This is just driving me nuts. I'm gonna try to break this down step by step. Belo got a concussion in the first preseason game. He suffered from the concussion and then post-concussion syndrome. Yes, he tried to play through his issues after missing two games. Unfortunately, and quite obviously, he was still very hurt and unable to play like his usual self. During the games in question (Marquette, Cincy, and K-State), his erratic play was due to his injury. He was suffering so much during those games that he had trainers checking on his head while he was on the bench. He also literally had to have a towel over his head to block out light.
Following those games, he was deemed too injured to participate in any team activities. Not only did he miss two months of games, but he also missed two months of practice. The fact that he didn't play for two months following those early-season games shows just how injured Belo was. I mean, we know for a fact that he had to see a specialist about it.
Once he finally cleared concussion protocol he practiced for two days before he played in the Purdue game. In that game against a top 4 team, he shot 53.3% from the field, scored 20 points, 6 rebs, 3 assists, with no turnovers.
Then, unfortunately, he gets sick. He tries to play through it against Maryland, but isn't able to. He only plays 14 minutes and struggles. He then is forced to miss the following two games due to that sickness.
Thus far this season Belo has had 1 game where he was healthy. In that game, he puts up a hell of a performance that directly contradicts everything in D43's post. Do you know what else directly contradicts everything in that post? Quite literally everything we saw from Belo in the second half of last season. Trying to extrapolate anything from the games where Belo was injured/sick is extremely foolish, it does a disservice to the player, and is an extremely bad look for the community at large. Be better.
