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http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/234504/Paul-George-Suffers-Horrific-Leg-Injury

Paul George suffered a horrific right leg injury during Team USA's scrimmage in Las Vegas on Friday night.

George ran into the basket stanchion after attempting a blocked shot.

George was taken to the hospital and the remainder of the game was canceled.

George was considered a lock to make the United States' roster for the World Cup.

The Indiana Pacers already lost Lance Stephenson in free agency and will almost certainly be without George for quite some time.

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Oh Jesus! This is why a lot of players want to opt out. Didn't even know this was on ESPN. How terrible to lose your star player like that.
 
God damn, I had to watch it. Don't watch it.
 
Read Harden's lips after the injury; you can clearly see him say, " And THAT's why I don't play defense!"
 
That is terrible, and no Lance Stephenson or Danny Granger. The team is now all yours Hibbert! Talk about shit luck.
 
Even though that looks like a bad break, broken bones are almost never as bad as say, a torn ACL, right? Like.. He won't even be out for a whole season.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
Even though that looks like a bad break, broken bones are almost never as bad as say, a torn ACL, right? Like.. He won't even be out for a whole season.
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Yeah, and supposedly bones heal back stronger, whereas ligaments (usually, but not always) are more susceptible to re-tears.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
Even though that looks like a bad break, broken bones are almost never as bad as say, a torn ACL, right? Like.. He won't even be out for a whole season.
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Compound fracture of both the tibia and fibula. Generally they say you can recover 100% from fractures and the bone can even be stronger once its recovered, but this was such a catastrophic and dramatic break that I dunno if the same rules apply.

I know Kevin Ware never played another game for Louisville and ended up transferring to a lesser school. Anderson Silva is scheduled to fight again in January, about 13 months after his horrendous broken leg. Can't really draw any conclusions at this point, we'll see.
 
There is a special brace that can put on where they can stretch the bone very slowly as it grows and heals making him taller. He should have the doctors break his other leg and add a few inches in height.
 
Run BJM said:
Compound fracture of both the tibia and fibula. Generally they say you can recover 100% from fractures and the bone can even be stronger once its recovered, but this was such a catastrophic and dramatic break that I dunno if the same rules apply.

I know Kevin Ware never played another game for Louisville and ended up transferring to a lesser school. Anderson Silva is scheduled to fight again in January, about 13 months after his horrendous broken leg. Can't really draw any conclusions at this point, we'll see.
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Kevin Ware is still at Louisville. He was granted a medical redshirt and is going to try and play this fall as a 6th year senior.

Also, there is no way that Paul George will be playing next season. He'll need titanium rods and months and months of hard rehab to even be able to walk without a crutch, let alone run and jump.
 
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donkiez said:
That is terrible, and no Lance Stephenson or Danny Granger. The team is now all yours Hibbert! Talk about shit luck.
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Think it makes IND more likely to deal Hibbert? Seems like an appropriate time to blow that team up and start over.
 
As the bone breaks like that, it would also do tissue damage. Imagine snapping a chicken leg in two. Nasty injury. They should plug up that gap underneath or something.
 
NewsSource said:
Huh. Thanks for the update. It will interesting to see him play this year. You'd think that if he was the same player as before that Pitino wouldn't want him to leave.
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When he was talking on Sportscenter last night, I got the impression that he didn't want to be "that guy who broke his leg" anymore, and he didn't feel like he could shake that reputation while still playing at Louisville.
 
NewsSource said:
Huh. Thanks for the update. It will interesting to see him play this year. You'd think that if he was the same player as before that Pitino wouldn't want him to leave.
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I heard his interview on ESPN last night. He said he transferred because one of the hardest parts of his comeback was the mental part of being known as that guy who had that awful leg injury. So he went to another school to get away from all that.

Don't know if there is something more to it, but that is what he told reporters on ESPN. Also said he is 110% physically after his injury.
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
He will probably be back after the All-Star break but his biggest challenge will be recovering mentally.
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Is this known? Kevin Ware tried to come back early, and was a shell of himself. That injury is brutal. It's not like you just put it in an aircast and start running and jumping in a few months.
 
George isn't expected to play next season, which is smart anyhow. Get healed and ready for 2015-16 at 100%.

 
NewsSource said:
Is this known? Kevin Ware tried to come back early, and was a shell of himself. That injury is brutal. It's not like you just put it in an aircast and start running and jumping in a few months.
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I'm just assuming because the All-Star break is in like 7 1/2 months.
 
There is zero point in trying to play this season. Aside from the physical, and the need to be 100% recovered (if that's even possible), imagine the psychological impact of something like this. No reason not to take a full year or more.
 
BBert said:
There is zero point in trying to play this season. Aside from the physical, and the need to be 100% recovered (if that's even possible), imagine the psychological impact of something like this. No reason not to take a full year or more.
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I don't see why the Pacers would want to risk having him come back early. They may not even make the playoffs, or if they do, will be a low seed without having George for the first 55 games.
 
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