« Reply #44 on: May 29, 2015, 01:09:53 PM »
rondo 2287 -bet you wouldn't call smart a wuss to his face,he didn't just roll his ankle,-
that was bad and who knew how bad at time,i'm sure he didn't call for a stretcher.-
i hope you were joking,anybody that questions his courage has a serious problem-
I know he has courage, he went into the stands to physically confront a fan in college. that has nothing to do with his pain threshold which must be incredibly low to be body boarded off after a sprained ankle.
And he gives it the thumbs up like a guy does who suffers a spine or serious head injury
Have you ever had a high ankle sprain? The difference in pain between a high sprain and an ordinary sprain is like the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it.
I had to crawl off the pitch after mine - the pain was so bad it produced serious nausea even from trying to get up on the good leg - and couldn't put weight on it for days. And it was still susceptible to swelling and pain from just walking around for about a full year afterward. High ankle sprains are no joke.
Yup I had a high ankle sprain that occurred in the exact same fashion. used a couple buddies shoulders as crutches and made it to the health center at college. 2 weeks later I played in indoor intramural soccer PLAYOFFS and reinjured my ankle. Had to do it though, it was the playoffs, gotta push through the pain.
Then I suspect your sprain wasn't as severe as Smart's or mine. In my case I had a 220 pound guy jump on my back midstride, putting about 400 lbs of weight on the ankle as it turned. There was no "suck it up" factor, it was a purple cylindrical cankle for about the next couple weeks. Running wasn't an option at all, and walking only was after about 3-4 days. It was just rugby though, we're not nearly as tough as intramural soccer players.
I'd imagine with access to NBA-level trainers and treatment Marcus' was probably at least as severe to keep him out so long. Either way I think it's crazy to label the guy a "wuss" when he kept his mouth shut about how it affected his return until now. Especially since it wasn't his call whether the backboard came out or not.
Its cool man, not everybody can handle it. To be honest playing intramural soccer was actually tame compared to crutching across an Ithaca college campus during winter time with unplowed sidewalks when my foot was too big to fit in a shoe.
But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
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