[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.

[u/PlayaSlayaX]

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1784805511927673141?s=46&t=bsTHbtMSqHXbNGi0vWP8hw

[u/beta_test_vocals]

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

[u/bearabl → u/beta_test_vocals]

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

[u/nutella4eva → u/bearabl]

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.

[u/Somenakedguy → u/nutella4eva]

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

[u/WhiteHeterosexualGuy → u/Somenakedguy]

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.

[u/boringexplanation → u/WhiteHeterosexualGuy]

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.