PORTLAND, Ore. – You probably have seen those T-shirts that hoop-crazed kids wear, the ones emblazoned with: Basketball is life.
And, sometimes, neither one is fair.
The worst fear became reality on Wednesday when tests confirmed that veteran big man Dwight Powell suffered a ruptured right Achilles tendon on Tuesday in the first quarter against the LA Clippers.
His season is over and he faces a long rehab that many other players, like Wesley Matthews and J.J. Barea, have successfully navigated.
You never want to see something like this happen to anybody. But when it befalls a salt-of-the-earth guy like Powell, it’s even more painful.