[Flake Alert] Robert Williams (Texas A&M), Celtics #27 pick

Umm, that's a violation of player privacy to release info of vascular disease.

Fred Katz is the Celtics Beat Writer. If Williams himself is not the source, someone (even the team) could get in trouble.

From the CBA:

(e) A player or his immediate family (where appropriate) shall have the
right to approve the terms and timing of any public release of medical
information relating to any injuries, illnesses or other health conditions
suffered by that player that are potentially life- or career-threatening, or
that do not arise from the player’s participation in NBA games or
practices. If a Team or the NBA requests such approval and the player or
his immediate family (where appropriate) does not provide it, then the
Team is limited to disclosing that an injury, illness or other health
condition is preventing a player from rendering services to the Team and
that the anticipated length of the player’s absence from rendering services
to the Team is unknown. Nothing in this Section 4(e) shall limit a Team
from disclosing medical information related to an injury, illness or other
health condition with respect to any player who has made medical
information available publicly that is inconsistent with the written opinion
of a Team physician.
​

PAES can be congenital and can lead to blood clots, among other not so nice things:

The popliteal artery entrapment syndrome is a rather uncommon pathology, which results in claudication and chronic leg ischemia. The popliteal artery may be compressed behind the knee, due to congenital deformity of the muscles or tendon insertions of the popliteal fossa. This repetitive trauma may result in stenotic artery degeneration, complete artery occlusion [blockage/clotting] or even formation of an aneurysm.​

 

Wanted to post that recent video clip of Harden dancing with a fanny pack, but tweet got deleted...too embarrassing, i guess.