Easily, the most bizarre – and unfortunate – basketball injury in 2011 was suffered by former Michigan star Manny Harris:

Harris suffered a type of freezer burn on his foot while visiting Nike’s facilities in Oregon in November. Team doctors were unable to treat him because of the lockout, and Harris initially tried to let the burn heal on its own.

He eventually received a cream to rub on it from a physician in Detroit, but by the time he showed up to training camp two weeks ago, Cavaliers coach Byron Scott knew Harris would be unable to participate in camp.

I’ll assume NIKE’s going to have the world’s best doctors help out Harris because, well, I’d imagine there’s going to be some skepticism about those cryogenic cooling chambers in Oregon in the near future. [Sun Herald]