Klay Thompson tore his ACL

[duckbutta]

A torn ACL:dahellwhat:

Didn't Doris Burke say he was in the back jumping up and down wanting to come back in the game :dahellwhat:

And then he came out on crutches :dahellwhat:

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

They showed him too

 

[RubioTheCruel]

A torn ACL:dahellwhat:

Didn't Doris Burke say he was in the back jumping up and down wanting to come back in the game :dahellwhat:

And then he came out on crutches :dahellwhat:

Adrenaline

 

[SuavePrince]

Second best shooter of all time.. I hope he comes back an even better player.

 

[FLORIDA BOI]

damn Klay was Ballin these playoffs he def showed how they fukked him over with the all NBA teams .

 

[OneManGang]

A torn ACL:dahellwhat:

Didn't Doris Burke say he was in the back jumping up and down wanting to come back in the game :dahellwhat:

And then he came out on crutches :dahellwhat:

Everyone keeps saying adrenaline, and while that could be a part of it, the reality is he was down for a while after it happened. He knew right away. You do not need your ACL to do things like walk, run, jump. It's a stabilizing ligament. Obviously if you tear it doing those things becomes harder, but once the initial pain subsides its entirely possible to do what Klay did. Even more possible with time for the area to heal and rehab. There's no way he would've been able to play because you need a fully functioning knee to play at a high level and cut and it just happened so the pain would still be there, but i can see how he felt ok to do those motions in the locker room. The crutches afterwards were obviously to just limit the range of motion and damaging the area any further.

So to be clear, NBA athletes who tear ACLs 100% should look into reconstructing them, but being able to move in the aftermath of the injury to an extent is not unheard of. Not all ACLs are torn equally. The most severe have accompanying meniscus damage which makes moving even harder after the injury.

 

[dayun]

Let everyone enjoy the moment and be happy at GS's misfortune...we will bide our time and when we come back I got cases on all of these nikkas talking shyt now. @G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman @dayun take notes.

I'm taking notes on all these fukk boys.

 

[23Barrettcity]

Hmm

My acl fine

Im sure he’would still take your bytch

 

[High quality poster]

Klay already play like a man with a torn acl anyway

 

[Killer Instinct]

Just wasn't meant to be for GSW. If Klay doesnt get injured, they win game 6 by double digits and Klay is likely en route of a Finals MVP. Hope he makes a speedy recovery. He's a straight up killer.

 

[JackRoss]

Shut yo fat ass up!

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[nyknick]

KLAY THOMPSON FOLLOWED the final quarter of Thursday's Game 6 on the NBA app. He had left the arena on crutches during the fourth quarter to get an MRI, still with the slight hope the injury wasn't as bad as the doctors feared. "He told me he didn't feel it pop," Mychal Thompson said. "So I was hoping maybe he just twisted it."

Klay had had the same hope -- after being helped off the court by his teammates, he came sprinting back to take two free throws, and made them both. He tried to coax his way back into the game by running down to the other end of the court on defense before the Warriors committed an intentional foul to get him out of the game. As he reluctantly left the court, he told Warriors coach Steve Kerr he'd be back in a few minutes.

But within minutes of going back to the locker room, Thompson knew something was very wrong. Everything in his knee stiffened and swelled up. The pain became intense. He tried to stretch and walk it off. But the Warriors' medical staff told him that his knee was unstable and they suspected it was an ACL tear.

"I was so hurt for him," Mychal said. "He wanted to be out there with his teammates. If he was going to lose, he was going to go down with his teammates."

"I was back there when they told him he was out the rest of Thursday," Ridder said. "And all he said was, 'Do you think I can play Sunday [in Game 7]?'"

Thompson's brother, Mychel, drove him to an imaging center in Berkeley. His parents followed in a separate car. The Warriors were keeping it close deep into the fourth quarter.

With just a few minutes remaining in the game, Thompson was wheeled into the MRI machine. The game ended while he was in there.

"What happened?" Thompson asked as soon as he finished. "Did we win?"

It wasn't until he learned that the Warriors had lost that he began to consider what this injury might mean to his career.

"Do you think this could affect my free agency?" he asked.
Decimated Warriors already on to 'unfinished business'

 

[daboywonder2002]

What can GSW do to add talent ? Assuming KD opts in and they sign Klay, they can really only add some vet minimums right?

They have the mini mid level too. Evren if Durant leaves, they won't be able to do anything. U gotta trade iggy

 

[Killer Instinct]

With just a few minutes remaining in the game, Thompson was wheeled into the MRI machine. The game ended while he was in there.

"What happened?" Thompson asked as soon as he finished. "Did we win?"

It wasn't until he learned that the Warriors had lost that he began to consider what this injury might mean to his career.

"Do you think this could affect my free agency?" he asked.
Decimated Warriors already on to 'unfinished business'

"I was back there when they told him he was out the rest of Thursday," Ridder said. "And all he said was, 'Do you think I can play Sunday [in Game 7?'"

Impossible to dislike this dude. Definitely GS's unsung hero.

 

[STEVE]

Klay seems like a good guy. I don't fukk with the Warriors but I hope he gets healthy and I wish him well.