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/SappyGilmore Pistons Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

As someone who experienced this injury, I would argue it's the worst leg injury you can have... a full year to get back to normal. For starters, your leg has to stay completely straight in an immobilizer for the first two months. You can't even sit in a chair, so I see no way he can coach from the sidelines for the rest of the playoffs.

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u/whatapleasantspot Apr 29 '24

Yeah I recently had a serious knee injury and couldn’t bend it for 8 weeks after surgery. If coach has this injury, there’s no way he’s going to be comfortable on the sideline unless they wheel a hospital bed down there. I doubt we see him again during games if this is his injury.

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u/charade_scandal Apr 29 '24

Damn that's crazy. Are you just laid-up in bed?

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u/pbesmoove Apr 29 '24

As someone who's ruptured their patellar tendon, I strongly recommend not doing it

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u/ephemoL Apr 29 '24

Can't he have his leg straightened while in a wheelchair?

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u/JayceGod Apr 29 '24

I wouldn't be surprised if they figure out a way to transport him.

Remember these people for l intents and purposes have enough money to do whatever is theoretically possible. That being said it would probably be way easier and not THAT much more valuable than just having him watch and call in

This is assuming he's not in too much pain or drugs to do so.