|
|
Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Apr 16, 2021 13:52:28 GMT
Saw this on Twitter. Take a player who had an injury prone career or suffered a significant injury and magically give them a healthy career. Who do you pick? I think the answer is clearly Bo Jackson. Who ya got?
|
|
|
|
Post by Rey Kahuka on Apr 16, 2021 13:57:30 GMT
Tony Conigliaro
|
|
|
|
Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Apr 16, 2021 14:01:38 GMT
Other good names I’m seeing:
Vladimir Konstantinov
Mario Lemieux
Grady Sizemore
Bobby Orr
Len Bias
Derrick Rose
Kerry Wood
|
|
|
|
Post by Rey Kahuka on Apr 16, 2021 14:06:40 GMT
Other good names I’m seeing: Vladimir Konstantinov Mario Lemieux Grady Sizemore Bobby Orr Len Bias Derrick Rose Kerry Wood Rose is a great one. I didn't think of Bias because he never had a career at all. I'd add Reggie Lewis to the list. Tom Brady threw 50 TDs the season before his knee injury. If he doesn't go down in week 1 of 2008, he surely has another 40 TDs right now (and maybe another title). Other ideas: Grant Hill Penny Hardaway Bill Walton
|
|
|
|
Post by screamingtreefrogs on Apr 16, 2021 14:13:14 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by klawrencio79 on Apr 16, 2021 14:13:58 GMT
Mike Bossy only played 10 years due to a terrible back injury that shortened his career. In those 10 years, he scored 573 goals, 553 assists and was +380.
|
|
ThreeSticks
Sophomore
@threesticks
Posts: 287
Likes: 254
|
Post by ThreeSticks on Apr 16, 2021 14:19:59 GMT
Mark Prior
I’m convinced that if injuries didn’t derail his career, his name would be spoken among the all time greats.
|
|
|
|
Post by klawrencio79 on Apr 16, 2021 14:23:16 GMT
Don Mattingly was one of the top all around players in the game for a 6 years stretch before injuries slowed him down.
I don't know if "injuries" count for these guys, but Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. Gooden in particular.
Schilling had a HOF-worthy career as it was, but if memory serves, he was ALWAYS hurt during the first bunch of years when he was with the Orioles and Phillies. He didn't really come into his own until his late 20s, maybe even not until he was 30 if I'm not mistaken.
|
|
ThreeSticks
Sophomore
@threesticks
Posts: 287
Likes: 254
|
Post by ThreeSticks on Apr 16, 2021 14:25:22 GMT
RG III is another intriguing answer. If injuries didn’t derail him, would the league have caught up to him?
|
|
|
|
Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Apr 16, 2021 14:29:37 GMT
Don Mattingly was one of the top all around players in the game for a 6 years stretch before injuries slowed him down. I don't know if "injuries" count for these guys, but Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. Gooden in particular. Schilling had a HOF-worthy career as it was, but if memory serves, he was ALWAYS hurt during the first bunch of years when he was with the Orioles and Phillies. He didn't really come into his own until his late 20s, maybe even not until he was 30 if I'm not mistaken. I think the original Tweet that I saw just said “healthy” so sure, eliminating drug issues should count. |
|
|
|
Post by masterofallgoons on Apr 16, 2021 14:33:02 GMT
Don Mattingly was one of the top all around players in the game for a 6 years stretch before injuries slowed him down. I don't know if "injuries" count for these guys, but Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. Gooden in particular. Schilling had a HOF-worthy career as it was, but if memory serves, he was ALWAYS hurt during the first bunch of years when he was with the Orioles and Phillies. He didn't really come into his own until his late 20s, maybe even not until he was 30 if I'm not mistaken. I think the original Tweet that I saw just said “healthy” so sure, eliminating drug issues should count. In that case, Lawrence Taylor could have played longer and better through his final years and been the best defensive player in the history of the league, considering he's already on the shortlist. |
|
ThreeSticks
Sophomore
@threesticks
Posts: 287
Likes: 254
|
Post by ThreeSticks on Apr 16, 2021 14:35:09 GMT
Does death count as an injury? If so I nominate Pelle Lindbergh
|
|
|
|
Post by klawrencio79 on Apr 16, 2021 14:36:28 GMT
Other good names I’m seeing: Vladimir Konstantinov Mario Lemieux Grady Sizemore Bobby Orr Len Bias Derrick Rose Kerry Wood Mario Lemieux, it's pretty insane just how good he was in spite of the spate of injuries he endured, not to mention fighting off cancer and immediately coming back and winning a Ross trophy and MVP in just 60 games. That's superhuman.
|
|
|
|
Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Apr 16, 2021 14:37:24 GMT
Does death count as an injury? If so I nominate Pelle Lindbergh You can’t get more injured than that. Good answer too. |
|
SportsFan19
Junior Member
@sportsfan19
Posts: 2,854
Likes: 2,251
|
Post by SportsFan19 on Apr 16, 2021 14:56:13 GMT
Sidney Crosby
|
|
|
|
Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Apr 16, 2021 15:08:46 GMT
Not sure his career has been derailed by injuries. What does he have, 3 rings? 4? Either way, he’s overcome. |
|
SportsFan19
Junior Member
@sportsfan19
Posts: 2,854
Likes: 2,251
|
Post by SportsFan19 on Apr 16, 2021 15:37:36 GMT
Not sure his career has been derailed by injuries. What does he have, 3 rings? 4? Either way, he’s overcome. Three. He was injuried literally the moment he hit his prime, most of which was lost. Might not be as bad as some (Bo knows), but he'd certainly have had a more outstanding career, further distancing himself from Ovechkin. And it was preventable.
|
|
SportsFan19
Junior Member
@sportsfan19
Posts: 2,854
Likes: 2,251
|
Post by SportsFan19 on Apr 16, 2021 15:38:41 GMT
I hate to say it, but Whiney Lindros as well.
|
|
|
|
Post by DrKrippen on Apr 16, 2021 15:39:07 GMT
Mickey Mantle.
|
|
|
|
Post by Rufus-T on Apr 16, 2021 16:38:15 GMT
|
|
