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blackdog
- Champaign
Yea Paul had him stuck on that screen and Ayo had no idea which way he was going. Sure he tripped over Ayton's foot but CP3 put him in that position with his handles.
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
DeAndre wears size 18 shoes.
Tough night for Ayo - poor shooting 1-7 and no assists. Phoenix has excellent chance of being champs. Bulls too short handed to keep up. I think Bulls have good shot coming out of the east but they will have to probably have to beat both Bucks and 76ers.
Tough night for Ayo - poor shooting 1-7 and no assists. Phoenix has excellent chance of being champs. Bulls too short handed to keep up. I think Bulls have good shot coming out of the east but they will have to probably have to beat both Bucks and 76ers.
Unfortunate. I did notice he hit the goal support pretty hard with the back of his head the game before last. He was fouled on one of his dunks, no call. He was also fouled on an earlier dunk, no call. If refs had called the first one maybe the second one doesn't happen. Hope for quick recovery.
chrisRunner7
- San Diego
Yeah, I would guess this play. Looked bad when I saw it live... still looks bad.
chrisRunner7
- San Diego
I realize the Suns are a great team, Ayo's a rookie, and he very well could have had a terrible game regardless of concussion status...
But I swear, I can't remember a time when I've seen so many instances of someone having a bad game and finding out later they're in concussion protocol. Not surprised by it anymore.
I didn't watch the Suns game so I don't know if he got hit in the head during that one. He didn't hit his head on the Embiid attempted dunk.
But I swear, I can't remember a time when I've seen so many instances of someone having a bad game and finding out later they're in concussion protocol. Not surprised by it anymore.
I didn't watch the Suns game so I don't know if he got hit in the head during that one. He didn't hit his head on the Embiid attempted dunk.
if it wasn't the dunk, it would have been the collision with Embiid and Matty Thomas towards the end of the game, or combination of the two.
Thank goodness Ayo hasn't reinjured his nose again.
Depending on the number of games he misses I wonder if this will affect his role in the rotation?
I agree, was thinking something was wrong early last night, didn't him and Embiid hit on the floor and he got clobbered previous game also.
I should know after this year, but isn’t concussion protocol in the NBA usually just a game or two?
Calillini
Now appearing in Tampa
How was that not a foul or is it the NBA rule that if you make the basket, no harm, no foul
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It was a foul and a foul was called on the play...
Yeah, he made the free throw too.
Yes. Thank god it was only his brain.
LGIllini
- La Grange, IL
I really hope so! Mostly for Ayo's sake, but also selfishly because I have tickets to Saturday's game. On Stacey King's podcast it sounded like he'd already passed through some of the test to return. Fingers crossed he's doing better!
And if you haven't listened to the podcast, it's a great interview!
Dunno, but I've heard a lot of ex-NFL players complain that team doctors would routinely pass guys who aren't ready because there's so much pressure to get guys back onto the field. I'm not suggesting that happens in the NBA, but conflicts of interest make me more skeptical. NBA has a much longer season, and more friendly post-season, so it wouldn't surprise me if they invest more in long-term health of the athlete.
I think I read somewhere Ayo would be cleared after Wednesday, last.
Ayo on track for another double double. 10 and 7 with 7 to go in the 3rd
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