The Achilles lesion of Tyrese Haliburton makes clear the fragility of existence
Tyrese Haliburton He is only 25 years old. The glory is there, meters away, at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. It is the great opportunity of his life. Overvalued to superstar. Drag with him a muscular distension in the right twinbut trust, believe, hope, that the mind can counteract it. It is not the first time, the athlete’s life is so. Row against what it touches. The bad games. The rivals. And also injuries.
Adversity has similarities with fear. I don’t know it. I don’t even fight it. He coexists with her.
Now, Indiana Pacers base launches a heartbreaking scream. The ball leaves, bounces with minibásquet speed and surprises Chet Holmgrenthat contemplates the surprised scene. It is a whip in the calf that will travel the world. It is a blow to the soul of the challenging team, of the weak, which will be enough to finish demolishing it. From hope to tragedy. The jellyfish raft of Theodoré Gericault: decide to surrender or fight even with the concrete chance of dying on the shore.
Pacers players surround Tyrese. To the clutch man. To the genius of miracles. They dream of one more, but no. It is the Achilles tendon just before crossing the goal. In times of Load Managementrecurrent rest, three NBA stars suffer an injury that changes the future: Damian Lillard, Jayson Tatum and now Haliburton.
What is being done wrong? Maybe, I advent this humble server, The tired marathon of the regular series contrasts too much with the 100 meters flat, at maximum speed, from the playoffs. Obviously, what we all see, has a dangerous price. Clicking from March to April is not like lighting a knob. It is not just the rhythm, it is the stress, the wear, the accumulation of miles with little rest, with an overwriting if compared to previous months.
A case is fortuitous, two attract attention and three are already a trend.
Haliburton resembles Kevin Durant in 2019. Star at that time of Golden State Warriors, was injured in game 5 in late. Kd, Recent Houston Rockets signinghe was injured at age 30 and could only play again at 32. He returned at level, a case of resounding success, but there were also others, such as those of Kobe Bryant In 2013, Rudy Gay in 2017 or Demarcus Cousins In 2018 that practically ruined their careers. We trust that the advances of medicine help a rapid and efficient recovery of Hali.
The fragility of existence, once again, puts things in perspective. The Pacers were at a game of being NBA champions. Another ‘What if’ will fly over the minds of Reggie Miller and company when thinking in Haliburton. What if I had been healthy until the end? Would the story be another? It is contrafactic. What is hard is to know that such a injury, in a player of this nature, drastically affects his career, but Also the future of a franchise. It is that Tyrese has a guaranteed five -year contract that was signed this season. They then correspond 244,623,120 dollars with an average of 48,924,624 per year. No one knows how long the recovery will demand and in the case of returning, something expected, under what conditions will.
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Haliburton: the confirmation of a serious injury and its consequences
The Indiana base will be lost next season due to the rupture of the right Achilles tendon. Sebastián Martínez Christensen talks about the consequences he has for the player and the team.
The Pacers will now face a scenario similar to that of the Celtics in Low Season: review stage to see how far they can compete without their star base. In an NBA in which big men are scarce, everything indicates that they will try to sign Myles Turner, today free agent. They could fall into luxury tax for the first time since 2005-06. Haliburton’s injury changes the situation.
But it is not only in Indiana. Tatum’s injury completely modifies the Boston scenario. And Lillard’s also changes, to a lesser extent, Milwaukee’s. It is not only what happens with them as star figures, but also what happens around. Without the most important letter, the companions, who were calm because they had what they need to compete, can start looking at new horizons. Pascal Siakam has four more years of contract and would seem to indicate that he is happy in the franchise, but if we look at the other gardens … What will happen to Jaylen Brown? And with Giannis Antetokoumpo?
Sport is like life. What seemed safe, logical and constant, at one time it ceases to be. The butterfly flutter can cause a tsunami to the other side of the world. The dynamics of the unpredictable never had a more moving and dramatic playoff course than the one we just lived.
The NBA, with the three -star Achilles lesions, two of them emerging and in fullness of their arts, must seriously evaluate what happens inside doors. Random? Negligence? The first step, if it exists, is prevention.
Suffer, analyze and correct.
In other words, change, if necessary, so that everything changes.
