I hope Davion starts. It's good for him and us if he develops, and playing behind Fox severely limits his opportunities. Hopefully, he treats this as an opportunity. Stifling Curry, while running the offense is a challenge and a chance.
Well since mine is no longer attached on one end, none! I went for a rebound and when I came down landed on someone’s shoe, heard a pop, and that was that. I had many sprains throughout my basketball playing time period but this one was the worst. I actually broke my ankle at this time, but they misread the x ray and didn’t tell me until my 1 month follow up appointment. Took me 3 months to walk normally, 6 months before I was brave enough to even shoot standstill on a court and 1 year to return to playing.
It’s mildly limiting at times and whenever I do end up playing some pick up ball, I am aware of it. I am nowhere near as aggressive as I once was when playing, but I’m also older now (early 30s) so that may play into it also. I don’t really train like I used to when I played on some teams/leagues but for the working out I do it’s fine. When I do run, it feels tighter than the other ankle afterwards. If you damage it badly enough, I think the worry of damaging it potentially even further kind of sticks with you. That’s why there is always talk about athletes overcoming the mental aspect of injury, because it really is a thing. I don’t consider myself an athlete but I can certainly relate to being fearful of injury again. I think as you age you become more aware of these things.
The risk of additional injury doesn’t necessarily stop and end with the original injury location. What does someone typically do as a compensatory strategy when they get hurt? For example, you cut one of your fingers pretty badly on one hand and what do most folks do? Usually, you would use the other hand more until the injured finger heals up enough. The same can be said with an ankle, you would rely on the other one more and would change your actions and your point of attack on a basketball court to the uninjured side until the injured side is up to snuff. Doing this can create overuse injuries, as now you are demanding that the uninjured side compensates for the injured side as well.
Again, not disagreeing with what you said and luckily no harm was done with Fox playing on a hurt ankle. We don’t win the game without him, even on 1 leg he helped save us from a loss. The league has become like this because the outside world has largely become like this. Policies for everything and whatnot. I too toughed it out when I got hurt, but I was younger and thought I was invincible and didn’t consider the future or potential consequences. Fox is our leader and he stepped up when we needed him. The medical staff trusted him on his ankle and we trusted him to carry us.
Agreed
I used to do mostly strength training back in the day and a lot of single leg stance exercises that progressively got more difficult. Isometrics are a good way to initiate strength training after an injury and used to do that with therabands. Now I spend most of time chasing my kids!
Ha! Looks like De'Aaron didn't run his plan by his wife when he talked to Shams
Props on a damn sharp take
Would be nice, but I’m doubtful. Kings have been known to be extra careful in the past, especially with injuries to the lower extremities.
