A couple weeks back, Slate reported on Spurs forward DeJuan Blair and his lack of anterior cruciate ligaments. His situation is somewhat unique, as he didn’t have a traumatic event that took out the ACLs. Instead, it seems he had some partial tears in high school that progressed to full tears. Either way, he’s playing in the NBA without ACLs. He is a coper.
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