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Originally Posted by KillerLeft
I'm hearing a lot of people say that it's encouraging that his major knee injury and this recent one were both "contact injuries" and not overtly the result of him just being an awkward tall guy.
Do you buy that, or do you think it's just rationalization? I can't decide.
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I buy that it's encouraging. But I also know that he's injury prone. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Even if they're contact injuries, I still imagine his knees can handle less contact than most other players. He'll probably have nagging injuries his entire career, contact or no. That's just the way it is. To my knowledge, the only guy in NBA history 7'2 or taller that didn't have constant injury problems was Kareem.
That however doesn't mean that he isn't worth the risk, or that the Mavs shouldn't have made that trade. I'm already hearing rumblings from some fans about the trade being mistake, and that's just ridiculous. That trade was a no brainer. The Mavs would have been crazy not to do it.