NBA FINALS 2019 |——| WARRIORS -vs- RAPTORS |——| USA -vs- CANADA

i'm close enough to forty, yeah. my minor sprain of my left ankle was from stepping weird after almost tripping on a laptop power cord. after the big turn on my other ankle i started taking stairs very gingerly and w/ a lot of mindful caution and that was like six months ago

even these nba guys a lot of the worst injuries are weird non contact things

coach nick had a doctor on who thinks durants two injuries are likely related and that prob he didnt take enough time getting back up to basketball speed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVniOBXOQ-g

I’m 37. Had surgery on the left ankle (to clean out bone spurs and tighten the ligaments) and left knee (meniscus) at the same time about 11 years ago. I had sprained that ankle 7 times in my early twenties (mostly basketball but one playing racketball) and the pine cone roll put me over the top. Only had one sprain since and it was to the right ankle. I do double ankle braces now like curry.

Kinda surprised we haven’t got the official diagnosis on KD yet

Either it is unclear exactly how bad the damage is, or they are playing it close to the vest bcz of KD free agency.

I sprained my left ankle about a year ago playing basketball, my first ankle sprain or really injury of any kind -- surprising given how active I am. it was excruciatingly painful and I was really worried I'd broken it, though honestly that might have been better. I wear an ankle brace now and while I am probably close to 100%, it still feels weird sometimes and will swell up if I play a lot of hoops or tennis or whatever, and I'm constantly terrified of re-spraining it. it sucks!

turning 30 in a week btw, was almost 29 when it happened. I've been really fortunate

Dude happy 30th

I'm feeling it more every day. thanks!

Old man sighs.

I wear braces on both ankles. For awhile 1 or both of my ankles was getting really sore after a long hike. But idk it's like the ligaments finally repaired themselves and strengthened, 23 years after the initial sprain in gym class. Last year or so they haven't bothered me even a lil bit. I'm 40+ so had p much been resigned to the fact that they'd always bother me and would only deteriorate.

30 years of exclusively wearing chuck taylors for running/hooping and the subsequent plantar fasciitis means i cant even think about playing ball at this age for a half hour without limping terribly. at least i can still jog! small victories are the province of age.
this thread got hella morbid.

we grow old, we grow old

been a v real divide tho, luv you guys

Just watched the Durant clip for the first time since the game. Plain as day, there are people in the audience waving at him gloatingly and mouthing "Bye-bye." I wouldn't do it myself--not a big fan of such things--but I'm surprised there hasn't been a deluge of people shame-posting screenshots.

basketball fans are very gentile

genteel even lol

theres also clips out there of random dudes running up and cheap-shot punching a dude in a warriors jersey after that game, twice. also people waiting outside of the hotel to yell at Sonya Curry. All teams have asshole fans I guess.

few fans being dicks isnt the same thing as the whole stadium cheering which was the accusation, your honor

people are dumb when theyre drunk is really the bottom line

yeah all drunk and amped up

Ok this was pretty dang beautiful not gonna lie pic.twitter.com/9QNnNCXJAq

— Bryan Oringher (@ScoutWithBryan) June 12, 2019

the beautiful game

dray passing up a wide open shot to pass to klay for a contested one mars it slightly tho prob the right decision all things considered

klay was wide open kawhi was all the way under the hoop when the pass was made he had to sell out but no one followed him

if u have to do a side step dribble thats a contest in the basketball book

i mean if youre open u just shoot it

theres also clips out there of random dudes running up and cheap-shot punching a dude in a warriors jersey after that game, twice. also people waiting outside of the hotel to yell at Sonya Curry. All teams have asshole fans I guess.

― big city slam (Spottie), Wednesday, June 12, 2019 10:09 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark

these things are obv very, very bad.

jeering dude who was the best player on the opposing team when he has to come off for what you probably assumed was an aggravation of the relatively minor injury that had kept him out of the previous games in the series is ... not that bad imo.

probably didn't help that we just finished a week of media stories about how chill toronto fans are

i thought it was worse than what the venture capital guy did tho *shrug*

last game at Oracle tomorrow :(

is dray wide open a better shot than klay contested? i dunno. im sure there are numbers, but i dont know what they are.

anyway, i loved the sheer force with which dray passed that ball across the court. it was more obvious / clear live than it is in that slo-mo.

and then watch where klay catches it.

just a tremendous fundamental pass.

feel like it's gonna be Raps by 20 tonight

there are people in Las Vegas trying to reach out to you

I have a lot of feelings about tonight’s game

i think GSW rallies and wins going away tonight

feeling a raps blowout unless....... gs digs deep

They need everyone to play well and the refs to help and the Oracle gods to be summoned.

i think that's all in the cards tonight

pretty lame that we'd have to wait till sunday night for a game 7 tho

would love to see dubs get a 20+ game out of Cook but also would love to get a MacArthur grant

serious question: do you suppose that there are a number of top level players in the nba who have a verbal clause in their contract that they will never be tested for marijuana?
was thinking about this wrt klay honestly.

That would go against the collective bargaining agreement

he so high lol xp

drug screenings are not that hard to pass tbh

smoked w33d the night before got a call that i had to go in the next day . stopped at a headshop and bought some stuff for $35 and was good to go.

also p much nothing happens to u for the first couple failed tests, they shd really just stop testing for it at all i mean its legal and also a plant

"you can't smoke the plant !! here have some vicodin "

"we want you to jump high but not be high" okaaay

klays nickname is big smokey i mean he doesnt even hide it

i guess i figure techbros would be more likely to take a lifehack approach with that shit as long as you keep hitting the 3
anyways shit is legal in california anyway, right?