We knew that Paul Pierce had been stabbed multiple times and survived. When Kevin Love abruptly left a game, and then left the team, we could only speculate as to why. The videos of Markelle Fultz's shooting woes were almost humorous, but his struggles were definitely not. We found out later that nothing was what it appeared to be.
After the Celtics Captain was stabbed 11 times on September 25, 2000, the stab wounds were graphic. We saw them in photos. What we missed where the mental scars that lasted years.