[Highlight] Jimmy Butler’s knee injury (Replay) |
Welp you had a great run jimmy. Will always be thankful for those days on the bulls.
Jimmy is signed for $56m next year, as a 37 year old coming off a catastrophic injury. It is probably over for all the Warriors at this point.
Assuming it’s an ACL (hyperextension and/or meniscus tear seems equally likely), they still have the option of attaching a ton of picks and swaps with Jimmy’s contract to try to get another star if the worst case scenario happens.
They should immediately trade him and Kuminga and 1sts for MPJ and Claxton
MPJ and Steph sounds like the worst contender ive ever heard of
Let me tell you about Steph and Andrew Wiggins being your clear 1 and 2. Yes the Warriors are cooked in this case and would be impossible to do anything more than be a first round exit.
Maybe in the finals against the Celtics, but Draymond played at a DPOY level that year and Jordan Poole was electric. Also, the league is far stronger now than 4 seasons ago
Also that playoff run had a couple of the better contenders riddled with injuries. That’s how we ended up with a good Warriors team vs a young but good Celtics team.
I remember thinking that the Mavs who had massive weaknesses actually had a chance at a title that run. That same Mavs team wouldnt make the play-ins this year.
Yeah both Draymond and Curry were a few years younger back then. Move that whole team to this year but with Curry and Green replaced by this year’s versions, they probably can’t win a championship.
Yes we’re cooked but Wigs was 3rd/4th option in our offense in ‘22, then disappeared the rest of his warriors career.
But you have heard of them
Nah it’s done. The only real shot the warriors had was with Jimmy mpj and Steph. Just mpj and Steph gets you nowhere
wait until they get a mysteriously unlikely first round draft pick and pick up Dybantsa.
Even if they did it would take him a year to develop and by then Jimmy and Steph are too old to contend realistically
With the Warriors recent draft luck, he’d be a bust
Yep, at least it was before the trade deadline
Name me the teams who’re in that great of a need to get \(56m off the books NEXT season for nothing but picks and swaps. Why would anyone do Golden State this solid? It’s not easy to move a \)56m player now.
Because we are about to be absolute ass in 3 years they will be getting multiple top 5 picks
You trading 3⁄4 unprotected 1st round picks? If you’re thinking about that it’s just time to fire sell the team and let Steph go out like Kobe. Full rebuild, get rid of Green, Buddy, Podz.
Can I interest you in a lightly used Joel Embiid
Jimbo for Giannis? Let’s do it!
I think this is the only real path for the warriors to be a contender now, assuming jimmy is done for the season. But, i also don’t see it happening.
Please
I’m no doctor but the way his knee bent to the side says ACL. Its like textbook to all the NFL injuries.
Lauri Markkanen, you are a Warrior!!!
Guess Pat Riley had a reason for what he did. Don’t think it was personal.
And that’s ok. They won 4 fucking rings man. The only people who had a bigger impact on the sport as a whole are Jordan and Shaq. Let curry get the all star nod over ant as long as everyone sees it for what it is which I think they do. Even if curry played the whole series against us last year there’s no guarantee they win like some warriors fans say.(I think we would’ve worn them down by game 5-6)
god damn electric substation.
I am so completely out of the loop on whatever this is but fuck that electric substation
The SF 49ers have had really terrible injury luck over the last few seasons and their practice field is adjacent to an electric substation that has higher levels of some (AFAIK according to science, totally safe) radiation has been meme’d as the cause.
Christian McCaffrey and Kyle Juszczyk are sitting right on the court tonight. Brought the 49er curse with them.
If the 49ers finally have an injury free season and win the Super Bowl next year, we’ll point to this moment. At least if it’s the kind of curse you can give away, and not the kind that just spreads like the plague
I live in 49ers land but I’m a Raiders fan and I kinda wanted them to win just so the city would be crazy for a weekend and I could say I lived in San Jose when San Francisco won the Super Bowl in Santa Clara.
CMC is radioactive confirmed.
One key point people fail to mention is that the practice field has been in use since 1988.
As a Seahawks fan I’m positive it’s a Kyle Shanahan thing. They had a normal number of injuries for an NFL team for years, and then the year he arrives I remember some free agent signings like Jerick McKinnon getting hurt and it just hasn’t stopped for the following 9 years. Something’s gotta be wrong with his practice regimen or training staff or something,
They’ve replaced the training staff multiple times. It’s Kyle and his practice style. Go hard every time and as soon as medical staff say they’re okay they’re right back at 100%. He brought the team back to consistently competitive but at what cost.
Ah, so another pseudoscience
It’s not even radiation lol, the “cause” is supposedly just the EM fields. So basically the same thing as people thinking 5G causes cancer or turns you gay or whatever the crazies think
Someone tweeted about the electric substation next to the niners practice facility saying it’s the cause of all the injuries in San Francisco
I live right next to there and my wheelchair works fine
Well yeah - it’s an electric wheel chair.
this ancient meme immediately came to mind
Just wondering: how close is this arena to Levi’s Stadium?
only 42 miles
42
answer to the ultimate question
Chase center (in San Francisco) is about 35 miles in a straight line from Levi’s (in Santa Clara)
It’s not close but there’s a bunch of 49ers players like CMC sitting court side because their season wrapped up last Saturday.
They’re shedding the radiation to the warriors
One of the most ridiculous conspiracies i can remember where i wouldn’t be surprised if it’s 100% true lol
The substation has been around since the 70s and the niners practice field next to it has been there since the 1987. Maybe it might be true but seems unlikely
Why are you so defensive for Big Substation??
“It’s not a situation, it’s a condition. Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity. For reasons unknown, my nervous system has become sensitized to certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.”
Huh ?
Youd be surprised but there are substations near probably every arena and practice facility (source: Im a substations maintenance electrician)
Also I know several people who have worked at or around substations well into their old ages, no injuries (we have a great pension)
I’ve seen enough Brian Sutterer MD videos to know that the inward collapse of the knee is associated with ACL tears.
The doc tweeted said he suspects an acl
He has a video on how to spot ACL tears and he lists three things to look for. Trunk leaning toward the side of the injury, landing or planting flat footed on a single leg, and valgus aka inward collapse at the knee.
This had all three so his tweet is consistent.
It’s 99.999% ACL tear. The only other possible outcome is if the MRI reveals he had…
No ACL in the first place. (Queue Stranger Things intro).
Reminded me of DeJuan Blair.
Another thing he says to look for is any shift in the tibia (I think). You usually see a pop back into place once the pressure is lifted off of the foot.
Praying he gets it wrong like he did with Wemby
I always thought sideways movement of the knee indicated MCL issue
That would be knee cap :)
I had a 240lb man spear into my planted knee while playing rugby. Had another person on my back and was wearing shoes with too much grip. The sound was quite loud, luckily my MCL just completely gave out and my knee cap dislocated just enough that my ACL and PCL were fine. Honestly shocked I didn’t do all 3.
Awww snap.
Ya that’s ACL
Yep, the mechanics of the injury say ACL all over it.
Yep. Tibia does not move forward or to the side to that degree without ligament damage.
ACL injuries are crazy, because in real time they can often look like absolutely nothing.
I remember playing with a girl, who just ran to the sideline trying to keep the ball in, right at me as I was on the bench.
Didn’t overplant her foot, knee didn’t twist, hips didn’t drop.
If she wasn’t screaming, nobody would’ve even noticed
Yup, I watch a girl in high school tear her ACL and it honestly looked like all the did was fall over. No contact, no weird landing, nothing.
There’s a whole thing about women being more prone to ACL injuries, and the reasons aren’t quite clear
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/sports-injuries-gender
They mention in the article that an on average wider pelvis might be a reason, and knowing little else about it, that at least intuitively makes sense.
E: out of a little curiosity, I learned that this might be an outdated thought
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4805849/
It seems that a lesser tissue thickness and issues with natural posture might be more to blame, but that evidence remains inconclusive.
Could just be mcl but yes most likely both
SF SPORTS FUCKING INJURY YEAR
49IRs infecting the WarriIRs I see
I’m honestly amazed CMC’s health was as good as it was considering Shanahan loves to run him into the ground and the rest of the offensive unit was basically non-existent for most of the season
Meanwhile, despite the Rams being pretty healthy all year, we’re still just gonna get dumpstered by Seattle next week
Damn hope it’s just a hyper extension.
Does this mean Kuminga and the warriors now become more open to him staying long term?
No, hes still gone.
Kerr doesn’t like him
kerr would probably put me in before he puts Kuminga in (also pause)
Doesn’t like him honestly feels like a massive understatement at this point
Hope they blow it up
That side movement makes me think otherwise. But ya, lets hope.
But at the same time, early retirement as a millionaire and full NBA pension ain’t bad!
The way his right knee shifts around, ACL or MCL.
GSW should just trade everybody not named Curry and punt this season. Then shutdown Curry and hope he has one MVP caliber year left in him next year.
Just doesn’t matter what the Warriors do at this point in terms of their competitiveness… they’re not getting anywhere. And weren’t really gonna get anywhere with healthy Jimmy either.
They just gotta do right by Steph- wtf that means.
Steph needs to be real honest about telling FO to move on from Dray. Can’t have old players taking huge % of salaries and expect to win, especially as Curry ages. Hell if i’m curry i might take a cut if that means getting another HOF calibre player like Giannis on the team
What year are you living in?
ACL
That’s the most plant-and-twist injury I’ve seen this year yeesh. I don’t wanna be pessimistic but that ACL’s in trouble.
I’m concerned it might be other ligaments in addition to the ACL, but that’s the big one to worry about
Shit that’s awful man. We take these old heads for granted but one unfortunate landing and that’s all it takes to end their careers (knock on wood).
I’m not a doctor but knees don’t normally move like that
i recently tore my acl (ik nobody cares) but damn the way his knee just collapsed makes my heart hurt, i remember that pop i felt
I care hukalulu.
Wishing you a speedy recovery 🙏
Same, tore mine dec 18th of 24’…. I cringe when I see pros have it happen, mahomes, Parsons…
That is awful. Hoping for the best for him.
thanks i hate it
At 36 years old, if he tore something, his NBA career might be cooked.
It’s a good thing he secured his max contract extension because that looks like an ACL tear
Happened a day or 2 after that reporter asked him if he feels old and he responded back he’s not old
Looks bad enough to be both ACL and MCL, possibly also medial meniscus to complete the “terrible triad”
They call that the career cl
NGL… he has a chance of being OK, it didn’t seem to have that extra bit of inertia that would make it 100% an injury
His moaning I feel like said it all even though I hope it’s not.
lol what are you talking about? His knee went sideways then he grabbed it in agony then he couldn’t walk to the locker room. His knee is 100% injured lmao. The only question is whether he’ll be out 6 weeks or 2 years.
That’s what I’m saying, 6 weeks would clearly be a sprain. It looks like the outside knee ligament could just be stretched and ACL is saved.
It’s not a HIGHLIGHT, it’s a REPLAY! What the hell are you highlighting here?
Fr. This is kinda the lowlight of my year so far
My SF Giants are ass.
My SF 49ers are always injured.
My Warriors just can’t escape .500 purgatory and now our second option is likely done with his career and so is our title contention window.
guess we’re back to pre-2010s Bay Area sports
Bro. We have 4 rings. We have 3 series. The only thing we don’t have is bowls.
This comment is ass
Sharks have a great future tho
CMC was in the building, and his voodoo magic was still in effect :(
Against his old team he got to the finals too, that’s chilling😔
I loved you for the one season you were here
that was my favourite 76ers team
We were just robbed of both Playoff Jimmy and Play-in Jimmy. 😓
Against Miami too. Man that fucking blows.
God damn it that sucks
It is insane to think JK might not get traded now. I am so broken for Jimmy.
The irony of this being against the team he forced a trade from is textbook storytelling.
There goes the season
Its been a great career!! Thanks for your incredible tenacity and toughness you brought to the game🙏🏾🙏🏾
Not sure it is an ACL. MCL and meniscus was my first thought, landed with more stress on the medial side
Terrible. Been a fan of Jimmy since Bulls day. He’s finally playing with a superstar in his career and I hoped he gets at least one ring. He deserves it. This might just end his career or his effectiveness of being impactful. Best wishes it’s not severe.
Jimmy can’t catch a fucking break.
The warriors are at a crossroads. Their window is most likely shut. You can either pay respects to curry and chill in mediocrity until he hangs them up, or you fill up the treasure chest with picks by trading curry
Most likely? wtf lol
If butler avoided an acl tear
Yeah, no. Their window is shut. Before Butler. With Butler. They aren’t that team anymore. Not even close. No hate. They had their run. But that’s not who they are anymore at all.
It is over but I doubt they trade curry he’s too iconic to the team he is I’ll retire a warrior like Kobe retired with Lakers
And just like those late kobe teams, this warriors team is gonna be mid until he retires, not contending but too good to get any elevating talent in the draft
Prayers up🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Trade Steph to the Twolves to play with Ant. No bias
Yeah looks like he’s done for. Bad break for him and GSW.
It’s so unfortunate to go out like this, unfortunately, it’s time for the Warriors to go into asset collection mode.
This is why basketball players take the money, almost every time. You don’t know when your playing years could end, and you might have to rely on previously earned income for the rest of your life. If you’re the only source of wealth in a big family then your whole family might have to rely on it.
Didn’t know CMC claimed blood sacrifices in the off-season too.
My ACL tear was just like that. Wish him a speedy recovery.
Just retire and join tnt already jimmy
Rough one
Ive done this exact same thing before on both knees. I would say “take my ACL Jimmy”, but I have none…
Rip Jimmy’s ACL, lets hope if he recovers well
Everyone saying it’s an ACL tear, they may be right but I’m saying it’s fucked
“that’s not so ba-ooooooooOOOHHHMYGOD”
Torn acl ;(
I dont blame the hair but i do
Vs the heat? Don’t want anyone getting seriously hurt but that’s some hard served karma
While I don’t care for the way he left things with the heat, I’m super appreciative of him and the time he put in with us. Real shame to see this happen. Get well soon!
Ouch
OMGGG
Fuck.
Oh man…
Kuminga value now skyrocketing.
So sad for Jimmy though.
Damn. Let some rebounds go JB! We need you!
His knee buckled. That’s definitely an ACL tear 😢
hope he gets lots of rest, sucks for Warriors but wishing the best recovery for Jimmy — looks brutal
That doesn’t look good at all damn
Definitely an ACL.
Sucks.
Pat Riley sends his regards
Right after that reporter pointed out how old Jimmy is.
That looks like an ACL. Shitty for Dubs.
You hate to see it…
Hopefully Jimmy gets better soon. However given his age, odds are he won’t be the same player post-recovery.
This is why it rarely works out paying older players max contracts
We are seeing it with AD, Jimmy Butler, ect
The case of a guy playing like a max player into his 40s is extremely rare
I j
Man imagine the end of jimmys career being against the team that he forces himself out of. The basketball gods are harsh but fair.
If it’s an ACL like everyone suspects, is this it for Butler’s career?
That’s game over
wow
RIP
Damn. Sucks to see, hope it’s not too bad.
Fuck
i wanna dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Looks awful just like his hair.
Fck. LFG JIMMY!!!!!!!!! 🥲
Mitchell over here kung-fu fighting
ACL method of injury. Knee flexed and valgus
NOT JIMMY - being serious this makes me sad. Love Jimbo :(
Torn acl damn warriors are toasr
*Lowlight
Rip
Jimmy Butler, welcome to Brooklyn
Career ender
Quit playing this clip fuck
Well on the bright side he signed a new contract so he’s well compensated while he recovers.
Goodbye my lover, goodby my friend
This is before the interviewer telling him he’s old… speed recovery!
Couldn’t have happened to a better person
Acl
Against the heat too, heat culture was behind this.
Will this affect the blazing speed of Jimmy Rickets?
He just retired. At his age no coming back from this
Is it just me or have there been a super amount of knee injuries in the last couple Years ?? Compared to older generation why do you think so many premium Players are having huge issues, compared to Say magic or Jordan’s era
Knees are the fucking worst man. Fuck knees