Gerald Wallace taken to hospital with collapsed lung

There's a new theory popping up that Wallace hurt himself from the contact with the floor not with the collision from Bynum. I'm not too sure but we'll see as more reports come out as the day moves on.

 

Was Shaq suspended for that hard foul on Rodney Stuckey? I can't remember.

But I'm pretty sure if Yao made a foul like this he would get a standing ovation.


And people stop saying what he could of done to prevent this, basketball is a quick game, it's easy to say what he should of done when you're not on the court. It was a quick reaction and Wallace got hurt. If Bynum really wanted to hurt him I'm sure he would of took him out in mid air like Shaq did Stuckey.

 

but you can't be throwing 'bows at people when you are just trying to stop them from scoring. it was a stupid way for bynum to stop the play. he didn't intend to hurt him...but he did because he led with his elbow to stop the basket. i would understand if the league suspended him for a game because it was a dangerous foul but there have been harder fouls that haven't got suspensions.

 

lol and why did he hit the floor hard?

 

The man plays with reckless abandon, he has suffered several concussions before. Thats how he plays and thats the consequence he risks. Look I'm not saying Wallace deserved this but it was an unfortunate incident.

 

Exactly what it was. The thing is people always complains about the NBA being to soft and that back in the day it wasn't soft like it is today. Then when a hard foul(which i don't think this was), people still complain.

 

that's a traumatic pneumothorax.

I had a spontaneous pneumothorax when I was 21. The bleb in one of my lungs just popped and it was immediately knifestabbingly painful. It was so bad that I fell to the ground, couldn't breathe well. I was hospitalised for about a month and had surgery to fix the lung.

His condition is probably the result of a broken rib penetrating his lungs which caused the lung to pop. Basically when this happens, the air you breathe in stays in your chest cavity and cannot escape thus collapsing your lung to 20-40% of its original size. It's painful.

They probably made an incision on the side of his chest to release the air and insert a chest tube. He'll be out for at least 1 month and a half it seems.

Tough break.

 

so driving to the hole is reckless but leading with your elbow and stepping into someone driving to the hole isn't?

 

Who has a history of incidents like this? Bynum or Wallace? So tell me Robbie what would you've done as the defensive anchor with your team trailing 5 at that moment. I admit it was a hard foul and the only thing Drew could do was extend his arms and if you see it this pic the elbow isn't even making contact with his ribs so I'm starting to doubt Wallace got hurt off the "elbow" that Bynum threw

 

From what I saw in the video, Bynum didnt even attempt to go for the ball, it was a hard/lazy foul. His intention was to not give up the easy layup but u still have to try for the ball. He clearly didnt.

The magnitude of the injury of a foul shouldnt be taken into consideration when suspending a player though. That being said, he should be suspended a game for a flagrant foul.

Hopefully Wallace is okay, i hate the lakers

 

I hope Wallace is alright - but I don't think it was a cheap play. A stupid one maybe, but not cheap. Bynum was simply trying to get over in time, Wallace was too quick and he was unprepared for the play. It looked to me like it was more of a case of getting in the way than being cheap...

 

your question is irrelevant. just because wallace has been hurt in the past doesn't mean it is ok to lead with your elbow and not even come close to attempting a play on the ball to stop a drive to the basket. wallace was driving to the hole and bynum was out of position and stepped into the player driving to the basket and led with his elbow/forearm/whatever you want to call it. he didn't extend his arms at all. he just threw his elbow/forearm out there to stop the play. it was careless and dangerous and a definite flagrant foul.

 

Suspend Bynum. That was dirty. If you cant go for the ball just give him the body or hit his arms or just wrap him up like we see a lot. Hes throwing elbows like if he was Ludacris.

 

i agree with that but knowing the nba they will consider the injury when they take action.

 

It is relevant becuase Wallace has a history of freak accidents off colisions before and Bynum doesn't have a reputation of throwing elbows around. Bynum is out of position but he knew he can't recover so he threw his arms out to foul him.

http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_nba/2009/01/wallace-has-collapsed-lung-broken-rib.html

 

Lakers' fans are so classless, trying to justify the hard foul (because Bynum is the "enforcer", and Wallace is "brittle" and shouldn't have drove with a 300 lb center in the lane, not Bynum's fault that a possible broken rib (caused unintentionally) possibly punctured a lung.

This is just like real life.

You shoot someone accidentally, its aggravated assault with firearm.

You shoot someone accidentally and kill him, its manslaughter.

If Gerald gets hurt badly, ie broken rib and punctured lungs, Bynum needs to get suspended big time for dishing out such a foul.

 

Noobster what did you expect him to do, take a puss way and get facialized like Yao would?

 

ignore the fact that wallace has ever had injuries or than an injury happened on the play. do you think there should be minor consequences for a player leading with his elbow or forearm to foul a player?

 

How can I ignore it? he has suffered 3 concussions before from plays like this. Look Bynum committed a hard foul, I'm not arguing that but it wasn't he elbow checked Wallace either.

 

no way it was because of the collision withthe floor.... it might have made it worse but if you look at pictures, wallace was in pain right when bynum hit him mid-air.

that theory is just crap lakers fan try to use to excuse bynum's action.