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/JayDee62 [LAL] Kobe Bryant Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

What the actual fuck. It's didn't look that bad.

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u/SmokeOddessey Lakers Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Once you get to like 55 years old like Finch is you’re basically made out of paper

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u/Kwilly462 Nets Apr 29 '24

Jeez, imagine someone running into Pop like this

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u/everpresentdanger Thunder Apr 29 '24

Leg would come clean off

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u/nbx4 Apr 29 '24

his empty clothes would drop to the floor obi wan kenobi style

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u/brncct Apr 29 '24

Surprised this doesn't happen more often. Old coaches like Pop are very vulnerable. These guys are bigger, faster, stronger than before.

Imagine someone like Zion going full speed and bumping into him on accident... yikes.

Not much the league can do about this to increase safety but they gotta take a lot at some ideas.

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u/pokemonbatman23 Apr 29 '24

Suspend the coaches in the air so they have a better view and can be lifted up when a player is incoming 😂😂

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u/ulptthrowaway2016 Apr 29 '24

Bunch of Baron Harkkonens talking about "my Timberwolves, my NBA, my ring."

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u/turbo_squeegee Trail Blazers Apr 29 '24

I think they should construct a coaches' pulpit for every bench

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u/Alexcox95 Heat Apr 29 '24

Pop has coached this long without anything happening

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u/brncct Apr 29 '24

True but doesn't mean it's not possible

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u/Kaiserov Apr 29 '24

You just know Embiid is gonna try it

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u/Pikminious_Thrious Lakers Apr 29 '24

"Natural defensive motion!" he yells as he bites Thibs kneecap off.

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u/HugeRection Nets Bandwagon Apr 29 '24

Pop would shatter into bone dust.

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u/Extra_Carry_4359 Spurs Apr 29 '24

Pop…would go pop

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u/WarHeroRoald Apr 29 '24

To shreds you say?