Found an article discussing Dejuan Blair and his famous ACLs, or lack thereof. I talked to one of my friends who is an orthopedic surgeon and he said playing without ACLs is like driving a car without tires.
Essentially, the article echos similar conclusion. But it does open the possibility that Blair's body has adapted to the deficiency, in which case, one cannot judge his knees using conventional medical wisdom. In any case, I think of the movie Unbreakable, in a few years Blair may turn out to be like the Bruce Willis character - unbreakable, not even missing ACLs could stop him; or he may turn out Samual Jackson-like, a glass man, or rather, glass knees.
http://www.slate.com/id/2234460/
Essentially, the article echos similar conclusion. But it does open the possibility that Blair's body has adapted to the deficiency, in which case, one cannot judge his knees using conventional medical wisdom. In any case, I think of the movie Unbreakable, in a few years Blair may turn out to be like the Bruce Willis character - unbreakable, not even missing ACLs could stop him; or he may turn out Samual Jackson-like, a glass man, or rather, glass knees.
http://www.slate.com/id/2234460/
