Last night, Bucks/Knicks affair was rather dull except for the second quarter when Knicks reserve Bill Walker decided to bring the Thunder on Bucks center Andrew Bogut.
During my time watching sports, I have seen many gruesome injuries in my time but this ranks up there as one of the worst.
Andrew Bogut of the Milwaukee Bucks went up for slam dunk in last night's game against the Phoenix Suns. He completes the dunk but lands awkwardly on his arm and starts screaming in pain.
If you watch the video closely, his arm appears to bend backwards. The below video is not for the squeamish, so if you don't want to see it, don't view it.
The current injury report for Bogut is that he will be out for the rest of the season with a broken hand, dislocated elbow, and sprained wrist.
We wish him a speedy recovery from this horrific injury.
The Milwaukee Bucks are starting their season after every other team in pro sports have started their seasons beginning in '09. They are the only NBA team not to have played a game yet. Their season opener starts tonight at 7 EST. The Bucks have been shooting news out of the headlines the past week. Brandon Jennings will start, which bucks Scott Skiles' traditional beef against rookies, but Skiles says it's no big deal. Also this week, the New York Timesran a story about Jennings. They've been covering him since he trailblazed his way to Europe instead of college to wait out the NBA's age limit, and by the way it's really hard to describe an NBA player as ground breaking without calling him a trailblazer and feeling weird about it; I don't know why, but I've felt the same pull. In said story, Times writer Karen Crouse praised Jennings' frugal ways, as he opted to pick up a Ford Edge that runs about $26,000, thus bucking NBA spend trends like those of Antoine Walker (I don't know that I like the connection, but it's been made so I'm including it). Crouse also said the Ferrari in the Bucks parking lot belongs to Andrew Bogut, famed for his comments about NBA players irresponsibility. Bogut bucked the quick label of hypocrite that was lightly postulated at this news, and it turns out the Ferrari belonged to Michael Redd. Bogut criticized Michael Hunt (proceed to laugh at the real name) of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, who was Crouse's source. Crouse has changed her article. Hunt has not.
Anyway, the Bucks start their season tonight. I'm not sure if it's an auspicious thing to be beginning last. Does it mean they'll be playing longer this season too? Well, that's doubtful. Still, at least they start without controversy. I'm hoping for an exciting season for Jennings. You?
