[Injury] JDub is in the locker room with a “left hammy”
the playoffs looking more like who can survive 2 months of basketball right now
same thing every season
Most every sports playoffs are a battle of survival, which is why I propose doing the playoffs like the hunger games
Yeah that’s the whole other half of the postseason, next man up and all of that
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Bron is inevitable. Old man strength is key.Ā
LeDurable
L’inevitable
Lmao bonus points for being an actual word in French
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Always has been. I have no idea why it gets overlooked so often.
Let me introduce you to professional sports
Every time he looks incredible, boom, hamstring
It was against Phoenix where he started hot, missed a layup, and tweaked his right hammy. Same thing today for the left.
Itās cursed
He also hurt his wrist against them last year.
Had 33/7/5/3s on 13⁄23 in that game too.
Every time he goes off on the Suns, he gets hurt.
Are his shoes too big? That was apparently what was causing JSNās hamstring issues.
I assumed these NBA guys get measurements done and custom-made shoes.
You would think that with NFL guys too, but apparently not.
That was Ohio State that gave him big shoes I believe, which I believe a lot more than any pro team haha
NFL guys tend to have more regular foot sizes, so it’s much easier for equipment managers to just ask the NFL player and keep it pushing, where the NBA player probably has to get just about all their shoes custom.
They all have custom insoles but generally as far as the shoes go theyāre just the same as what you and I can buy.
Only the super-duper stars are getting legit customs, and those are mostly just cosmetic.
Personally with all these soft tissue injuries, you would expect all players to have custom shoes built specifically to accommodate their feet.Ā
Youād think every franchise would shell out some major cash to fit their stars with shoes that would prevent them from getting injured, right?
Unless the franchise is owned by Tom Dundon.
Yeah I mean if your player is worth 50 mil per year or whatever then 10k even on shoes is nothing.
None of this is true.
All star slash all nba level players can definitely get custom shoes with actual functional changes/upgrades. Foot doctor Zach on YouTube has cut open a few game worn pairs and the tech is not the same as the retail pairs.
Pros are very routine orientedāand superstitious. Even if they get recommendations they may opt with whatever they were wearing 5-6 seasons or years ago.
Anyways, physiology and probability being what it is, some people are just injury prone.
Him not being eligible for the max extension because he got all nba too early might be another break for the thunder
They just keep winning lol.
One of the downsides of long seasons into long postseason runs never enough time to fully heal the hamstring. Even if he avoid major injury like an Achilles he can still mess it up like Harden and lose elite burst.
cries in Aaron Gordon
I hope it spreads to the rest of the team. Hamstrings for everyone
You are a fuck up individual wishing for injuries
Youāre just a bitch though
Looks like Lakers are ahead of the meta by getting Luka and Austin pre injured, just in time for the Finals
Elementary. Should have gone with the vestigial organ removal tech. Faster recovery time and no lingering injury to worry about.
Thatās only in F1, gives them a speed boose
Iām actually about to click the explode appendix button for every other team in the playoffs, yall were smart to pre explode Embiidās cuz now heās safe
At least its a different hamstring than the one with recurring issues during the season
Injuring the opposite side could be an over-compensation injury which can be worse
which can be worse
Any injury can be worse than another injury, but just because itās due to over-compensation doesnāt mean anything
A finger sprain can be worse than an Achilles tear? Got it. Seriously though, you need to learn how to read internet comments. Acknowledging something as uncertain shows a general understanding of how assumptions, and not having all information, works. I do not have access to his medical history, PT, or MRIs. So for me to say “this is certainly an over-compensation injury” or it is “definitely worse” would be idiotic. Further, in the context of what the comment was replying to, “at least it’s a different hamstring [so therefore it’s not worse]” merits the “which can be worse”.
“Due to over-compensation”, in this context, for leg injuries, means one leg is not fully healed or well-conditioned, and the other leg is now injured as well. That means a lot, especially late in the season.
Dude, you said that an over-compensation injury can be worse than a normal injuryā¦ that statement makes no sense. A āregularā hamstring injury can be more severe than an āover-compensationā hamstring injury, Or it can *less severe*ā¦ what you said doesnāt mean anything lol
So you’re saying an over-compensation injury can’t be worse than a normal injury? That statement makes no sense.
Two can play at this game. Why read your statement and try to contextualize it when I can just react and get all emotional
Isn’t that what happened to Rose?
He was out for the year, made a comeback and then his other knee gave out.
Yep, like 2nd game back iirc 10th game back (seemed like less than that). Absolutely brutal.
And in Thibs fashion he went from 35 mpg before the ACL, to a whopping… 31 mpg in those 10 games.
Over-compensation issue. Both cases are bad tbh.
Gordon had that right?
Yep, both his hamstrings have gotten multiple strains. Grade 2, on top of that.
Both are bad, one is much worse.
Been through an injury case like this personally, it sucks :/
Genuine question, isn’t that worse? I feel like that was worse when it happened to AG but idk if that’s actually reality or not
Depends on the other hamstring, if it’s not fully healed or conditioned then it’s worse.
I don’t think that’s any better…
Ngl I donāt know if thatās better
Isnāt that what happened to Harden in Brooklyn? He injured both hamstring?
I could be misremembering
Unfortunate he was looking really good
The last time he pulled his hammy we were against the Suns and he was 100% from the field and he pulled it on a fastbreak layup. The exact same thing that happened this game. What a coincidence.
Suns got hamstring tearing tech
They use it on their own players too
Was Jaylen Green hurt with that for a while this year?? Canāt remember
Yeah like 50 or so games
It got Book for a few weeks
Now itās Grayson Allen
Ban hamstrings
Friendly fire was on
He had a huge burst of speed right before this too. :(
It sucks cause I like his game and canāt stand to watch sga
It should have been him
Top tier hating
Thanks man my inspiration is 50 cent Kendrick Lamar and Rock Lee from that one meme
Fuck my dumb chud life
must be brutal bro!!
Look I get it we’re stacked, but does that mean we can’t be sad about an injury to one of our 3 best players? One who’s been struggling with injury all year and finally looks good again and instantly gets hurt again.
It is unfortunate, but donāt fret, the zebras will just rev up those whistles a bit more to compensate for the loss
Oh no the guy with an embarrassment of riches loses 1 rich.
Well, heās our second best scorer and an all-NBA defender when healthy.
Itās a tough loss for sure. You guys probably are still the favorites because youāre extremely deep. Hence the awesome record this year without him. But it definitely puts more pressure on roleplayers to step up with playoffs on the line.
They are definitely not the favorite without JDub. Don’t see them going past Denver without him
Iām not even sure Denver is getting past round 1. Is Peyton Watson coming back soon?
My point being they lack reliable scoring options outside of Shai. That’s their biggest weakness. Losing JDub will make that problem a lot bigger
Denver mid ass defense not winning shit this year
Insane take
you say that but Thunder were fine without him during reg season
Regular season
Lads, itās Phoenix
Nobody is talking about Phoenix bro. A hamstring could be a month+ injury. Ask me how I know.
The playoffs actually continue after the first round.
I’m a Thunder hater but they look way more human without JDub. They are pretty short on shot creation and if Mitchell takes all of his minutes he’s going to be hunted like crazy.Ā
Ajay Mitchell is a very good defender.
Ajay has insane defensive metrics, top of the league type of stuff guard wise.
He is on the smaller side vs wings, but he is really good vs guards
Fuck
They can beat Suns and next round if he is impacted but need him in a wcf
Right I said the same thing they can forsure win these next two rounds without him but the WCF they need him if they play Denver, Minnesota, or San Antonio.
Nah, it’s gonna be Portland in the WCF
You think SGA is immune? Iām betting he goes down in a future round.Ā
Weird comment. Anyone can go down in any round, we’re talking about the team as-is tonight.
FUCK
Fuck , he was balling out
I am sad. I hope it’s just tightness.
(I know it’s not)
A friend of a friend went to Spain to fix this exact thing
Gotta get that European horse semen injection like Luka š
When is your friend’s friend getting back to playing ball? Asking for a friend…
oh no my sweet prince
Seeing all these guys go down with the same hammy injury sucks
Baby come back
Sometimes I hate being a sports fan
Iām not about to have it with a Thunder fan saying something like this, you guys donāt need Jalen Williams to beat the Suns this series
Brotha going down a player still sucks regardless, donāt be insensitive
Iām honestly not, but Iām saying if heās just hurt for this series theyāll be fine. I didnāt mean to come off like that.
If he has to take an extended amount of time to ramp back up, we risk not having him at full strength against a team like San Antonio or Denver. Some of the worst stretches of play for us this year have been when JDub is trying to find his footing after being out a while while we’ve adapted to playing without him
Thatās why Iām trying not to think worst case scenario here with him being out for that long. If itās to where theyāre being extra cautious with him to where he misses the rest of this series and maybe a game or two next round then I still believe you guys will be fine.
Even without J-Dub, you guys have a defensive infrastructure put in place to absolutely disrupt and annoy any teamās offensive sets. Now if the worst case scenario happens to where heās out going into the conference finals series, then yes it will be an obvious problem.
Or MN ya dumbass
well they don’t win championship for beating Suns
Winning this series isnāt what we are concerned about brother
If Dub is out for a month with a hamstring injury, we won’t have him for the 2nd round either. If we don’t have him for WCF against Denver, Minny or SAS, it’s going to be an uphill battle if those teams are healthy.
but he’s needed for them to repeat… that’s why he’s not happy
Dog I donāt care about the suns.. he missed so much time with his other hamstring
Hamstrings suck. Pulled mine playing baseball and that shit lingered for like 4 months. Good news is heās in way better shape and has access to the best medical professionals.
Based on my personal experience with injuries, this is quiet common and somewhat predictable. Repeated injuries to right hammy leading to body compensating for the frequently injured portion which eventually leads to a seperate injury. He has obviously been good and cleared but when you are pushing your body to intense limits at the highest level it reaches a point beyond anything you can simulate during rehab/ recovery or even full contact practice.
different than his other hammy, but still doesn’t feel great. he could easily miss a month, and effectively making this season ending
That wouldn’t be season ending, most likely. WCF are starting May 20th, Finals June 3rd
wtf!!!
guessing he’s out till WCF at least, hammys no joke
Does he have a right hammy as well ?
I’d hope so.
He reinjured his hammy against the Suns earlier this season too
Damn
Everyone in the NBA has a “left hammy”. They all have right hammy too.
Injuries after a championship run are a mofo.
Doris Burke glazes the favorite in every matchup she covers and man is it getting fucking old
JDub and Lamine Yamal are bum left hammy twins today
I’m not able to watch the game, but I’m assuming he won’t play again because of the deficit, but did he at least return to the bench?
No
Fucking hell
It was that vicious attack by Booker. Thank God Caruso fought for that tech
Oh my god. Booker wasnāt vicious š it is the playoffs
Iām joking bro! Fuck OKC
Not good, almost feels like the only thing that can derail the Thunder is injuries.Ā
You can do everything right and sports can still happen.
Luckily you guys are so good that even without JDub, it increases Lakers chances (even with 2 stars returning) from like 10%, to whatā¦.. like 20% š
Iām def a gambler, but not on sports. You may be right. Itās just too unpredictable. Sometimes it feels like the things that happen are expected, and maybe there is a reason to be concerned about the length of the season that we are asking of these athletes. But between the physical health and mechanics of a given team, and the shooting variance, and just the weird stuff we canāt quantify, maybe youāre right. But maybe we lose it all. Itās just a story.
They can rest him until the WCF.
You guys will be fine until you meet the spurs or denver. You could beat the lakers, rockets and twolves in your sleep.
Who left the hammy in there?
Damn, I was so happy to see playoffs JDub returning
We donāt even need him in the next series against Houston or lakersā¦still not good
I fucking hate this… he was playing so well too!
Hopefully this series goes 6 or 4 or whatever somehow and they just rest him this whole time or whatever the formula is. I’d love to see them lose the the winner of Nuggets Wolves but not without Jdub. I saw Aaron Gordon go from injured and playing to dragging his leg around last year cause they needed him.
Not a good sign…hes quickly getting a rep being injured imo
Starting to feel like heās getting traded, they canāt pay everyoneā¦.
I hope he has a right one too š¬
Donāt care I want to watch curry bruh
Sucks for the Thunder but highkey..still the favorites without him. And I’d guess he’d be back by the WCF anyway?
Wrong thunder player, darn
Did he say “you injured him” ?
JD is the new AD
Its just so over sadly
Unfortunate, hes the only player on OKC thatās actually entertaining to watch
Cmon man
š¤·āāļø whenever Jalen has the ball itās just more fun to watch to me than anyone else on the team
Whatās wrong with Chet?
I got hate for saying Adam silver causing too much injury, now and behold we have another Thunder player getting injured. You all are so pro reactive you donāt see whatās happening in front of your faces!!
The power of greed. Even these guys making $40mil+ a year are expendable. This is the cost of entertainment and the owners will keep squeezing profit out of blood and sweat as long as they can. This is the nature of the machine.
So the only bright side to this is if OKC wins it all no one can say SGA is just on a stacked team doing the minimum.Ā
OKC is stacked regardless but obviously SGA is still doing far more than the minimum
he’s done for the playoffs
LAL are licking their chopsĀ
OKC will win both rounds with or without JDub. Def need him for WCF
Lakers beat you guys by 30 on the road with full rosters last season and led 2 nights later in the 4th before Luka got thrown out btw.
Cool, OKC won the Finals last season.
Very ironic to say in a injury post
u live in okc?
I did, and now I donāt. Am I only allowed to be a fan of the team in the city I currently live?
thanks to an injury to a star..so you get it
jdub was injured the entire playoffs and we still won
Go ahead and hang all of your hat on that kiddo š
That would be about 2 games bud. Or 1.8 games/3 both teams have been fully healthy in last two seasons
it’s amazing how all these OKC flairs show up
you know they live nowhere near that shithole
let them sleepĀ
LOL
Yeah its a good thing our best player doesnt have a hamstring injury!
I’d rather have a hamstring injury 3.5 weeks ago than have one now tbf
You’re jinxing them
Lakers probably wonāt have Luka back at all, and Reaves possibly. I doubt OKC is that worried with LAL given their way more significant injuries
bron might kill em tho
Just need Suns to rough up SGA, Chet, and Dort. Then maybe Lakers have a path to finals.
Your a fucking disgusting person to say that get lost
he has a point tho
got a reason to follow this sweep now…
As far as Thunder injuries go for starters him and Dort are whatever, there are like 10 guys to replace him. Thunder fans can correct me if I’m wrong but it’s probably Shai then Chet and Hartenstein and then these 2
Have you not just watched this game ? He is our 2nd best player
Have you watched Blazers yesterday? Scoot should’ve been the number 1 pick. I can admit I’m wrong but it’s not gonna be because of 1 game vs Suns
Figure it out Dub. Youre on a max starting next season
Figure out his hamstrings?
Wdym figure it out? he’s hurt tf??
Are you dumb?