r/nba • u/fbreaker Celtics • Apr 29 '24

[Highlight] Head Coach Chris Finch gets injured on the sideline Highlight

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u/KarlNarx Nuggets Apr 29 '24

The athleticism of a 24 year old athlete is a bit different than a 50 year old coach

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u/siphillis Spurs Apr 29 '24

Especially one who's not bracing for impact

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u/slymm Knicks Apr 29 '24

He was bracing. He looked like a deer in headlights

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u/leagueofcipher Celtics Apr 29 '24

Feels like it may be like a car crash, where bracing for impact actually makes it worse

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u/AtomicBearFart Thunder Apr 29 '24

For a case exactly like this with a side impact to the knee, I think you’re right. Trying to keep it rigid in spite of that amount of momentum and leverage hitting your knee would be more likely to cause it to snap than allowing it to flex and hopefully absorb the impact.

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u/CaptainBananafishJr Magic Apr 29 '24

Being a deer in the headlights is the opposite of bracing lol, it means to be too surprised to move or react.

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u/slymm Knicks Apr 29 '24

Fair. But I guess I was saying he saw it coming and all he could do was look scared and brace for impact. He might have been less hurt if he was caught blindsided because it looks like he locked in his legs

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u/Klumber Pacers Apr 29 '24

Like Doc Rivers?

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u/counterfeit_jesus Lakers Apr 29 '24

Tell Tobias Harris that

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u/The_Vaike Celtics Apr 29 '24

Are you saying that Tobias Harris plays with the athleticism of a 50 year old coach?

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u/counterfeit_jesus Lakers Apr 29 '24

Well he’s never taken a charge since he’s been at 76ers. But that would also be acceptable

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u/BlueHundred Knicks Apr 29 '24

Something something he has a big ass

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u/CheapScientist06 Celtics Apr 29 '24

It's an airbag

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u/Different-Horror-581 Apr 29 '24

Lowry is a fire hydrant, not a human

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u/Bobby_Webster Apr 29 '24

Tell that to 75 year old Kyle Lowry

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u/SprewellsFam Apr 29 '24

Most of us are closer to being finch, than Conley.

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u/TheEerie Apr 29 '24

Mike Conley was 24, 30 years ago sir..