This Photo of Nerlens Noel's Knee Buckling and Almost Parallel to the Court Will Make You Cringe [UPDATE: Torn ACL]

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This Photo of Nerlens Noel's Knee Buckling and Almost Parallel to the Court Will Make You Cringe [UPDATE: Torn ACL]

By Jason McIntyre February 13, 2013 10:18 am ET Follow @thebiglead

By: Jason McIntyre | February 13, 2013 10:18 am ET Follow @thebiglead

Nerlens Noel, one of the country’s best freshman, may have had his college career end Tuesday when his knee buckled against the Gators. Kentucky hasn’t announced anything yet, but if Noel managed to escape serious injury, it would be a minor miracle. Just look at this photo, courtesy of the Lexington Herald-Leader: Noel’s leg is almost parallel to the ground.

[UPDATE: The school just announced Noel has a torn ACL and is out for the season.]

If Noel’s injury requires a major surgery and he’s out 6-9 months, does he still get drafted 1st overall in June? He probably wouldn’t even be ready for the start of the NBA season. Could the injury make it possible that Noel actually stays at Kentucky one more year? That seems unlikely given the fact that he could get injured again.

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geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate!

I believe you wanted “parallel”, not “perpendicular”. His leg is nearly parallel to the court.
http://twitter.com/#!/claytoncargill Clayton Cargill

well, you fixed the spelling of perpendicular, at least. But that doesn’t make it the right word.
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At least it’s spelled right this time I guess.
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Well if those weren’t the two most predictable simultaneous comments in the site’s history, I don’t know what would be.
http://twitter.com/#!/claytoncargill Clayton Cargill

wait, you didn’t even fix the spelling of perpAndicular in the title. So you pulled this down and did nothing, I guess.
NinoBrown

Yes, he would want his leg to be perpendicular to the court.
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/12/ncaa-finds-no-major-violations-in-the-cam-newtonauburn-ca rittyrich

In other disgusting news – http://cw.ua.edu/2013/02/13/football-players-victim-speaks-out-after-arrests/
http://twitter.com/#!/claytoncargill Clayton Cargill

Well if those weren’t the two most predictable simultaneous comments in the site’s history, I don’t know what would be.

last call, Moleman
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In other disgusting news – http://cw.ua.edu/2013/02/13/football-players-victim-speaks-out-after-arrests/

Their newspaper is called “The Crimson White”? That IS disgustingly stupid.
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/12/ncaa-finds-no-major-violations-in-the-cam-newtonauburn-ca rittyrich

Yesterday it was law school. Today, geometry.
geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate!

Um, Noel’s lower leg is almost parallel to the floor. It is also pretty much perpendicular to his upper leg. So the title is still wrong.
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/12/ncaa-finds-no-major-violations-in-the-cam-newtonauburn-ca rittyrich

Their newspaper is called “The Crimson White”? That IS disgustingly stupid.

Thankfully the AU paper is not the Orange-Blue.
http://twitter.com/#!/claytoncargill Clayton Cargill

So the title is still wrong.

He also reiterates in the text of the post.

But we’re probably the ones who are dicks and “have changed” because he doesn’t know 9th grade geometry.
rodmansrage

whaddup, gumby?
https://twitter.com/#!/derkaiser10 Der Kaiser

perpendicular or parallel, point is that it’s fucking disgusting.
GloriousMullet

Their newspaper is called “The Crimson White”? That IS disgustingly stupid.

I agree, it’s rediculous
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine YYSA

But we’re probably the ones who are dicks and “have changed” because he doesn’t know 9th grade geometry.

Fuck Theorems. What is this English?
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The most damning part of that article – outside of the whole attacks that should put Williams in prison for twenty years part – is this

“It’s almost like they were doing it for fun, because it seemed weird that they didn’t rob me of my wallet or phone or keys,”

And each was able to post or get bail posted immediately, Williams for $6500.

PAY THE PLAYERS!
scripty

This Photo of Nerlens Noel’s Knee Buckling and Almost Perpendicular to the Court Will Make You Cringe

(•_•) This mis-use of geometry terms makes me want to hang myself
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■) with a hypotenuse
YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
Jason Lisk

I changed the perpendicular to parallel.

Our commenters, on the other hand, are unperpendiculared.
Average_Joe

I remember being bummed last night at the bar when they didn’t have a clear replay of this. Now I am glad that they didn’t.

This is especially weird given the great Shaun Livingston article that went up on Grantland this week.
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/10/12/ncaa-finds-no-major-violations-in-the-cam-newtonauburn-ca rittyrich

Also, I’d like to remind you that the Bama players were indefinitely suspended and not yet kicked off the team.
jayhawk88

I was told there would be no math.
http://twitter.com/#!/claytoncargill Clayton Cargill

You weren’t supposed to change it, Jason lisk, he was supposed to come in here and get all defensive and huffy, and threaten to pull our commenting cards and whatnot. Or better yet, to stick to his guns about perpendicularity, relative to knees
TarheelJTK

If he was smart he would start calling up Adrian Peterson’s HGH dealer.