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When Paul George took a knee to the head during Game 2 of the NBA playoffs, he neglected his symptoms until the game ended. George was afterwards diagnosed with a concussion.
Le Bron James’ take on George’s initial silence? “I think every last player in the Final Four would have played through it,” he said.
Nope, not necessarily everyone.
Pacers “big man” Roy Hibbert had this to say: “You have to let the team know and the doctors know, the trainers know when you have symptoms. You have to think about your longevity as a human being before just the game…”
Brett Pollakoff of NBC
Pro Basketball Talk suggests that “teams and their medical personnel need to be more tuned-in to a player following an injury to prevent their competitive spirit from causing further, potentially irreparable damage.”
In other words, human concerns before hubris concerns…
It could be a whole new way of doing business in the big leagues, and is long overdue.
Resources
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/22/lebron-on-paul-georges-concussion-i-think-all-of-us-would-have-played-through-it-under-the-circumstances/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs
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