This is the Kings and no one is worried about Abdur-Rahim's knee?
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Nothing that can be done. Be ironic of course that a very durable player suddenly turns up lame when he hits Sacto, but its not as if we did not have warning. And given that we would not have even had a shot at getting him were it not for the scary knee, its an upfront risk and one where you can argue without it we can't even sign him.
IMO the Nets used SAR's supposed "bum" knee as a bargaining chip to reduce the number of years in the contract and got burned. I'm sure most NBA players with 10 years in the league are headed for "arthritic conditions" somewhere down the road.
It's hard to argue much with the guys durability up to this point. I would bank on Bibby, Peja, or Miller going down before SAR.
It's hard to argue much with the guys durability up to this point. I would bank on Bibby, Peja, or Miller going down before SAR.
The Nets were supposedly worried about what MAY happen 3-4 years down the road. Reef said he has never had any problems with that knee since the surgery he had, when he was 15. Shouldn't be a problem. I don't think he as any higher risk to have a catastrophic knee injury, just that he may become arthritic down the line.
I agree that the Nets were just trying to bargain him down some, and do all they could to not give up that pick.
I agree that the Nets were just trying to bargain him down some, and do all they could to not give up that pick.
http://www.nba.com/media/blazers/Shareef_return_from_injury.wmv
Heres a vid of Reef in action after returning from that elbow injury last year. Looks good to me.
Heres a vid of Reef in action after returning from that elbow injury last year. Looks good to me.
Some of you really don't understand the jinx concept, do you?
It's goes something like this:
If you mention something bad happening and DON'T want it to come true, mentioning it out loud actually increases the odds of Murphy's Law coming into effect. Murphy's Law states that "what can go wrong will go wrong." An ancilliary to that is "What can go wrong will go wrong AT THE WORST POSSILBE MOMENT."
Now, in the reverse and as the ultimate paradox, if you want something bad to happen to an opponent, speaking out loud wishes that GOOD things happen for them will directly increase the odds of the GOOD thing happening and NOT the bad.
That falls under the "Be careful what you wish for" proviso to Murphy's Law.
Clear?
It's goes something like this:
If you mention something bad happening and DON'T want it to come true, mentioning it out loud actually increases the odds of Murphy's Law coming into effect. Murphy's Law states that "what can go wrong will go wrong." An ancilliary to that is "What can go wrong will go wrong AT THE WORST POSSILBE MOMENT."
Now, in the reverse and as the ultimate paradox, if you want something bad to happen to an opponent, speaking out loud wishes that GOOD things happen for them will directly increase the odds of the GOOD thing happening and NOT the bad.
That falls under the "Be careful what you wish for" proviso to Murphy's Law.
Clear?
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VF21 said:
Some of you really don't understand the jinx concept, do you?
It's goes something like this:
If you mention something bad happening and DON'T want it to come true, mentioning it out loud actually increases the odds of Murphy's Law coming into effect. Murphy's Law states that "what can go wrong will go wrong." An ancilliary to that is "What can go wrong will go wrong AT THE WORST POSSILBE MOMENT."
Now, in the reverse and as the ultimate paradox, if you want something bad to happen to an opponent, speaking out loud wishes that GOOD things happen for them will directly increase the odds of the GOOD thing happening and NOT the bad.
That falls under the "Be careful what you wish for" proviso to Murphy's Law.
Clear?
It's goes something like this:
If you mention something bad happening and DON'T want it to come true, mentioning it out loud actually increases the odds of Murphy's Law coming into effect. Murphy's Law states that "what can go wrong will go wrong." An ancilliary to that is "What can go wrong will go wrong AT THE WORST POSSILBE MOMENT."
Now, in the reverse and as the ultimate paradox, if you want something bad to happen to an opponent, speaking out loud wishes that GOOD things happen for them will directly increase the odds of the GOOD thing happening and NOT the bad.
That falls under the "Be careful what you wish for" proviso to Murphy's Law.
Clear?
Oh yes it's all clear now
VF21 said:
Now, in the reverse and as the ultimate paradox, if you want something bad to happen to an opponent, speaking out loud wishes that GOOD things happen for them will directly increase the odds of the GOOD thing happening and NOT the bad.
That falls under the "Be careful what you wish for" proviso to Murphy's Law.
Clear?
That falls under the "Be careful what you wish for" proviso to Murphy's Law.
Clear?
Perfectly clear...in that case..thank you thesanityannex.
Vlade was pretty ironmanny even before he hit Sacto -- he had two years where he missed some time, but 7 of his 9 years he'd played in at least 79 games. I don't remeber what happened to him way back in '92, but I remmeber it was a freak knee injury the year before we got him. Hopefully SAR will turn out similarly -- freak injury the year before we got him and then no more problems. Actually probably MORE important for SAR, because if Vlade got hurt it was physically impossible for him to get any slower, whereas SAR relies on his athleticism.
