may have given out as well. What I'm trying to say is, although this was harder to watch and more gruesome, its not necessarily as condemning as Livingston's injury because you just knew Livingston's knee was completely wrecked and that's a lot to come back from for high level athletes.

From what I'm reading now it sounds like they're just calling it a broken bone, but its entirely possible that they haven't done an MRI yet.

I was surprised that CBS kept replaying it over and over again. I didn't really catch what had happened at first, but you could just tell by the reactions of the Louisville players that it was something crazy.

Yeah I was on the phone with my friend with the game on mute and only sort of paying attention to it and it seemed like nothing special was going on and all of a sudden three Louisville players are on their knees in the paint. It became apparent none of them were actually injured and something fucking weird was going on and once they started showing the replay I somehow just knew it was going to be BAD.

 

[tlongII]

You could see about 6 inches of bone sticking out of his skin. Gross!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Click on it to make it big.

OH MY GOD!

That is so nasty! Awesome in a slowing down to look at a traffic accident kind of way.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

eww

 

[THE HCP]

Not gonna click on link!

 

[Further]

Not gonna click on link!

Don't, I am an idiot, I clicked, it made me physically cringe, cover my own eyes and utter a groan that may have actually meant something in Turkish.

 

[NOVoodoo]

Don't, I am an idiot, I clicked, it made me physically cringe, cover my own eyes and utter a groan that may have actually meant something in Turkish.

Likewise. I saw that live, saw all the replays, and still, I don't think I actually ever really saw the bone protruding out of his leg like that. If I didn't know anything else about that picture, I would think it was fake.

The crazy thing is that there wasn't any real contact. I'm wondering how your leg can snap and the bone can just shoot through your skin like that just by coming down awkwardly.