Really classy move by the NBA

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06/26/2014 at 21:56 • Filed to: NBA

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Commissioner Adam Silver recognized Isaiah Austin from Baylor. He was "drafted" to the NBA. His promising career was unfortunately ended due to Marfan syndrome.

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Kinja'd!!! Trunk Impaired 318 > AM3R
06/26/2014 at 22:09

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Marfans is a really shitty one, you go on living your life pretty much like any other person and then one day BAM aortic dissection… real rough stuff


Kinja'd!!! Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > AM3R
06/26/2014 at 22:18

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Will they pay for him to finish his education so that he can get a decent job?


Kinja'd!!! AM3R > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/26/2014 at 22:27

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Don't think they'd need to, I believe he is at Baylor on a basketball scholarship and I'd assume that they'd allow him to finish school. He just finished up his sophmore year.

He also had an insurance policy against career ending disability and I believe he'll receive well over $1 million dollars.


Kinja'd!!! AM3R > Trunk Impaired 318
06/26/2014 at 22:28

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You know what's even crazier? He's blind in his right eye. He injured it in middle school and kept it a secret until THIS YEAR.


Kinja'd!!! Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > AM3R
06/26/2014 at 22:42

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It depends on the school on weather or not he keeps his scholarship. He probably won't because he can't play basketball, they might work something else out for him, but that athletic scholarship will probably go to an actual player (they have a limit). And how did he afford that insurance policy?


Kinja'd!!! AM3R > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/26/2014 at 23:53

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I have no idea, but his agent announced it after word about his diagnosis was released. Apparently it's some NCAA thing, honestly I've never heard of something like this for college athletes.


Kinja'd!!! Jayhawk Jake > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
06/27/2014 at 01:41

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Baylor already offered him a job on the coaching staff I believe