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Originally Posted by G-spec
^ ah, good insight from both of ya, makes perfect sense...
now if you could only answer me how the fuck he plays without cartilage in his knees, lol
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It is not that he has no cartilage, but rather that he has no ACLs....There is quite a difference....
That said:
During his high-school surgeries, Blair's doctors did not purposefully remove his ACLs....the going theory is that they tried to repair some partial damage to the ligaments and failed. Then, over time, Blair's ACLs deteriorated to the point of disappearance. Since this was a gradual change, his muscles and other ligaments could have adapted slowly to the added strain. Without such an adjustment period—if his doctors had simply cut out the ligaments, for example—it's likely he would have injured himself on the court quite rapidly.