Damn, I feel sorry for Isiah Austin

[Danie84]

Just saw him breaking down on ESPN, and it nearly ripped my soul apart

 

[jaguar paw]

I think he should be drafted with the last pick just to show him love.

 

[NatiboyB]

Less than a week b4 the draft doctors told him his basketball days are over

He seems like he is intelligent, so i hope he finds another passion.


Do you ppl see why education is important, now?

Education ain't got shyt to do with this...I'm quite sure Baylor will allow him to continue his education and pay for his medical bills since he was an athlete there.

 

[NatiboyB]

Oooh.. tall light skin cat... he will get drafted.. athletic 7 footers don't grow on trees.. my Blazers wasted #1 picks on Basura wit foot issues

He's not getting drafted he's injury prone, blind in one eye, and has a new disease.

 

[NatiboyB]

I think he should be drafted with the last pick just to show him love.

shyt the last pick ended up being Isaiah Thomas 1 year I can't do It.

 

[thelonious21]

Ok.. he didn't just develop this.. and he's been playing thru college. HS.. so someone can draft. Him and monitor his mins . I'm sure he won't jus give up on basketball to him.. I'm sure he will play again

 

[JLova]

Less than a week b4 the draft doctors told him his basketball days are over

He seems like he is intelligent, so i hope he finds another passion.


Do you ppl see why education is important, now?

Education will always be important. I don't know why folk downplay it. Even if dude was a 10 year vet making bank getting an education or setting himself up for after basketball would be a no brainer.

 

[JLova]

Ok.. he didn't just develop this.. and he's been playing thru college. HS.. so someone can draft. Him and monitor his mins . I'm sure he won't jus give up on basketball to him.. I'm sure he will play again

All it takes is one hit to the chest on a hard foul and he's dead on the court. No team will take that kind of chance. They'd be liable if he died.

Sad stuff.

 

[jaguar paw]

shyt the last pick ended up being Isaiah Thomas 1 year I can't do It.

You could still sign the player you wanted as a free agent.

 

[NatiboyB]

You could still sign the player you wanted as a free agent.

Imma draft him breh...how about we make him and honorary maverick.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

@JLova you'd be surprised at the # of guys on here that have the "who the fukk needs education when you're a millionaire" mentality

 

[FloorGeneral]

Ok.. he didn't just develop this.. and he's been playing thru college. HS.. so someone can draft. Him and monitor his mins . I'm sure he won't jus give up on basketball to him.. I'm sure he will play again

Nah, that is not happening. Here's an article about a Women's Volleyball Player that subbed out of a game, went over and sat down at the bench, and keeled over an died. If you know you have this condition, you do NOT engage in activities that put your life at risk.

Flo Hyman, the best American woman volleyball player ever, was spending this winter as the star of a talented team in a top-class Japanese league. On the night of Friday, Jan. 24, Hyman's team, Daiei, was playing in Matsue, a city on the shores of the Sea of Japan, some 380 miles west of Tokyo. During the third game, Hyman was taken out in a routine substitution. She sat down on the bench. Seconds later she slid silently to the floor and lay there, still. She was dead. An hour later, doctors at the Red Cross Hospital in Matsue ruled that the cause of death was a "heart attack."

Flo Hyman had died of no such thing. An autopsy performed in Culver City, Calif. at the request of Hyman's family six days after her death revealed that what killed this strong and vital 31-year-old athlete was a disorder much less common than a heart attack. Hyman, the star of the 1984 U.S. silver medal-winning team, had died of a ruptured aorta caused by Marfan syndrome, a congenital condition that exacts a disproportionately large toll among tall, lanky people such as Hyman, who was 6'5". For this reason, Marfan syndrome is—or should be—of special interest to physicians who treat basketball and volleyball players and other athletes who tend to be tall.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Education ain't got shyt to do with this...I'm quite sure Baylor will allow him to continue his education and pay for his medical bills since he was an athlete there.

Yeah bro! fukk education! Yeah!!!

You did see that i said he seems intelligent, right?

But let's be real. Most of these dudes wit pro dreams dont value education.

 

[mrken12]

Oooh.. tall light skin cat... he will get drafted.. athletic 7 footers don't grow on trees.. my Blazers wasted #1 picks on Basura wit foot issues

Marfan is no joke. Especially when taking into consideration the effects of the condition on the heart. And that's just talking about the regular people. His basketball career is over. He should be fortunate that they caught it before something tragic happened to him.

 

[kash10003]

Ok.. he didn't just develop this.. and he's been playing thru college. HS.. so someone can draft. Him and monitor his mins . I'm sure he won't jus give up on basketball to him.. I'm sure he will play again

no

he can die on the court breh