Interesting note on career ending injuries

[JoshN125]

I've simmed probably around 100 seasons. With the career ending injury slider set to 50, I've only seen two of these. One was a guy in his 2nd year who retired, the other was Kyrie Irving. Irving retired at 30, yet still made the HOF. I think it's crazy since he just had another serious injury and has had 13 serious injuries since high school.

[suh90beast]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshN125

I've simmed probably around 100 seasons. With the career ending injury slider set to 50, I've only seen two of these. One was a guy in his 2nd year who retired, the other was Kyrie Irving. Irving retired at 30, yet still made the HOF. I think it's crazy since he just had another serious injury and has had 13 serious injuries since high school.

That is crazy

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[Shady Mike]

I put that slider at 1 in my Myleague settings (I was considering 0)...idk correct me if I'm wrong, but when was the last ACUTE career-ending injury we've seen in the NBA? Like a guy breaking a leg and then NEVER playing again? I'm 22 and I don't think it's happened in my lifetime...Chronic injuries that end up slowly but surely ending guys careers is one thing...talk about a Brandon Roy, a Michael Redd, guys like that is one thing, but one injury? IDK maybe its just that it hasn't happened to any noticeable players so it wasn't in the news, but I haven't heard of it happening...

[8KB24]

Quote: Originally Posted by Shady Mike

I put that slider at 1 in my Myleague settings (I was considering 0)...idk correct me if I'm wrong, but when was the last ACUTE career-ending injury we've seen in the NBA? Like a guy breaking a leg and then NEVER playing again? I'm 22 and I don't think it's happened in my lifetime...Chronic injuries that end up slowly but surely ending guys careers is one thing...talk about a Brandon Roy, a Michael Redd, guys like that is one thing, but one injury? IDK maybe its just that it hasn't happened to any noticeable players so it wasn't in the news, but I haven't heard of it happening...

It's not injury...but Petrovic and Len Bias come to mind at first.

[JoshN125]

It is very rare to see a true, instant, career ending injury. Roy, Oden, Yao, Isiah Austin (not a normal injury), and maybe the best example is Jay Williams. The first 3 all attempted a comeback, but Jay Williams never played a game, although he did attempt a couple of comebacks. I kind of like the career ending injuries on the game because players will still attempt to make a comeback after injuries, in rare situations, will give up eventually. Like I said, it only happened twice in over 100 seasons, with the slider on 50, so I think that's somewhat realistic.

[Anthony292]

2 career ending injuries in 100 years is not realistic.

[GiantsFan2013]

Quote: Originally Posted by Anthony292

2 career ending injuries in 100 years is not realistic.

A little low, but close. I wouldn't consider a 37 year-old that tears his ACL and decides to retire a career-ending injury. So injuries like Roy and Yao, are the ones I consider.

[XxSpiritHunterX]

I've seen this once and it was Tyler Ennis after his rookie year. I wasn't even notified that he had retired, I just seen him in the assistant coach list and hired him