Only a sicko would find this funny. I can't even get happy when dookies get injured.
This is a tough break for Portland, a disappointment for basketball fans and possibly a matter of serious concern for Mr. Oden. I don't know the details of the cause of this injury, but there are certain physical laws that work against the knees of very tall players.
If you think of the leg bones as two levers that meet at the knee, then you get a sense of the kind of stress that intense athletic activity generates in the knees of a very tall person - those are long levers. This endemic difficulty ruined the career of Ralph Sampson, one of the most talented college big men ever. Let's hope Oden fares better.
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