Yesterday,
I opened a new tab in my browser and I typed nba.com into the address bar. Once
the page finished loading, I was greeted with a red header titled
"Breaking News: Doctors Clear Rajon Rondo for Full Practice and
Contact". This news made me think about his ACL injury earlier this year
in January. He injured his ACL in a game against the Atlanta Hawks on January
25, 2013. At the time, the Rondo and the Celtics were not sure of the exact
diagnosis and Rondo then played for another 12 minutes with a torn ACL. To play
for another 12 minutes with an injury that is supposed to have a player sit out
and recover for a year, takes heart and strength. The Celtics and the National
Basketball Association (NBA) were informed of Rondo's torn ACL right before the
Celtics vs. Heat game the following Sunday. This news broke a lot of Celtics
fans' hearts but now these hearts will be put back together due to the breaking
news. I as a Celtics fan am excited to see Rondo back on the court soon.
After
my excitement for Rondo's hopeful return in January, I then thought about the
Patriots who are going to be finishing the year without their star Tight End,
Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski. Gronk injured his ACL as well as his MCL in
last Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns. Injuries to any player of any
sport can be detrimental to their career. No one likes seeing a player of any
team get injured. The fans and players want the injured player to get back on
the field as soon as possible. This I saw in last Sunday's Patriots game when
some Browns' players gave Gronkowski a pat on the back to encourage him on a
speedy recovery. Fans cheered when Gronkowski was carted off the field to show
their support.
Injuries
to players are not pleasant to watch nor deal with. All injuries and their
effects are different depending on the player and their situation. The recovery
period after an injury is important and essential to having a player come back
to an ideal health where they can play their sport once again. Injuries for a
player are like a roller coaster ride where the injury is the lowest point and
the time where the player comes back on the field is on the way up to the peak
of greatness.
Thanks Matt. This post is fairly well written. There are a couple instances when I think you could have written things just a bit differently, and maybe this would have made your post a bit more readable. Let me point out a few examples of things you could have written better. First, it seems redundant to write, "earlier this year in January." Can't you just write, "in January"? What does "earlier this year" add? Second, in the second sentence of your second paragraph, you use the pronoun "their" to replace the singular antecedent "player." This is not precise. You should have written "his career." You do the same thing in the third sentence of your last paragraph. The word "player" should always be replaced by a singular pronoun. These might seem like picky edits, but you are clearly becoming a much better writer. Precision and perfection is our goal. You are getting closer, but I still need to point out these issues.
ReplyDeleteI found the content of your post interesting. I too am looking forward to seeing what happens to the Celtics once Rondo returns. I worry that he might have a negative effect - in the short term. I think history tells us that teams must go through a transition period once they add a superstar to their roster. Perhaps the only thing you could have added to your explanation would have been examples of players who have successfully recovered from ACL injuries. Isn't this what took Welker out of the 2010 season?