The 2014 NBA draft is right around the corner, and the first round is beginning to take shape as the top prospects finish up the battery of tests and workouts that NBA franchises are all too happy to dish out as they try to make the best investment possible.
Did I say it was beginning to take shape? Because Joel Embiid's foot injury throws the top of this draft into chaos. The draft took shape, and then Embiid's foot injury took it out of shape. For months, Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Embiid were locked in as the top three picks. Now, this three-man weave atop the draft is missing its centerpiece. Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix details how navicular-bone fractures have previously affected NBA centers:
Yao Ming suffered a stress fracture in the bone in 2008 and again in 2009, and it was the primary cause for Yao's forced retirement in 2011. Bill Walton battled fractures of the navicular bone that robbed him of all but 14 games between 1978 and 1982 and ultimately forced him into retirement. Zydrunas Ilgauskas dealt with a navicular fracture early in his career but went on to finish with nine ...
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