Nika Injured

[oldude]

One must wonder about the impact of a full college season, followed immediately by a WNBA season (granted not a lot of game time but certainly intense practices and fitness work) followed on immediately by pro basketball. Such a shame some/most(?) players cannot afford to take time off and properly recover.

This has been a serious concern for WBB players for a number of years. The year round grind of the W + overseas basketball, added to those players coming into the W directly after completing a tough college season has resulted in far too many injuries to talented players.

 

[augustaTC]

So great to see her SMILE !!!!

 

[LGITB]

Beşiktaş just updated it's an ACL and Meniscus tear. To be honest, from her reaction I thought she got the ACL special (ACL+MCL+Meniscus).
Sucks big time.

 

[Blueballer]

Beşiktaş just updated it's an ACL and Meniscus tear. To be honest, from her reaction I thought she got the ACL special (ACL+MCL+Meniscus).
Sucks big time.

What a horrible thing now that she finally gets to play. Interesting how we get medical news faster from Europe than here in the US

 

[UcMiami]

What a horrible thing now that she finally gets to play. Interesting how we get medical news faster from Europe than here in the US

Professional WBB vs. amateur college students with much higher privacy concerns - big difference.

 

[Beemer]

Beşiktaş just updated it's an ACL and Meniscus tear. To be honest, from her reaction I thought she got the ACL special (ACL+MCL+Meniscus).
Sucks big time.

Ugh. This means at some point she will need a total knee replacement. My sister tore her ACL & Meniscus during a volleyball match. She had the surgery & the doctor told her that 25 years from now you'll need a total replacement. She had it done 6 weeks ago and is doing just fine.

 

[Blueballer]

Professional WBB vs. amateur college students with much higher privacy concerns - big difference.

Really? It takes forever to get injury updates on WNBA players too.

 

[Beemer]

Really? It takes forever to get injury updates on WNBA players too.

That is because of the HIPPAA laws in America. Other countries may have much looser laws or no laws when it comes to medical privacy

 

[Inthepaint]

I remember Nika spraining her ankle in the first tournament game in 2021
She was sitting on a bench with an ice bag on her leg, tears streaming down her face.
Although the ankle must have hurt, you could see they were tears of frustration.
I thought”Wow!, this girl REALLY wants to play”
Nika has never said or done anything since to change my mind about that.
That girl will work day and night to come back. She just never figured out how to quit.
GO NIKA GO!!

 

[Bald Husky]

It's kind of ironic that throughout her college career she and Aaliyah were the only meaningful contributors that did not have a major injury, but when she gets to the pros, it happens. I suppose that every athlete has to endure at least one major injury in their career.

 

[stamfordhusky]

Ugh. This means at some point she will need a total knee replacement.

It’s certainly possible, but definitely not a certainty.

 

[HuskyNan]

It’s certainly possible, but definitely not a certainty.

True, and I am proof of that.