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According to a 2013 research paper published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, seven of the 18 NBA players (38.9%) who sustained major Achilles injuries between 1988 and 2011 did not come back to the league. Those who did return missed an average of 55.9 games the rest of their career, with only eight of the 11 playing a second season.

The few who did stick in the NBA for a while saw their playing time and production dip. ESPN’s SCHOENE projection system, which accounts for age and other factors besides injury that could affect someone’s performance, found that players coming off torn Achilles tendons have performed about 8% worse than projected.

However, there are reasons for optimism. Medical advances over the past decade have upped players’ chances of a successful recovery. Spurs forward Rudy Gay, for example, has enjoyed two of his most efficient seasons since suffering a torn Achilles in January 2017.

damn.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/warriors/article/Kevin-Durant-injury-Experts-analyze-how-he-was-13970061.php?psid=9wb0y

damn that sucks.

more running tho

Had my girlfriend join me with lifting for the first time ever and she enjoyed it (specifically the pump Hahaha)

lol cool. but also surprising that this was her first time lifting, lmao.

i'm def on the lob boat (obviously lol).

for a long time, my dunk sessions were all misses. the excitement of better quality misses, really amp'd me up. then one day i landed one. as soon as i landed one, it got easier.

other than needing less vert & being able to throw lobs more efficiently (better lob "mechanics" than most lol), the only difference I had with scoob is: i'd do all of my attempts on the 10' rim. even when i wasn't that close, i did that. i figured i'd maximize my chances for the occasional "amazing jump" or "perfect timing". it does happen, that's for sure. from my experience, it happens most often on a great miss. but sometimes it happens on a make and those are epic.

not saying scoob should do that but, sometimes you jump "as high" as your target. there's a point where psychologically it's too high, but also a point where it's too small. 10' for me was right at the sweet spot - i guess because that's all that mattered to me. lower rims didn't give me the kind of stimulus to really put out max vert. higher than 10's can sometimes make you feel like you're stuck to the floor. though, i dunked on a few higher ones which felt great, but it's weird when you know it's higher than 10'.

as for palming, i could barely palm & my hands are larger than scoobs. I absolutely suck at palm style dunking. feels like a completely different movement. first & foremost, i wanted to jump high. second was landing dunks. so palm/dribble up attempts wrecked the "jump as high as possible" component & made it very unenjoyable. eeh.

quick 2 cents.



pc!

light.

06/09/2019:
- glutes/quads still sore, but improving.

09:30 AM: lacrosse ball + light run

lacrosse ball:
- glutes

light run: light: 30 min ::: (grass/dirt/rocks)
- https://www.strava.com/activities/2439192643
- 3.18 mi 9:32 /mi 30m 24s

https://twitter.com/ACLrecoveryCLUB/status/1138268211378450432

looks like an achilles tear.

oh man...

awful.

that is very bad.

:/

btw Durant left in the 3rd.

I found that weird at the time.. wondered if he was angry at GSW.

Reporter just said, "Durant's agent was white as a ghost" (in the locker room).

really hope Durant isn't seriously fucked.

damn wtf?

Bob Myers (Warriors GM) is doing a press conf.. crying hard, trying to give an update on Durant.

He also said, "If you have to blame someone, blame me".

:/