The whole point here is that he can't play basketball period. Not that he can't play in the NBA. The NCAA has no role in what Baylor University chooses to do with respect to a scholarship for Austin.
Isaiah Austin
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The whole point here is that he can't play basketball period. Not that he can't play in the NBA. The NCAA has no role in what Baylor University chooses to do with respect to a scholarship for Austin.
Man, I feel so bad for him and his family. Just terrible. Watching that interview makes me hurt inside. He's a good kid and even overcame being blind in one eye and was still good. Then just a few days before the NBA draft and probably becoming fairly well off, he gets news that he has Marfan Syndrome and can't play basketball anymore. I have always wondered if others in the NBA have had it since it is prevalent mostly in really tall people.
Also, for the person wondering - his major is Finance. I hope there can be a fundraiser for the kid to come back to school and get his degree. There are worse degrees than Finance.
Also, for the person wondering - his major is Finance. I hope there can be a fundraiser for the kid to come back to school and get his degree. There are worse degrees than Finance.
Marfan's is pretty rough. Used to be lucky to make it to 40 if you had it, but it's fairly manageable now if you know you have it. Just have to be aware of the problems and stay on top of them.
My wife and daughter both have Ehlers-Danloss, which is related connective tissue disorder but nowhere near as bad. They kept an eye on daughter's aortic root, but seems to have "grown out of it" and it's not considered enlarged.
I am STUNNED no one diagnosed him before, he's surely been around a lot of doctors. We were worried our daughter had Marfans, but the doctor took about 30 seconds to say no. Doc said she can walk down the street and diagnose people with Marfans with their clothes still on. It's not something that is hard to see once you know what it is.
My wife and daughter both have Ehlers-Danloss, which is related connective tissue disorder but nowhere near as bad. They kept an eye on daughter's aortic root, but seems to have "grown out of it" and it's not considered enlarged.
I am STUNNED no one diagnosed him before, he's surely been around a lot of doctors. We were worried our daughter had Marfans, but the doctor took about 30 seconds to say no. Doc said she can walk down the street and diagnose people with Marfans with their clothes still on. It's not something that is hard to see once you know what it is.
It's going to be tough to root against Baylor if this becomes the case. It could end up being a great success story.
I am stunned he's never been diagnosed with it either. You'd think the NCAA would test for it considering people have died from it before and it could happen in a game.
And yeah, I remember seeing a TV special about Marfan's Syndrome maybe 10 years ago. You could totally diagnose someone with it walking down the street. Certain facial features, but more importantly a sunken chest. I wonder if Austin didn't have the sunken chest?
Hopefully Baylor invites him back and he can finish his degree. Maybe become a grad assistant on the team and get into coaching.
I looked up Marfan's...one of the things it mentioned was elongated limbs & digits as an early sign. A lot of guys in the NBA are exceptionally tall, but proportionately so. I remember commenting during the season about how gangly he was...all arms & legs. Part of that is being young & not fully muscled out yet, but even so, stand him up against most of the rest of the 6'10"+ guys playing college ball, and he still would be one of the longest & skinniest.
I know that....Baylor will take care of him. I just meant sometimes teams keep a player on the roster out of respect, etc.
Even managers are considered student athletes and need to maintain certain GPA, class load, etc.
CycloneErik
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If I were the coach, I'd just pay it myself. I won't knock Scott Drew if he doesn't. That's just what I would do.
The CBS story: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...d-with-marfan-syndrome-basketball-career-over
What an incredibly rough break for someone who seems like a good guy.
Feel awful for the guy, especially after what he'd already overcome.
Glad Drew said what he did. It's getting harder and harder for me to make fun of and cheer against the guy. I'm scared I'm getting to the point that, outside of playing against ISU, I'm becomin a little bit of a Baylor basketball fan...
Glad Drew said what he did. It's getting harder and harder for me to make fun of and cheer against the guy. I'm scared I'm getting to the point that, outside of playing against ISU, I'm becomin a little bit of a Baylor basketball fan...
Were you at the game in hilton either in 2010 or 2011 with their track team. If so you wouldnot root for baylor.
Yeah, obviously most NBA players don't have Marfan's. And even most tall, skinny people don't have Marfan's. I don't think Austin's body type is that different from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Shawn Bradley. I did find this SI article from 2011 that says pro teams do screen for it but it also says college teams screen for it which it appears wasn't the case with Austin:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1187806/3/index.htm
