The next day, MRI results show absolutely no stress to his cartilage
I see that you are taking my hypothetical literally, as a literal parallel to what happened last night.
I'm not intending for it to be a literal parallel.
Be that as it may: I'll adjust.
Reason with me here for a second, because I'm going to exaggerate to make a point.
Your favorite player (whoever it is) gets SLIGHTLY grazed on his shooting arm, then he immediately tucks his arm into his body, winces over like he is inEXCRUCIATING pain, falls to the floor, kicks and starts SCREAMING out, obviously in pain. The ENTIRE arena is silent, and we're watching replays on t.v. Wecan see that his arm was barely, BARELY even touched. Replay CLEARLY shows it. Anyways, he's taken back in the tunnel, to the medical room, where immediate X-Rays and MRIs are done. The -ray results are negative. All bones appear... perfectly fine. AfterLITERALLY 7 seconds of having a good massage, he runs out of the tunnel with his arms UP IN THE AIR...including the arm that he was tucking into his body before... and he makes EVERY SHOT in the game that he takes from then on, going 14-14, with a couple threesand a few nice dunks. The next day, MRI results show absolutely no stress to his cartilage, his muscles, oranything. Bones are fine, muscles are fine, ligaments are fine, tendons are fine; everything's fine.
Your favorite player (whoever it is) gets SLIGHTLY grazed on his shooting arm, then he immediately tucks his arm into his body, winces over like he is inEXCRUCIATING pain, falls to the floor, kicks and starts SCREAMING out, obviously in pain. The ENTIRE arena is silent, and we're watching replays on t.v. Wecan see that his arm was barely, BARELY even touched. Replay CLEARLY shows it. Anyways, he's taken back in the tunnel, to the medical room. After LITERALLY7 seconds, he runs out of the tunnel with his arms UP IN THE AIR... including the arm that he was tucking into his body before... and he makes EVERY SHOT inthe game that he takes from then on, going 14-14, with a couple threes and a few nice dunks.
So in that situation,
you would still say 'Hey, we don't know what was wrong with him when itfirst happened'? You would NOT just admit that clearly, he was overdramatizing things at first?
franchise3:
At the end of the season, he might get an MRI, and it might show a slight sprain.
That doesn't negate the fact that he was in fact hurt on the play, and I already acknowledged that the injury looked A LOT WORSE than it proved out to be.
That does NOT negate the POSSIBILITY of PP being hurt though, like you, and a lot of Lakers fans are implying, how he wasn't.
That, is clear.
When did I ever imply that he wasn't hurt?
Oh that's right: never. I never implied that. I never said that. I never suggested that.
I even commented in two threads about him being hurt (including this thread). Soooo... I made comments about him being hurt, AND I implied that he wasn'thurt? Hmmmm.