WFNY Podcast – 2013-02-11 – Ben Cox debuts to talk basketball, twitter and traffic trolling
February 12, 2013Haslam: I will remain “heavily involved” in Browns’ decisions
February 13, 2013There has not been a clear cut, no doubt about it, first pick in the NBA draft kind of player emerge from the college game yet this season. One of the contenders for that top spot is Kentucky big man Nerlens Noel.
On Tuesday evening, Noel suffered a knee injury that has been described as gruesome–
“The No. 25 Wildcats also may be without freshman forward Nerlens Noel for a significant length of time because of a left knee injury he suffered during the second half of their 69-52 loss to No. 7 Florida. The 6-foot-10 Noel landed awkwardly on his left knee and then slammed the knee into the basket support after chasing down Mike Rosario on a fast break and blocking the shot with 8:03 left.”
“Noel left the O’Connell Center in a wheelchair. The school said in a statement that Noel would fly back to Lexington, Ky., with the rest of the team Tuesday night. “His leg was wobbly, knee looked dislocated,” Florida center Patric Young told the Palm Beach Post. “It was gruesome. I don’t want to think about it.”
Noel immediately grabbed his left knee and screamed in pain. Trainers immediately rushed to his side and Calipari eventually came over and stayed with Noel until he was carried off the court by several teammates.”
A picture has of the landing has been making the rounds on twitter.
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(Photo by Kentucky.com)
11 Comments
Every single guy in that crowd looks like someone shot their dog. And that reaction is for an opponent. Ugh gruesome.
Holy Balls.
Gotta love the camera guy 4 inches from his face trying to adjust his focus
Awful injury. Hopefully he can recover in time for the draft. Seems like these always end up being an ACL. Maybe a positive is he can drop to 4th-5th pick and the Cavs can grab him.
Had no idea how bad it was until I saw that picture. Awful.
I doubt that happened with no ligament damage. Even in the best case scenario he’s still not ready for the draft and has to make a comeback next year at Kentucky. Worst case, well, ask Shaun Livingston….
Never heard of any CLE drafting a guy with injury/knee concerns
Not if I have anything to say about it. I wouldn’t have drafted him even with the #1.
Perhaps they heard it from the photo there is no way they saw it.
Terrible. And he was my favorite in the draft. Hopefully there wasn’t much soft tissue damage.
poor kid.
I just decided that looking at HD pictures of people watching sports is one of my favorite things to do.