Shams: Kyrie torn ACL

[stillgotgame]

Sucks for Kyrie and Mavs fans.

This wasn’t a coincidence though. He was playing way too many minutes trying to carry the team while others are hurt.
How many players on the Mavs played big minutes in 22 playoff games last season? They’ve all been injured. Too hard on the body to play at this level for this many games.
NBA needs to realize this.

[Dubnation]

Sorry but no one gives a crap about your "falling off" when y'all won 3 titles at that point and still had a prime Steph who won you your 4th title lol

Well, of course, I wouldn't expect you to care about the debacle of KD blowing out his Achilles AND Klay blowing out his knee, followed by him blowing out his Achilles, basically ending the real Klay as we know it, making him sit out almost 3 years.

Oh come on... why you gotta say it like that. I was trying to compliment the Warriors by saying y'all already had it all lol

I get it. I guess I was empathetic with the Mavs fans because I know the feeling.

[bb22]

Horrible news. Sorry Mavs fans. Hope he can recover ASAP, but this is likely to carry over well into next season

[KyRo23]

Sucks for Kyrie and Mavs fans.

This wasn’t a coincidence though. He was playing way too many minutes trying to carry the team while others are hurt.
How many players on the Mavs played big minutes in 22 playoff games last season? They’ve all been injured. Too hard on the body to play at this level for this many games.
NBA needs to realize this.

I want to argue this but I’m really unsure if this is provable. Kyrie hits his knee into the defender which throws off his other legs movement thus resulting in the injury. It’s not like him playing a lot made that happen because he was fatigued or something

Now if we want to argue if playing more gives you more opportunity to get hurt, I guess? Seems like a coincidence

[Handlez]

Hate this.

Kyrie was playing his ass off.

[Tha Cynic]

Damn and I was already starting to like Kyrie again...he was acting like a true professional finally.

Luka must feel like he dodged a bullet to be honest, lol...would suck carrying this Dallas team without Kyrie for the next 9-10 months.

Sucks for Dallas fans, this must be one of the worst months ever experienced by a sports franchise...trading away their best player and generational superstar for scraps, their new all-star getting hurt on game 1 and their top scorer tearing his ACL...Jesus...

Kyrie was always professional. Don’t ask him for his opinion if you won’t like it as the media lol. He wasn’t going to succumb to peer pressure from those who run our societies.

He was a bit ahead of his time with his opinions when you see what’s happening today in the world.

You could see from his reaction at the free throw line that he knows this is going to be tough, very similar to when Kobe killed himself to get the Dwight Howard Lakers to the playoffs.

[stillgotgame]

Sucks for Kyrie and Mavs fans.

This wasn’t a coincidence though. He was playing way too many minutes trying to carry the team while others are hurt.
How many players on the Mavs played big minutes in 22 playoff games last season? They’ve all been injured. Too hard on the body to play at this level for this many games.
NBA needs to realize this.

I want to argue this but I’m really unsure if this is provable. Kyrie hits his knee into the defender which throws off his other legs movement thus resulting in the injury. It’s not like him playing a lot made that happen because he was fatigued or something

Now if we want to argue if playing more gives you more opportunity to get hurt, I guess? Seems like a coincidence

Look at all the stars that dropped out of the playoffs last year with injuries. Embiid, Butler, Giannis, Dame, half the Knicks, and the list goes on. Boston and Dallas made it to the finals because they were good but also importantly they stayed healthy. Now after the extra 22 games last season the Mavs are dropping like flies.
Let’s see if Boston survives the season. They’re younger than most teams. Older guys Jrue and Kristaps have been hurt a lot though.

[KyRo23]

Sucks for Kyrie and Mavs fans.

This wasn’t a coincidence though. He was playing way too many minutes trying to carry the team while others are hurt.
How many players on the Mavs played big minutes in 22 playoff games last season? They’ve all been injured. Too hard on the body to play at this level for this many games.
NBA needs to realize this.

I want to argue this but I’m really unsure if this is provable. Kyrie hits his knee into the defender which throws off his other legs movement thus resulting in the injury. It’s not like him playing a lot made that happen because he was fatigued or something

Now if we want to argue if playing more gives you more opportunity to get hurt, I guess? Seems like a coincidence

Look at all the stars that dropped out of the playoffs last year with injuries. Embiid, Butler, Giannis, Dame, half the Knicks, and the list goes on. Boston and Dallas made it to the finals because they were good but also importantly they stayed healthy. Now after the extra 22 games last season the Mavs are dropping like flies.
Let’s see if Boston survives the season. They’re younger than most teams. Older guys Jrue and Kristaps have been hurt a lot though.

I see what you’re saying but what about Kyrie playing an extra few minutes a game have to do with that play he got hurt on? It was a situational injury like most of them are. I think people overrate how much playing more gets you injured. I don’t think there’s a study to prove it though

[links135]

When it rains it pours.

Kyrie/AD is the shakiest superstar foundation in NBA history.

It could only be topped by Kawhi/Zion.

[stillgotgame]

I want to argue this but I’m really unsure if this is provable. Kyrie hits his knee into the defender which throws off his other legs movement thus resulting in the injury. It’s not like him playing a lot made that happen because he was fatigued or something

Now if we want to argue if playing more gives you more opportunity to get hurt, I guess? Seems like a coincidence

Look at all the stars that dropped out of the playoffs last year with injuries. Embiid, Butler, Giannis, Dame, half the Knicks, and the list goes on. Boston and Dallas made it to the finals because they were good but also importantly they stayed healthy. Now after the extra 22 games last season the Mavs are dropping like flies.
Let’s see if Boston survives the season. They’re younger than most teams. Older guys Jrue and Kristaps have been hurt a lot though.

I see what you’re saying but what about Kyrie playing an extra few minutes a game have to do with that play he got hurt on? It was a situational injury like most of them are. I think people overrate how much playing more gets you injured. I don’t think there’s a study to prove it though

I agree it does look like a fluke injury. But more time gives more possiblility for flukes. And more wear and tear makes those flukes potentially worse.
The season is just way too long to play all of it. I’m not saying shorten the season but plan guys being off to recover. Body can’t take it, especially after a long Finals run.
How many regular season games did AD & LeBron play in 20-21 after the title run the year before?
36 for AD and 45 for LeBron. Worn down, couldn’t do it.

[KyRo23]

Look at all the stars that dropped out of the playoffs last year with injuries. Embiid, Butler, Giannis, Dame, half the Knicks, and the list goes on. Boston and Dallas made it to the finals because they were good but also importantly they stayed healthy. Now after the extra 22 games last season the Mavs are dropping like flies.
Let’s see if Boston survives the season. They’re younger than most teams. Older guys Jrue and Kristaps have been hurt a lot though.

I see what you’re saying but what about Kyrie playing an extra few minutes a game have to do with that play he got hurt on? It was a situational injury like most of them are. I think people overrate how much playing more gets you injured. I don’t think there’s a study to prove it though

I agree it does look like a fluke injury. But more time gives more possiblility for flukes. And more wear and tear makes those flukes potentially worse.
The season is just way too long to play all of it. I’m not saying shorten the season but plan guys being off to recover. Body can’t take it, especially after a long Finals run.
How many regular season games did AD & LeBron play in 20-21 after the title run the year before?
36 for AD and 45 for LeBron. Worn down, couldn’t do it.

Well AD has always had injury problems. LeBron missed most of those games after Solomon Hill dove into his ankle; so that is another situational injury. I agree that some injuries happen because of wear and tear but most season ending injuries seem to be from wrong place wrong time instances

[Pelly24]

I've heard things about soft tissue injuries and stuff like that being more likely with wear and tear. I don't think this injury was a coincidence.

[Pelly24]

Optimistically though, I think Kyrie can come back strong and still an all-star guy at least. He'd been aging very well, still able to get to his spots, still quick af esp. in transition. Strong, IQ better than ever. And one of the greatest shooters of all time. Athletes recover from ACL injuries really well now. He's about to be 33, but was missing some of the mileage from 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 anyway (42 games combined). I just ... i don't know about this Mavs organization man. Nico will probably go down in history as the most disastrous GM ever, because i think Luka and LeBron are going to the finals.

[JasonStern]

When it rains it pours.

Kyrie/AD is the shakiest superstar foundation in NBA history.

Roy/Oden say hi. But, yeah. Feel for Mavs fans.

Oden never became a star.

I have made it blatantly clear that I dislike Oden. Drunken domestic abuser. Karma got him. But he was a star in the way that Zion is. Huge amount of hype and a few games to back the hype up.

Feel real bad for Roy, though. Awesome person that truly deserved better. My favorite player. Not so much to watch, but just a consistently awesome guy that remains a class act off of the court.

https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2017/5/3/15528610/brandon-roy-shot-leg-shielding-children-blazers-nba

[Bobbymcgee]

which franchise fanbase suffers the most right now?

Philly with two of the worst contracts in the league, the future is bleak.
PHX also doesn't have a lot of future assets with the other worst contracts, need to break their core.
Dallas that traded their fan favorite young cornerstone stud for a short contention window that is gone now, also few future assets.

You forgot to include the Clippers.

[boogiezen]

Read on Twitter

[zimpy27]

Read on Twitter

Wait until one of the Knicks players has an injury

[BigGargamel]

Man, I feel so bad for Mavericks fans. Went from the NBA Finals to THIS in less than a year. Nothing to look forward to but two injury prone players in their 30's and a bunch or role players. What a disaster.

[Ryoga Hibiki]

I hate how this let's Nico off the hook. "win now, etc. but ofc injuries got in the way". bull. this team wasn't winning ****. nobody knows if OKC will translate in the playoffs and this is 10 times the team this mavs team is. better on defense and a better number one option.

I hate to be conspiracy brained on this, but I wouldn't be surprised if it came out that Nico pushed Kid to play Kyrie more, to "supposedly" make the playoffs. This injury is way to convenient for him. (yes, it is convenient, this team wasn't going to win and anybody who believes it was is delusional)

Was thinking the same thing. He can clearly point out that Mavs weren't winning without the trade either.

I don't think Nico wanted this outcome but I also think he's probably dodged a bullet here.

he traded away his young star, making his team older, gave away his future picks, all this for a 2-3 year window. this window is gone in a month as he put all his eggs in a basket full of old and injury prone players. Dallas will become a wasteland, as it was before Nelson.
not sure how any of this leaves him off the hook.
this is exactly