Kemba Injured.. it might be bad

[husky429]

Not sure how many of you are watching the Celts. Kemba just ran into his team Semi Ojeleye and went down hard. Some kind of neck injury.. He was down for a good 5 or 6 minutes and got taken off the court strapped to the backboard.

Send some mojo his way. Speedy recovery Kardiac!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[husky429]

Neck strain and concussion maybe? I'm no expert.

 

[sammydabiz]

The worst part for me, just speculation, is he didn’t even give a thumbs up sign. Damn, hope it’s not major... optics don’t look good though

 

[johnhuskies95]

Was he moving at all when they put him on the stretcher?

 

[Yardigan]

Neck strain and concussion maybe? I'm no expert.

He didn't move really move...at all...nothing. Looked scary

 

[Rico444]

I just hope he's OK. You never want something like this to happen to anyone but Kemba is maybe the best person to come out of this program.

 

[husky429]

Was he moving at all when they put him on the stretcher?

No. Eyes closed.. didn't move at all. Semi was torn up about it.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Best wishes to Kemba!!!

 

[Giddyup5]

Worst case scenario is a burst fracture of the cervical vertebrae which can cause paralysis and may require immediate surgery if stabilization is needed. Definitely didn’t seem like a concussion. He had his head down hitting a stationary object and dropped immediately.

Mechanism very unlikely for a burst fx

 

[UconnPT2007]

Mechanism very unlikely for a burst fx

You’re right, found a better video on twitter. Hoping it’s just a concussion.

 

[AD2005]

They’re now saying concussion like symptoms. Best case scenario

 

[huskymedic]

Worst case scenario is a burst fracture of the cervical vertebrae which can cause paralysis and may require immediate surgery if stabilization is needed. Definitely didn’t seem like a concussion. He had his head down hitting a stationary object and dropped immediately.

 

[UConnMike04]

Please be a concussion...suddenly this game doesn’t mean anything.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Looks like a stinger. Scary but usually not serious. Hope thats all it is.

 

[jayteeman]

#NEBHInjuryReport Brad Stevens says all of the scans and tests on Kemba Walker came back with positive results.

 

[UCDaveD]

Worst day ever

 

[krinklecut]

#NEBHInjuryReport Brad Stevens says all of the scans and tests on Kemba Walker came back with positive results.

Positive in a medical context or positive in a good news context?

 

[Rocktheworld]

The worst part for me, just speculation, is he didn’t even give a thumbs up sign. Damn, hope it’s not major... optics don’t look good though

It’s not like he appeared to go flaccid anywhere, not even his arms. He eased himself down to the floor. We will see what happens, but that’s a positive sign

You don’t need to hit someone on the jaw extremely hard to alter their level of consciousness for some period of time (think of a well placed jab). It’s not like a head hitting a car windshield or something.The rotational force from the blow to the jaw causes torque and this happens around the area of the brain that governs wakefulness. When nerves in that area are “stretched” during said torque, you see the change in consciousness. So I don’t think this is an outright TBI

 

[intlzncster]

#NEBHInjuryReport Brad Stevens says all of the scans and tests on Kemba Walker came back with positive results.

Positive in a medical context or positive in a good news context?

Exactly what I thought. You want all the scans coming back negative.

 

[jayteeman]

Positive in a medical context or positive in a good news context?

Positive in a good sense.....but yes I hear ya.....should hear more today
#NEBHInjuryReport Following testing at a Denver hospital, Kemba Walker has been released to rejoin the team for its return to Boston. He will be re-evaluated tomorrow and further updates will be provided as appropriate.

 

[pj]

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Weird choice of words.

They were testing whether his head was still attached. It was. The test result was positive.

 

[Rocktheworld]

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Weird choice of words.

Nobody outside the medical field would tweet about “positive” (as in present/remarkable) results of a diagnostic work-up.

BTW, everyone, just using logic, he wouldn’t be returning to the team if there was any indication that he had an SCI

 

[browndog319]

They were testing whether his head was still attached. It was. The test result was positive.

Another WEIRD choice of words - I get attached to his spinal column... but sounds a little too Ichabod Crane

 

[huskymedic]