Lendale White's career is probably over

willie parker was just cut, Denver shouldnt have much trouble finding a rb before the season starts.

 

Avg RBs are a numerous and available 24/7. Usually they have a flaw - like "brick fist" Gado - that keeps teams looking elsewhere.

 

Achilles ruptures are awful to come back from. I should know. Back in early 2001, I was playing in a pickup bball league in Washington DC where I was living at the time. I was turning 35 years old but I could still do a lot of the old tricks and leaps that I did to make me a great high school bball player and a decent college player. Then, BAM! Going up for a jump shot, my left achilles gave out and that was that. (Well, it was mostly that...the achilles was still attached by a string and I literally walked it off for three days until I sought medical treatment...talk about denial!)

I asked my physical therapist post surgery to get me back into basketball condition, which he did. Surgery was in February and therapy didn't end until December. But despite the fact that I could do many things again, nothing was ever the same again and I gave up playing in "old mens leagues" after that.

For someone like Lendale who is measured by how fast and explosive he hits a gap, an Achilles rupture is probably the worst injury you could have. If I were him, I'd rehab like hell but prepare for the rest of his life to be on the sidelines. It really sucks that much to have this injury.

And a footnote...this past January I decided (against better advice) to play in a little slow speed basketball game at the local YMCA when I was there with my wife and kids. You can see where this is going, don't you? Yup, the other foot's achilles gave way. I'm still in rehab right now.

*Sigh*.