[Krawczynski] Donte DiVincenzo is down and in a lot of pain. Tried to double back for a rebound after that miss. Non-contact. Grabbed at his right foot/ankle.
You saw his calf area pop. I think the achilles is toast.
Yup.
He was able to walk off himself, can he do that with a torn achilles?
Yes. Kobe shot two free throws and walked off the court with a torn achilles
I swear to god I see this exact exchange every time a new Achilles injury pops up.
it happened with Dame, Tyrese, Jayson. All #0 too, which im sure has already been mentioned.
with a torn achilles, you can’t lift your heel off the ground. you can walk but you’re basically carrying deadweight.
source: tore my achilles 4 years ago & slightly walked/hobbled after
That’s a good question. If I remember correctly, I think Kobe shot a free throw and was able to walk off. But I might be thinking of a different injury of his.
I imagine there are level to a “tear.” All are terrible but some worse than others. There’s Kobe, meanwhile Tatum was basically incapacitated on the floor, withering in pain.
There are levels as in partial tears where the achilles doesn’t completely split in two however both Kobe and Tatum’s injuries were complete ruptures
Ah fuck. That sucks.
He’s been so huge for them this series. Just hope it isn’t what it looks like.
Been huge for them the whole szn he’s like top 5 in 3s made this year
Unfortunately, it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck…
He’s been their second best (arguably best) player in the series.
I love DDV but Rudy is a clear first and Ayo Ant DDV Jaden are pretty equally second. Even naz and Randle arent far behind.
Naz?? He’s hasn’t been good this series. Agreed with the rest tho—Rudy is clearly #1
Naz hasn’t been that great
I’m sorry but Naz has been the most disappointing player this series. He needs to step up
Naz has had a stinker of a series, and Ant isn’t quite himself (though he is coming off an injury). Ayo has been very surprising though
and… Ant just hyperextended his knee. What is in the water?
You could see the ripple on the replay angles, it’s a pretty good chance it’s as bad as it looks based on every guy that’s had an Achilles injury. They all look the same
Awful awful awful. never like seeing an injury like this. dudes a hard working guard
Doesn’t make sense either! He didn’t look hurt or fatigued in any way and to go out like this is just HORRIBLE!
It’s the modern NBA, pace and change of movement is so high, everyone getting achilles snaps in the playoffs because the uncs get mad at load management
Played all 82 games this season, playing the best basketball of his career and then his achilles explodes out of nowhere, so tragic
Pffft
Not the achilles please
Could it be it? I didn’t see it. That’s absolutely horrible for him and the Wolves. He was balling out.
It could be. Sure looked very similar to others, and the slow-mo showed a bit of a “ripple” up his calf.
On the slow motion replay it definitely looked like his leg twitched like there was a snap. Hopefully not.
It for sure is. Could see it on the replay.
it is. Horrible to see, such a shame. He’s a dawg, so he’s not leaving the arena till the game is over, which is sadly gonna make recovery take longer
Yeah the replay from the reverse angle you could see the pop. Hoping it’s not a complete rupture.
I saw the calf ripple
Huh it’s as if the modern NBA is too demanding and brutal for the schedule the league makes these teams do.
I’ve seen enough, add 20 games to the regular season and double the amount of televised ads. I’m not Adam Silver btw
I don’t think they’ll ever lessen the number of games but they need to implement whatever rule changes they can to slow down the pace of games
There’s no way they’re going to. The reality of it is that the dudes they’re paying $50mm a year physically can move that fast, jump that high, play at this pace. And there’s no way all 30 teams are going to agree to slow down, because they (teams and players) all want to win
long past time to step back from 82
even cutting it back to 66 game regular season would probably help prevent some of these injuries
They get paid millions of dollars and barely play as is
There is only so much the money can do when the workload is just too much for the human body to reliably handle. Money can get you the best support and recovery and medical team possible but even still, there’s just a limit which can’t be pushed past sometimes.
Who exactly do you think barely plays?
It seemed like he knew right away. You hate to see injuries like this.
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saw the snap on the replay
You can walk after tearing an Achilles. He’s out. Saw it snap, and he knew. Exact reaction I had when I tore mine a few years back. You can walk and also be pain-free on it but still know it’s ruptured. I was able to walk, even considered playing stationary at QB when our QB went down.
slow motion shows a clear pop and ripple, same shit that happened to hali. sucks so bad
Achilles…
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
That’s a textbook achilles unfortunately
Probably Achilles. Fuck man
JT, Hali, Dame, Donte all wear Number 0. Cursed jersey number?
Seen enough Achilles tears now that they’re easy to see. That’s a tough break for sure
Good to see him walking, but you can’t be feeling good about this at all.
Absolutely saw the pop, that fucking sucks
100% an Achilles. Could see his calf shake on the forward plant before he went down.
They have to be so glad that they got Ayo now
Damn. I really hope it’s not an Achilles but know better
Achilles
100% achilles, you can see the ripple on his calf on the replay
That Achilles popped, same like Kevin Durant
The replay looked pretty much the same as when Hali tore his achillies. Just awful stuff
Another number 0. That number has to be fucking cursed
Man that looked awful, absolutely gutted for him 💔
Damn Donte got hurt in the first round of the Bucks title run.
For fuck sake. Thats gutting dude.
Super disappointing. He works so hard and gets taken out on a routine play. Feel for him.
We seen enough of these to know it is Achilles issue just have to hope not a full tear maybe over stretched but yeah.
I hate being a Minnesota sports fan so much
So
Fucking
Much
We still have a shot at this series, especially if AG isn’t 100%, but any long shot hope of somehow beating the Thunder or whoever comes out of the East just got annihilated
That’s an achilles. RIP DiVincenzo
Oof, hopefully it’s not as bad as it looked.
god fucking dammit. tired of these achilles tears. this fucking sucks
I saw a Lower calf pop that’s Achilles
Definitely an Achilles. Fucked!!
Man prayers up for Donte. We’ve seen this a lot but I really hope im wrong with my guesses
Didn’t DiVencenzo tore another achilles before when he was with the Bucks?
This sucks man
Fuckkkkk dvo
Dante 😞
This is atrocious. Not only is this bad for Him it’s bad for the team too. He’s been putting in a ton of work for this team and this could decide the series. Prayers for this man.
Awful to watch as a nuggets fan. Hope he recovers well.
No Donteeeer
Current pace of the game is just too taxing on these dudes bodies . Never seen so many Achilles tears.
So many playoff achilles tears lately 💔 As a Celtics fan, it hits close to home. Hope DiVincenzo can be a beneficiary of modern medicine and see some PT next season. That recovery can be so rough.
He took his phee jersey too seriously
Prob just cope but he did walk off on his own power which is usually not the case with Achilles injuries
FUCK. Hate to see injuries.
Donte legitimately saved Jokics career
Big Ragu noooooooooooooooooooo
It’s almost like Jaden McDaniels spoke too early. A curse.
RIP our championship aspirations.
Minnesota teams are cursed. How awful.
Aseel Tare
Could see that thing pop 😬
He can walk on his own. I dont think he can do so if it is Achilles
Kobe
He gone
Fuck you
Pussy
Didn’t mean it to be mean, just saw the calf pop