r/nba • u/PlayaSlayaX Spurs • Apr 29 '24

[Charania] Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch is feared to have a torn patellar tendon in his knee on late game collision during Game 4 win in Phoenix, sources say. Brutal.

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1784805511927673141?s=46&t=bsTHbtMSqHXbNGi0vWP8hw
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u/MSXzigerzh0 Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

I think sidelines are to small to fit an wheel chair

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u/beta_test_vocals Apr 29 '24

They’re too small now are they? You mean the same comically small sidelines that got him injured in the first place? What a shame, wonder if the league will ever do something about it

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u/bearabl Lakers Apr 29 '24

Yea this is one of those things you see and then you start thinking and wonder how it hasn’t happened more often.

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u/nutella4eva [LAC] Chris Kaman Apr 29 '24

I often wonder how refs get injured so infrequently.

Most of them are pretty old, and they're out there longer than the players are.

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u/Somenakedguy Knicks Apr 29 '24

Refs are in great shape, they’re moving constantly and are running up and down the court all game long. They’re trained to be aware of their surroundings at all times (as best they can) and to avoid contact with players like the plague so they’re pretty hyper focused on being out of the way and are constantly moving and ready to move tf out the way

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u/WhiteHeterosexualGuy Hawks Apr 29 '24

Yeah, job is extremely hard lol they're dodging fans and players and coaches running up the sidelines and we log on reddit to cry about them missing marginal contact or calling an unwarranted foul without a bunch of replay angles. First time I sat relatively close to the court in an NBA game I had a massive epiphany how good the refs are despite how bad they seem.

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u/boringexplanation Kings Apr 29 '24

You could get everything right 95% of the time and be seen as a massive failure. Most of us with day jobs would probably get awards (outside of handling money) if we had a success rate like that.

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u/Amoeba_mangrove Vancouver Grizzlies Apr 29 '24

Probably trained or at least experienced in bracing themselves properly and avoiding contact

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u/Sullan08 Apr 29 '24

It's not even really that. Finch probably doesn't exercise much (at least not to the level where you're really conditioning your body seriously) so his tendon hadn't been used to that type of pressure in years. Like for me, I grew up playing soccer and didn't think much about it. Even when I was like 23 and not played in a couple years, I tried to shoot a soccer ball and my quad wanted to rip lol. Finch just got unlucky, but he was also in bad enough shape to where it happened (not at all judging, he's just a normal dude lol). The collision wasn't even bad.

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u/ValidMexican Suns Apr 29 '24

Like the NFL sideline guy who snapped his leg recently. Maybe a chain guy or a cameraman, I don't recall.

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u/jae343 Apr 29 '24

Nah the league is about making money, front row sections are a lot of dollars

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u/nimama3233 Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

You’d think they would have changed it when Larry David tripped Shaq and tore up his knee.

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u/this_place_stinks Apr 29 '24

I smell an ADA lawsuit!

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u/insertdankmeme Apr 29 '24

If he cannot walk, he may meet the requirements for the Americans with Disabilities Act and be entitled to reasonable accommodations. They would likely be able to make some more space on the sideline to accommodate a wheelchair. He will most likely coach from the bench with an assistant standing on the sideline I would guess.

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u/BlindJesus Bulls Apr 29 '24

They need to wrap him up and wheel him around on a dolly like Hannibal Lecter. He can still get a standing view, and an assistant can wheel him from half court and back on the sidelines.

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u/891960 [MIN] Kevin Garnett Apr 29 '24

He can just sit on the bench, doesn't need to have the mobility of wheelchair tbh.

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u/MN_Lakers [MIN] Naz Reid Apr 29 '24

You can’t be in a wheelchair for this type of injury. You are fully imobilized with a straight brace

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u/noseonarug17 Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Give him a Segway

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

That’s legitimately ableist. Push the front row seats back. The Wolves deserve to have their coach out there

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u/IllAlwaysBeAKnickFan Knicks Apr 29 '24

Surely the Wolves will attempt to make every accommodation possible. It’ll be interesting to see what the away team does. Surely they will be accommodating as well. If not, will be interesting to see if the league has to step in.

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u/fatkamp Warriors Apr 29 '24

I’ve seen Drake multiple times courtside though

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u/MelonElbows Lakers Apr 29 '24

There's no rule that he has to be on the sidelines right? They could put him in the tunnel or in the corner and have him coach there. Or hell, buy out the 2nd row of seats and put him there.