[Injury] Slow motion replay shows Anthony Edwards hyperextending his knee:
My starting backcourt just died in the first half man
One a freak injury the other a bad landing, I hope a speedy recovery for Donte and not a ligament tear for Ant. Prayers for Minny.
Idk if a drop step achilles tear is really a “freak injury” at this point
Well, it freaks me out
There’s 450+ players in the NBA this season. How many have torn their achilles?
7 players last year and there’s ~12-13 players in the NBA that have torn or have a torn Achilles
I was curious how that compared by decade:
80’s: 1
90’s: 9
00’s: 12
10’s: 25
20’s: 18 thus far only halfway through the decade
Edit: or another way of thinking about it is, there’s been ~43 in the last 15yrs vs. only ~22 in the 30yrs prior
Basically doubling in half the time
PEDs
They’ve been on PED’s since the 90’s. Its the workload, pace of the game, and increased frequency of the quick stepback shots that put all the strain there.
If anything they were on more PEDs in the 90s. There’s a reason there were so many bald guys in their mid 20s that were absolutely jacked back then.
Don’t forget AAU
I’ve heard a theory that kids being strictly one sport athletes increases their risk of bad injuries long term. I don’t recall what the data or rationale, but it made sense when I heard it.
Less variety in movement = weaker supporting muscles and range of motion and soft tissue flexibility
Four in the last calendar year and they all wear #0
Game’s too fast.
i was out running the other day and felt that part almost give way, stopped putting weight on it just in time and fell instead, everything slowed down afterward, still getting chills thinking about it. Nothing unusual caused it, flat surface.
You still might be injured. Might wanna get your achilles/calf checked out before getting back to running.
Negative step, not drop step. A drop step is when you’re posting someone up and get one of your legs behind theirs, allowing you to pivot around them (sealing them behind you at the same time).
82 games of misery. We get our hopes up with a 2-1 lead in the playoffs, and this happens in a single half 🙃 🐺
We should’ve never felt any hope and forgotten that this is Minnesota sports
Crowd chanting wolves in 5 is what did it
Most cursed Fandom in sports and it isn’t even close
3-1 now
Injuries suck
We know the feeling of losing your starting backcourt in 1 game.
Man I was hoping yall would be able to take down OKC.. sucks. I like Ant… damn
If you want OKC to lose I don’t think Minnesota are the team you want vs. them in the WCF
Spurs are by a mile their worst matchup IMO I actually don’t think OKC like seeing the Nuggets and Wolves beat each other up and probably have nothing left for them
Same on both counts.
I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. And these are two players I love
Honestly, same. So fucked up.
Outside of the fact that it obviously helps my team win, I still hate this. I like both those players and not having them in just makes the game worse =(
Life is pain
Sometimes I hate sports
That looks as bad as it can get
Reminds me of Giannis the year they won the championship… hopefully Ant has the same regenerative properties
Giannis wouldn’t have played if it wasn’t the finals tbf. He’s talked about how he painful it was even with painkillers to play on his knee. Obv it was all worth it in the end, but with Ant’s runner’s knee issue too I doubt we’ll see him until next year, even if the wolves beat Denver.
His runners knee is on his other knee
When one leg is injured, we usually tend to rely on the other leg to carry the weight. If both legs have issues than they need to be addressed accordingly.
Well he was taken off of the injury list today
And put back on.
Sounds to me like he’s gonna over-compensate with both legs, which will only make him more athletic.
Oh wow
Prior to this season I would’ve believed you. Ant is still the only player I’ve seen return to a game after being ruled OUT for the remainder of the game
Two years ago in Indy he sprained his ankle pretty bad and had to go to the locker room. Came back and proceeded to hit his head on the backboard while making a game-winning block. Dude is a freak.
That hit was crazy
Early Lebron was like that. Would have the nastiest ankle turn, rub it a few times and then come back in like nothing happened
Quick tie the laces super tight. Boom healed
Giannis was never the same, his durability tanked
He was fine in 22 and 23 (he got hurt that year off a contact injury). He only started getting these other injuries 3 years after the hyperextenaion.
He had other freak (no pun intended) injuries though, and at the worst time right before or at the start of the playoffs
Worth it though
Yeah he chose to secure his legacy and it was the best choice. If he sat out giannis might retire ring less or at least if he stays in Milwaukee
Anyone else instinctively grab their knee despite sitting down on the couch? Nasty af 😓
More of a fist to mouth, cover my eyes and look away lol
I cupped my balls, I can’t explain why.
I cupped his balls too, I can explain why
I just watched a guy cup already cupped balls, AMA
Nah. When you bend your knee straight backwards without completely buckling it, it hurts like hell, but because it’s not twisting at the same time, he’ll probably be out for no more than a couple of days, to a few weeks. It’s going to be swollen, he’ll be sore, but he most likely won’t be permanently injured, as if he’d torn his ACL.
Exact same thing happened to Wemby when he hyper-extended, but he was back soon enough. It’s so much worse worse if he twists, or there is no contact. This just looks bad.
Remind me 2 weeks
He’ll be back for game 6.
Obviously I’m bias, but that was my thought too. Maybe the rest of the series if we win, but back for next round (if we win)
I’m with you, I’ve done this several times and been back at it within a couple minutes, albeit with some pain. Never had any serious damage from it as far as I can tell. Hurts like hell when it happens though
Yup. Right there with you. Saw it, looks really painful - but most people who can dunk have had this happen to them imo.
Bad landings happen.
“It can get worse” - Shaun Livingston
Take my upvote sir
NBA Champion Shaun Livingston
Google “Willis McGahee injury”
I can’t watch this without my stomach hurting.
Same. First Divicenzo and now this? That’s rough to watch.
I can’t watch it without his knee hurting
Your knee isn’t supposed to bend like that
It’s so fucking over. Why can’t MN Sports be normal for once. I hope it’s just a hyper extension
Tbh it really isn’t. This looks bad but there wasn’t any serious twisting, and he really could just have some minor damage. Ant is still young and his body could bounce back relatively quickly.
Just trying to be positive
Yeah. He’s probably back by October. So that’s good.
Donte being out our chances are definitely over
Conley legacy series incoming
If Adam Silver doesn’t step in and cut the game count down, I think he should be held at a stake for his sins tbh
Have you considered the feelings of the billionaire class? They are going through a really difficult time right now
Let’s not pretend like most fans also wouldn’t be mad with less games
Most fans aren’t watching all 82 games their team plays…
It’s not just up to him. The players have to agree to a paycut from the lost revenue.
This isnt even a wear and tear injury, awkward landings can happen any time.
It’s not really up to Adam Silver. There’s no real will to cut down games by any of the involved parties. Owners don’t want to do it and players also don’t want to do it (it’s like 90% of players in favor of keeping the current amount of games). Silver can’t do anything in this case even if he does want to cut down the games.
At least the Wild are doing okay…I think
Won in OT today and so it’s now tied at 2-2.
Stars have 3 even strength goals in 4 games. If we can just stay out of the fucking penalty box we’ve got a good chance.
If the starts learn to score at even strength we are fucked.
If we learn to score on the power play they are fucked.
Source?
This happened to Giannis in the finals and then he played like the next game lol
Damn losing your whole back court in one game, to what looks like season ending injuries, is brutal.
Not even one game, losing your backcourt in one HALF smh
Hapoened to the Lakers a month ago. These Playoffs will just be won by the healthiest team.
People can shit talk load management and how it’s fucking up the league all they want, but that’s exactly why teams do it. The biggest goal of the regular season is to come out of it with your best players healthy.
So last year
pretty much every year it seems
Jesus christ I physically recoiled
I winced SO hard! 😖
This kinda shi is the reason i just jog and take jumpshots in pickup
Typa shit make me just play league and apex
damn apex still going? i gotta check it out
It’s money now lol
What you saving it for though?
Why I stick to HORSE
I really hope he didn’t tear anything but he sure looks like he did
Brother you’d have to be fucking made of rubber to not tear something with that landing lmao, I hope he only has a nasty bone bruise like Cam did and not something worse
It is completely possible it’s just a bad bone bruise. Giannis had this and it was just a bone bruise.. went on to win a chip shortly thereafter
Freak wasn’t as bad as this
I just went back and rewatched the giannis one. It was pretty damn bad, especially when they showed the side angle. I mean, back when it happened, everyone was basically certain he was done
i mean the mechanism doesnt immediately mean something is torn. it could just be a bone bruise
it’s possible, didn’t see a clear sliding but definitely hyper extended.
fuck man why this have to happen to one of my favorite players
Thanks but no thanks, not rewatching that in slomo.
Holy fuck… that’s worse than the Jokic one that took him out this season… yeah not clicking on that again
Honestly it sucks to see Ant hit like this. He was balling out despite not being 100%
Big Shaq dipshit just said “it don’t look that bad” about Ant’s landing. Gee thanks DR pink eye.
You think Dr Pink Eye only has an honorary doctorate?
I had a hyperextension kinda like this playing volleyball, I was fortunate to not tear anything. Hoping the same for Ant.
I did this exact same hyperextension in softball. Running back, jumped and turned on air, landed exactly like this. . . . Blew everything in my knee: ACL + meniscus.
This makes me wanna cry man
Brutal
Motherfucking Minnesota sports
Fuck bro that could be PCL or meniscus or both frl. I would be surprised if there isn’t any structural damage but yea that mug popped straight back.
looks very identical to the injury jokic got earlier in the season. Hyperextended knee / bone bruise
I’ve always said teams would benefit from bringing in a tumbling expert and teaching guys how to fall off-balance correctly
Is this a playoff ending injury or a 1-3 game type injury? Think we can close out Denver tnight without him, obviously can’t continue further if he’s shutdown
Season ending injury
And maybe next year
giannis had one arguably worse than this and was hooping again in like 2 weeks, you never really know with hyperextensions
Was thinking the same thing. But man that looked bad.
Even if it is ACL, those are usually 6-9 months - so probably somewhere in the Nov-Feb window for a return.
This really looked like a season ender
Next year ending, same with DDV
Yeesh aren’t we jumping forward here? Can’t hyperextension not be that bad? He was standing in the tunnel
Maybe, but I cant remember many hyper extensions look that violent with the leg pop
Man that’s an absolute heartbreaker. Nothing like being an MN sports fan, amirite!
KAT popped his calf once and missed 35 games. Giannis bent his knee in half and missed less than a month. We don’t know how bad it is yet, there’s still hope
Hyperextensions can vary pretty significantly but it definitely looks about as bad as possible
He was standing in the tunnel not going straight to locker room. Just posturing or maybe he’s not that hurt?
Maybe in being a moron but I feel like we’ve seen ant look like he has a season ending knee injury like 10 times and he always pops out after halftime. I wouldn’t be totally shocked lol
brutal
Oh fuck no
Man this was hard to watch… Hope he’s okay
So thats going to be a terrible injury. He was already dealing with the other knee, then this happens. Unfair
Damn. Tough break for the Wolves. First Donte, now Ant. I’m sick.
Mann Ant been trying so hard to win a chip for us. He would never say he was playing injured either he would just say he sucked and needed to do better when clearly he was hurting.
god damn they just can’t catch a break :(
Gotta be a ligament tear in someway just not sure which. Yea this is horrible man frl goddamit dude. This whole playoffs is really about who is healthy and what’s crazy is everybody in the east is fine but out west besides San Antonio and like 95% of OKC it’s bad.
Hypertension looks scarier than it is. I’m betting bone bruise. Probably able to be back for next round.
Anyone remember when this happened to Giannis & he was back after like 2 games vs the Hawks, then they went on to win the championship that year iirc.
Hoping Ant is fine, the Playoffs are a lot less fun without him
Many of you are probably too young to remember but Giannis had a much worse looking injury and came back for finals
How old do you think people are here 8?
Yes
Ow, my knee hurts just watching that.
I felt that
Fucking hell that is horrific
This is my 9⁄11
Somehow the boys are still torching the chicken nuggies tho
Playing the best they have all year and then this. Fuck dude, can we get a healthy playoffs from any team. Seems like the last two years have just been a war of attrition.
He’ll be back.
God my knee hurts now
“Rose came down bad on his left foot” 💔💔💔🥲
ACL
Might be one of the worst injuries I’ve seen. Just egregiously awful
Ouch
This injury hurts. Wishing Ant fast recovery. 🙏
Oh Nooooo. You hate to see it.
Oh man gutted for Timberwolves fans, it has been such a promising round 1 so far.
OUCH
C’mon. Nba gods must be unhappy about something. Silver needs to sacrifice okc to appease the gods.
Damn man damn
I audibly gasped
Oof hate to see it, I’m a nuggets fan but would rather win with them healthy. Plus I like ant too, sad to see
I want the win… but not this way.
I had an ACL surgery on Monday and this made me jump so bad I think I reinjured myself
Mannnn I almost threw my phone wincing so hard. Not Antman.😭
Luka, AR, Wemby, Antman, Booker, KD, etc. Are we gonna have another playoffs ruined by injuries?!?!?! I hate games where both teams aren’t at full strength. You’ll never know who was actually supposed to win and that sucks and lowkey haunts me a bit forever lol. Those what-if’s suck.
The league is so talented right now but injuries keep robbing us of some good basketball smfh. We are repeating last season.
That looked very painful. Get well soon Ant
First Divincenzo within first two mins of first quarter and now Ant. I’m starting to get really sick of all of these season ending catastrophic injuries. NBA needs to sort out why our superstars across all NBA teams keep dropping like flies.
Fuck. Terrible to see that I really hope he recovers quickly
Back by next game.
Bones Hyland and Ayo Dosunmu just became very important at work
Hopefully no surgery
Knee injuries are like seeing someone kicked in the nuts and I automatically cringe and protectively grab the sack. That looked fucking painful.
These are so weird. It can either be really bad or not too bad at all and he will play next game. Visually it always looks horrible
May he be blessed with the Giannis recovery from hyper extended knee.
I immediately twitched back and got Giannis PTSD. This and Donte are just brutal for the Wolves, man. I hate injuries.
This game is cursed
Damn that looked HORRIBLE!
Brooooooo
This looks horrible. Hope he has a speedy recovery.
God I want to unsee that.
I hate to see that. I really like Ant Man.
Man why would you post this I don’t want to see this shit
Damnnn that looks bad….
Ouch, hate that
Ayo and Bones are gonna get their chance to turn this team into a transition nightmare.
Damn you hate to see it, ant got up there for that block
Man these guys have to try and land on two feet. Hope he comes back in second round
Fuuuuuuuck that looks bad. hope it’s not as bad as it looks
That looks like acl man
AE2’s have not been good for Ant’s knees