This Photo of Nerlens Noel’s Knee Buckling and Almost Parallel to the Court Will Make You Cringe [UPDATE: Torn ACL]

All, College Basketball, Video Jason McIntyre February 13th. 2013, 10:18am

Nerlens Noel, one of the country’s best freshman, may have had his college career end Tuesday when his knee buckled against the Gators. Kentucky hasn’t announced anything yet, but if Noel managed to escape serious injury, it would be a minor miracle. Just look at this photo, courtesy of the Lexington Herald-Leader: Noel’s leg is almost parallel to the ground.

[UPDATE: The school just announced Noel has a torn ACL and is out for the season.]

If Noel’s injury requires a major surgery and he’s out 6-9 months, does he still get drafted 1st overall in June? He probably wouldn’t even be ready for the start of the NBA season. Could the injury make it possible that Noel actually stays at Kentucky one more year? That seems unlikely given the fact that he could get injured again.

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35 Responses to “This Photo of Nerlens Noel’s Knee Buckling and Almost Parallel to the Court Will Make You Cringe [UPDATE: Torn ACL]”

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geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
I believe you wanted “parallel”, not “perpendicular”. His leg is nearly parallel to the court.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:21 AM
well, you fixed the spelling of perpendicular, at least. But that doesn’t make it the right word.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:21 AM
At least it’s spelled right this time I guess.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:21 AM
Well if those weren’t the two most predictable simultaneous comments in the site’s history, I don’t know what would be.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:21 AM
wait, you didn’t even fix the spelling of perpAndicular in the title. So you pulled this down and did nothing, I guess.
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NinoBrown Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Yes, he would want his leg to be perpendicular to the court.
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rittyrich Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:22 AM
In other disgusting news – http://cw.ua.edu/2013/02/13/football-players-victim-speaks-out-after-arrests/
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
Well if those weren’t the two most predictable simultaneous comments in the site’s history, I don’t know what would be.
last call, Moleman
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
In other disgusting news – http://cw.ua.edu/2013/02/13/football-players-victim-speaks-out-after-arrests/
Their newspaper is called “The Crimson White”? That IS disgustingly stupid.
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rittyrich Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
Yesterday it was law school. Today, geometry.
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geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
Um, Noel’s lower leg is almost parallel to the floor. It is also pretty much perpendicular to his upper leg. So the title is still wrong.
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rittyrich Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:24 AM
Their newspaper is called “The Crimson White”? That IS disgustingly stupid.
Thankfully the AU paper is not the Orange-Blue.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
So the title is still wrong.
He also reiterates in the text of the post.
But we’re probably the ones who are dicks and “have changed” because he doesn’t know 9th grade geometry.
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rodmansrage Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
whaddup, gumby?
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Der Kaiser Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
perpendicular or parallel, point is that it’s fucking disgusting.
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GloriousMullet Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Their newspaper is called “The Crimson White”? That IS disgustingly stupid.
I agree, it’s rediculous
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YYSA Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:29 AM
But we’re probably the ones who are dicks and “have changed” because he doesn’t know 9th grade geometry.
Fuck Theorems. What is this English?
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:29 AM
The most damning part of that article – outside of the whole attacks that should put Williams in prison for twenty years part – is this
“It’s almost like they were doing it for fun, because it seemed weird that they didn’t rob me of my wallet or phone or keys,”
And each was able to post or get bail posted immediately, Williams for $6500.
PAY THE PLAYERS!
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scripty Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
This Photo of Nerlens Noel’s Knee Buckling and Almost Perpendicular to the Court Will Make You Cringe
(•_•) This mis-use of geometry terms makes me want to hang myself
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■) with a hypotenuse
YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
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Jason Lisk Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
I changed the perpendicular to parallel.
Our commenters, on the other hand, are unperpendiculared.
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Average_Joe Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
I remember being bummed last night at the bar when they didn’t have a clear replay of this. Now I am glad that they didn’t.
This is especially weird given the great Shaun Livingston article that went up on Grantland this week.
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rittyrich Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Also, I’d like to remind you that the Bama players were indefinitely suspended and not yet kicked off the team.
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jayhawk88 Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:34 AM
I was told there would be no math.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:37 AM
You weren’t supposed to change it, Jason lisk, he was supposed to come in here and get all defensive and huffy, and threaten to pull our commenting cards and whatnot. Or better yet, to stick to his guns about perpendicularity, relative to knees
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TarheelJTK Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:38 AM
If he was smart he would start calling up Adrian Peterson’s HGH dealer.
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ohheelyeah Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:38 AM
I changed the perpendicular to parallel.
did you also change the kings sheets and wash out his bedpan? At the rate this commentariat pounces, you may also want to sample his food at every meal to test for poison.
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AllWhoYonder Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:39 AM
so as to distract myself from this I’ll just point out to those who live in the Philly area and also enjoy the craftier side of fermented beverages that you should probably keep your eyes open in the very near future for Pliny the Younger, as it is going to be making its way to taps in your area soon.
Don’t expect it to be there very long. my previous rec of phillytapfinder.com is probably going to be useful again here.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:41 AM
This is especially weird
The human body isn’t meant to be this tall, and considering the kid is still a kid, it’s really not weird at all. Between Oden, Sullinger, and now Noel I would imagine there will surely be a post coming soon about how these kids are getting screwed by having to go to school for a year; when in actuality this kind of thing only strengthens the NBA’s case and resolve for the one and done rule: let the kids grow into their body in college, yeah if this happens when he’s a rookie in the NBA at 18 he’s got some money to fall back on, but whoever drafted him is just out millions in salary, and the asset of a high draft pick.
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ohheelyeah Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:42 AM
so as to distract myself from this I’ll just point out to those who live in the Philly area and also enjoy the craftier side of fermented beverages that you should probably keep your eyes open in the very near future for Pliny the Younger, as it is going to be making its way to taps in your area soon.
^^^THIS. I cannot stress enough how imperative it is that you try this beer. Skip work, leave your wife stranded at the grocery store, let your kids go hungry, but do not miss this beer. Consider yourselves lucky that Vinnie and his crowd have a reason to ship their beer to Philly
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johndewar Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:48 AM
you should probably keep your eyes open in the very near future for Pliny the Younger, as it is going to be making its way to taps in your area soon.
Thanks for the heads up! I’ll look forward to this.
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KC Resident Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:52 AM
You weren’t supposed to change it, Jason lisk, he was supposed to come in here and get all defensive and huffy, and threaten to pull our commenting cards and whatnot. Or better yet, to stick to his guns about perpendicularity, relative to knees
Things ok at home, Dirt?
If Lisk hand’t of changed it, it would not have been changed. Dirt is right. This is the exact thing McIntyre would dig in his heals for.
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GloriousMullet Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Also, amble
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LesNessman Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 10:55 AM
As Tim “BubbaProg” Burke would say: ‘KNEES DO NOT BEND THAT WAY.”
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H.E. Pennypacker Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
As Tim “BubbaProg” Burke would say: ‘IM A FUCKING DBAG.”
fixed
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Jason McIntyre Says:
February 13th, 2013 at 11:35 AM
egads. horrible mistake. all me. thanks for cleaning up while i was out, Lisk.