AQuintus wrote:Klomp wrote:Mono isn't a permanent condition
I thought his problem was small lungs relative to his size.
He does have that, and it was thought to be the problem during the season, but...
CHICAGO — In one simple test, Priority Sports answered a question that plagued Michigan State and its fans for much of the Big Ten season: What was wrong with Adreian Payne?
It emerged this week he would not participate in all drills at the NBA predraft combine because of mononucleosis. But it wasn’t a new case, it was one that was very old.
“The mono’s been in his system for about three months,” said Joel Cornette, director of basketball recruiting for Priority Sports, the Chicago-based agency representing Payne. “When we got him here, it was a matter of an observation. I watched Adreian play darn near every game this year, and to watch a guy who’s a college athlete check in at the 6-minute mark of the game and at the 4:30 mark be keeled over and unable to move, something was wrong. It wasn’t just conditioning coming back from the injury.”
As Priority does with every client, Payne got the full medical full workup and the mono was discovered, which answered a few questions for him.
“The mono affected me a lot, especially during the season,” he said Thursday at the NBA predraft combine, where he measured 6-feet-9 without shoes and weighed 238½ pounds. “In the middle of the night, I was waking up in cold sweats and didn’t know what it was. My throat was sore. I told the trainer; we did what we could do. During the season, once I got back from my foot injury, I missed seven games and was tired of sitting out. I wanted to play. ... I didn’t know why I was getting so tired. I just felt weak on the court. At times in the game, I felt exhausted and I didn’t know why.”
MSU spokesman Matt Larson said Payne was never tested for mono during the season. Considering the time he missed with a foot injury and a pre-existing lung condition, stamina issues were not a big surprise.
http://www.freep.com/article/20140516/S ... know-what-
That article was written on May 16, meaning he had mono since February, which was when he was coming back from his injury.
So, yes, he has a lung condition, but that wasn't the main concern behind his stamina issues this past season.
