I usually try not to make brand new posts about one of my guys, but...I'm really worried about dude. He took a hard fall, last night against Minny. He went up for a contest at the rim on Wiggins. Wiggins caught him with an elbow to the head (I think Wiggins is a trash dude, but I don't think the bow was intentional). It looked like Nerlens was out in the air because he came down like a brick and didn't brace his fall, whatsoever. His head hit the court REALLY hard. They immobilized him and he was stretchered off. There have been no updates except he was immediately taken to the hospital. I'm not linking the video. I saw it live last night, plus several replays. I'm sure it's extremely easy to find, if you wanna see it. I hope dude doesn't have any long-term issues due to this. Sucks. He was playing so well and whether or not we were able to keep him after his season, it looks like he has his career back on track.

https://streamable.com/jsx65


He wasn't unconscious in the air, he tried to brace his fall. But it was a nasty one. Not intentional and I hope he recovers. You see the staff giving that clenched fist, to signal medical emergency. I'm not sure I've ever seen that before.

last night and after that I stopped looking.

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>You see the staff giving that clenched fist, to
>signal medical emergency. I'm not sure I've ever seen that
>before.

i thought it was fourth down

one of the scarier injuries i remember seeing, hoping it ends up looking worse than it is.

probably (I'm hoping) doing extensive MRIs and neurological testing right now before they make an announcement

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY longer than in the NFL

I think it was KLove a year or 2 ago...that missed months from a concussion

anyway, shouts to the homie

I was pulling for him in OKC

thought he really found a fit backing up Adams

and LOL@the foul call...FOH.

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1083031727952539649

Getting knocked unconscious is generally associated with a more severe concussion. Silver lining, no facial or orbital fractures like Embiid had last year.

It looked BAD last night

Looked like he could have had a more serious neck or head injury.

i saw the story late last when i woke up in the middle of the night. the video did look bad. i couldnt tell if he was knocked out the whole time. very scary.

Whoa, that was a touch watch. Especially seeing his head bounce off the floor.

Paul George was bad, Gordon Hayward was awful....this was Shaun Livingston level to me. I'm happy to hear he's only got a concussion, but I feared the absolute worst. Just terrible. And I felt for Wiggins too...that's a move made 100x a game.

sounds like he was out before he hit the floor
https://www.nba.com/thunder/news/release-noel-190109

i think i watched it two times from two different angles. the elbow hit looked much harder than the hit on the floor. i very well could had not watched close enough though.

of it all. The 3 replays they showed were from under the backboard, out of bounds. It didn't look like he put an arm out to brace himself. Also, like you said, it was a hell of an elbow. Just so glad nothing is broken. The way he his head bounced off the floor...that's amazing.

Than his head hitting the floor like it did. An elbow like that has enough concentrated force to break a facial or orbital bone whereas hitting the side of your head distributes the force across the entire side of the face.

https://twitter.com/ErikHorneOK/status/1085976898214289408

His year's been so good, it would have been an incredible shame (and just an unfair fucking twist of fate) for anything major to have happened on that play. And with Roberson out for the long haul, OKC needed him for several reasons.

when Stephen goes out. That's usually when Nerlens comes in. Lord, if I see Pat Patterson get sonned one more time trying to defend the other teams' big...