Monday, March 10, 2014

Joel Embiid Back Injury Puts Kansas and NBA on Notice

Joel Embiid has put himself into the discussion for college player of the year and for the first overall pick in a rich NBA draft with his play this year, but there may be a cost. Kansas coach Bill Self announced on Monday that Embiid will miss time and perhaps into the NCAA tournament with a back and knee injury.
The knee injury is a mild sprain, thought to be the MCL. While this isn't serious in the long term, any knee injury for a big man is amplified. Think Greg Oden or Andrew Bynum on the bad end, but the forces due to the long levers are just tougher to deal with, especially if they start a cycle of problems. So far, there's no indication of that.
However, with Embiid also dealing with a stress fracture in his lower back, according to both Yahoo Sports and medical sources, which is going to be much more concerning in both the short and long term. The injury is believed to be in the lumbar spine, the lower back. What is unknown is the level (exactly where the injury has occurred) and the location (where on the vertebrae the fracture is noted.) 
 
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