Maloofs Want all Excercise Balls Destroyed
SLAM Online —
... After Francisco Garcia’s freak injury (which will sideline him for four months) while working on a exercise ball last week, team owner Joe Maloof ordered their permanent removal from the Kings’ gym, and advised other teams to do the same: “The exercise balls have been removed from the Sacramento Kings’ weight room and stored in a dark storage space, with no word yet whether a sacrificial burning of the rubber menaces is yet to come. Kings co-owner Joe Maloof ordered an e-mail sent to the NBA’s other 29 teams, hoping to spread the ...
KIngs to League: Those Balls Might Explode
The Baseline —
... not a good time for Garcia to fall apart, take months to recover and then spend the whole season looking not quite right.
You might think this was a freak occurrence, proving that (no pun intended) the Kings can't catch a break. However, Sacramento refuses to accept the absolute absurdity that is man's lot on Earth, especially when lifting weights is involved. They've taken it upon themselves to warn the world of the potential perils of exercise balls.
From The Sacramento Bee:
The exercise balls have been ...
Garcia's 'physioball fail' and seven other odd NBA injuries
Ball Don't Lie —
... Back to the culprit: Sam Amick of The Sac Bee reports that the exercise balls have been removed from the weight room, "with no word yet whether a sacrificial burning of the rubber menaces is yet to come." ...
NBA Locker Rooms Terrorized By Giant Rubber Balls [Balls]
Deadspin —
... call": I think the most important thing is that this doesn't happen to other teams or other professional sports franchises," Maloof said. "For that matter, high school, college, any of these teams that use these balls. I want to make sure they know what happened to us." If you see any balls matching the above photo, stay away and call the authorities. They won't think twice about bouncing the crap out of you and stealing your girlfriend. Sacramento Kings warn other NBA teams after exercise ball accident [Sacramento Bee] ...
Medicine Balls are Explosive, Dangerous
The Big Lead —
... ) this year. If this is how the injury happened - “Before the injury occurred, the 195-pound Garcia was lying on his back doing dumbbell presses with 90-pound weights in each hand, according to Kings players” - we’ll never lay on a medicine ball again. [Sac Bee] ...
Wednesday Morning Dump
Ballin' is a Habit —
Celebrities on twitter; Seth Green's mugging was a hoax; kids in Miami light a friend on fire after he didn't pay up for a video game; Anthony Kim seems like a fun dude; Vanity Fair on Roman Polanski; no more drinking games at RPI. - Purdue PG Lewis Jackson will be suspended for both exhibition games and for the first game of the season. - UConn lands a center. - Virginia Tech will be tougher this year. - Georgia Tech PG still suffering effects of concussion. - Isiah Thomas isn't the only big name coach in the Sun Belt. - Dikembe Mutumbo ...
Francisco Garcia and the Physioball of Doom
Basketbawful —
It looks like I have a new entry for the Basketbawful Stupid Injury Hall of Shame: Sacramento's Francisco Garcia broke his arm lifting weights on what I have to assume is a physioball composed of purest evil and terror. Kind of like the Sentry Sphere from Phantasm and the torture ball from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Maybe even kind of like the tomatoes from Attack of the Killer Tomoatoes...but I might be stretching my analogies a little thin here. According to Kings spokesman Darrin May, Garcia will spend eight weeks in a cast and is ...
Maloofs Warn NBA: Beware Workout Balls
About.com Basketball —
Performing exercises while balancing on a large rubber ball is a great way to improve core strength . But, as Francisco Garcia of the Kings recently learned, having an exercise ball pop at an inopportune time is a great way to end up in the hospital. Garcia was working out with two 90-pound dumbells, using an exercise ball as a sort-of weightlifting bench when the ball burst, sending Garcia and his weights to the ground in a heap. He sustained a broken bone in his forearm and ligament damage in his wrist, which required surgery to repair; he's expected to be out for four months at minimum. Kings owner Joe Maloof sent a memo to the NBA's other ...
Links of the Day 10/18/09
The Victoria Times —
I'm having a tough time getting through these links, because I'm busy getting emotionally involved in the Ravens-Vikings game. Come on, Ravens! Terry Bradshaw has proven once again that he just isn't all that bright. Creepy folk can still get in their sideline reporter snooping in Nashville, it appears. Now, see, this is why I don't work out. ...
