Isaiah Austin Career ending Illness

[Future Celtics Owner]

http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062214aaa.html

This is really sad. The kid never caught a break in life. First the eye and now this.

I really wanted us to draft him too with a late first or 2nd rounder.

[Eddie20]

Sad. This poor kid can't catch a break.

[BigAlTheFuture]

Wow... This is probably the saddest news all off-season. Not a Baylor fan and don't know much about the kid, but to have your dreams crushed and everything you've worked for until this point is gone. He was so close. Devastating

[Future Celtics Owner]

He went from being a late lottery pick last year to a 2nd rounder this year to no career.

[D.o.s.]

On the other hand, at least the disease was discovered before it manifest itself in other, potentially more tragic ways.

[hpantazo]

He went from being a late lottery pick last year to a 2nd rounder this year to no career.

Yep. Another example of why players shouldn't stay in college if they have a good shot at being drafted in the 1st round. He lost a lot of money.

[danglertx]

Stunned.  As a Baylor Alumni who watched almost all of the games, I really feel for the guy.  I don't think he would have made it as a pro but that he lost all that money is tragic.  I know the BU program will take care of him.

[sofutomygaha]

He went from being a late lottery pick last year to a 2nd rounder this year to no career.

Yep. Another example of why players shouldn't stay in college if they have a good shot at being drafted in the 1st round. He lost a lot of money.

Would this have been caught in pre-draft physicals last year (or the year before), though? It's a good point to file away, though. This could be an example of someone who would have been paid millions coming out of high school and will instead walk away with nothing.

Baylor better at least honor his scholarship. Study hard, Mr. Austin, and good luck =(

[hpantazo]

He went from being a late lottery pick last year to a 2nd rounder this year to no career.

Yep. Another example of why players shouldn't stay in college if they have a good shot at being drafted in the 1st round. He lost a lot of money.

Would this have been caught in pre-draft physicals last year (or the year before), though? It's a good point to file away, though. This could be an example of someone who would have been paid millions coming out of high school and will instead walk away with nothing.

Baylor better at least honor his scholarship. Study hard, Mr. Austin, and good luck =(

Probably not. They don't do genetic testing on players for pre-draft physicals, and the Celtics were lucky they caught Green's aorta condition at all and they have all the medical access they could want to him. These things are tough to suspect.

In a different perspective, he is actually very lucky they caught this when they did and he didn't suffer a major or fatal incident before it was detected.

[hpantazo]

He went from being a late lottery pick last year to a 2nd rounder this year to no career.

Yep. Another example of why players shouldn't stay in college if they have a good shot at being drafted in the 1st round. He lost a lot of money.

Would this have been caught in pre-draft physicals last year (or the year before), though? It's a good point to file away, though. This could be an example of someone who would have been paid millions coming out of high school and will instead walk away with nothing.

Baylor better at least honor his scholarship. Study hard, Mr. Austin, and good luck =(

Probably not. They don't do genetic testing on players for pre-draft physicals, and the Celtics were lucky they caught Green's aorta condition at all and they have all the medical access they could want to him. These things are tough to suspect.

In a different perspective, he is actually very lucky they caught this when they did and he didn't suffer a major or fatal incident before it was detected.

My bad, it looks like they actually do genetic testing on pre-draft physicals, which I find surprising considering how potentially valuable that genetic info is to scientific researchers and health insurance companies, and how potentially compromising it is to the individual rights of the players.

[TA9]

I'm not so familiar with this illness, which leads me to my question: Why can't he play anyway?
I mean what would happen if he continued playing basketball?

[rondoallaturca]

I'm not so familiar with this illness, which leads me to my question: Why can't he play anyway?
I mean what would happen if he continued playing basketball?

Marfan's syndrome causes disorders with the connective tissue in a body. This is a vague description that can come with a whole variety of manifestations, but with an athlete like Mr. Austin, I would assume that his artery walls are not strong enough to withstand the continuous stress of high-level basketball games. He would be putting his arteries in significant risk of dissecting, or even worse, rupturing. An event like this occurring to his aorta, should it happen during a game, would result in death. There is absolutely no way he can continue to play basketball with a risk like that. It is tough enough for many players to have their careers end prematurely; I can only imagine how frustrating it is for this young kid to have his end before it even started. I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.

[TA9]

I'm not so familiar with this illness, which leads me to my question: Why can't he play anyway?
I mean what would happen if he continued playing basketball?

Marfan's syndrome causes disorders with the connective tissue in a body. This is a vague description that can come with a whole variety of manifestations, but with an athlete like Mr. Austin, I would assume that his artery walls are not strong enough to withstand the continuous stress of high-level basketball games. He would be putting his arteries in significant risk of dissecting, or even worse, rupturing. An event like this occurring to his aorta, should it happen during a game, would result in death. There is absolutely no way he can continue to play basketball with a risk like that. It is tough enough for many players to have their careers end prematurely; I can only imagine how frustrating it is for this young kid to have his end before it even started. I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.

Man i feel bad for this guy!
Thanks for the answer TP!

[Future Celtics Owner]

He went from being a late lottery pick last year to a 2nd rounder this year to no career.

Yep. Another example of why players shouldn't stay in college if they have a good shot at being drafted in the 1st round. He lost a lot of money.

Would this have been caught in pre-draft physicals last year (or the year before), though? It's a good point to file away, though. This could be an example of someone who would have been paid millions coming out of high school and will instead walk away with nothing.

Baylor better at least honor his scholarship. Study hard, Mr. Austin, and good luck =(

Probably not. They don't do genetic testing on players for pre-draft physicals, and the Celtics were lucky they caught Green's aorta condition at all and they have all the medical access they could want to him. These things are tough to suspect.

In a different perspective, he is actually very lucky they caught this when they did and he didn't suffer a major or fatal incident before it was detected.

My bad, it looks like they actually do genetic testing on pre-draft physicals, which I find surprising considering how potentially valuable that genetic info is to scientific researchers and health insurance companies, and how potentially compromising it is to the individual rights of the players.

Thats very scary. So they have the genetic makeup of people like Lebron, vince carter, dwight howard
and Brian Scalabrine.

[Birdman]

So sad but glad they caught it before something awful happen