November 26, 2008 10:30 am  |  10 Comments

Add a Sprained Ankle to J.O.’s Injury Woes


by Marcel Mutoni

As if things weren’t bad enough for Jermaine O’Neal, who curiously (read: stupidly) decided to play on a bum knee this past Sunday against the Celtics, and was knocked out of the game 14 minutes into the proceedings.

Everyone saw him dejectedly limp off the floor and automatically assumed the knee had given out on him again, but it turns out that he actually had an additional problem.

From the Toronto Star:

The 6-foot-11 veteran sprained his left ankle in Sunday’s loss to the Celtics. He hasn’t practised since, but as if to prove the veracity of his claims, he lifted the leg of his sweat pants for the TV cameras yesterday, revealing a left knee that looked, to the untrained eye, relatively free of swelling and a left ankle that appeared swollen.

“I think you should show (the knee on TV) so people can look at it,” said O’Neal. “It looks really good, but the ankle’s a little fat right now.”

Nice try, Jermaine. The Raptors could show fans in Toronto video evidence of O’Neal effortlessly throwing down 360’s and they still wouldn’t have any faith in that knee.

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  • Mo Charlo Posted: Nov.26 at 10:31 am
    I think Jermaine’s baby face makes people forget how old he is.

  • Boing Dynasty Posted: Nov.26 at 10:35 am
    The actualy quote was ” the ankles got a little baby fat on it right now”.

  • Cizzo Posted: Nov.26 at 10:44 am
    Injuries come with this game small potatoes.

  • Gumdrop Posted: Nov.26 at 10:52 am
    I’m not too worried about it.

  • Bostwik Posted: Nov.26 at 11:02 am
    He has more injuries we don’t know about.

  • Candyman Posted: Nov.26 at 11:12 am
    Is the Predator a good nickname for bosh?

  • wilz Posted: Nov.26 at 11:49 am
    it would kinda sound weird now cuz of the shoe Candyman, but its not a bad one

  • Moose Posted: Nov.26 at 12:45 pm
    We saw this one coming, huh.

  • KobeWearsAPurpleThong Posted: Nov.26 at 11:35 pm
    I don’t want to talk smack if I don’t know for sure, but does he workout? I saw him play vs Boston a couple weeks ago-this guys legs are like two pieces of uncooked spaghetti. It’s like a Hummer on wagon wheels. Bulk up some and get a conditioning coach/weight trainer!

  • Dacre Posted: Nov.27 at 4:18 am
    its genetics….
    a hummer on wagon wheels is awesome visually?!

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