Hate to see a player go down, but I KNEW KD was not going to make it thru the entire game.
Anyone who has had a calf/achilles injury knows the incredible pain there is with it. THere was no way he should have been playing. All the doctors on the Warriors staff should be fired. All of them. To a person.
I almost blew out my achilles a couple years ago. I was doing some new training, scaling vertical walls (like you see in that American Ninja Warrior stuff), and I planted and pushed up, and felt my calf roll. Immense pain. I hung there at the top of the wall, unable to use my left leg. Pulled myself up (my arms hurt for days, lol), slid down the poll (landed on my right leg) and went straight to the doctor, partially torn calf muscle, achilles was compromised. Rest and rehab. Its still not 100, and it was more than a year ago. I have to really stretch well to play basketball, or it starts shooting pain immediately when I lift to shoot. So, I can only imagine what KD was experiencing when he hurt his calf, and now, achilles. The guy risked his career for the Warriors, on the trust of his doctors. And now look.
HUGE loss for the NBA, not just the Warriors. Here's hoping KD has a full and speedy recovery.
But can I say something? I know its not all Raptors fans, but the conduct when KD went down was reprehensible. Absolutely uncalled for.