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Der Artikel ist Mavs Fans bekannt? Hoffe Matthews erreicht wieder sein altes Level, ich würde aber nicht drauf wetten, und schon gar keine (fast) 70 Mio Wette drauf abschließen.
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/fantas...095586/history-not-kind-for-ruptured-achilles
From the American Journal of Sports Medicine, a study of 18 players who had Achilles surgery (over a 23 year time span), showed seven (39%), who never played again, 11 returned for one season, of those 8 for two or more seasons. Players who returned missed an average of 56 games. Average PER was reduced 4.57 the first season, 4.38 the second.
http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/06/03/0363546513490659.abstract
Achilles injuries aren't quite as common as other catastrophic injuries, but it seems like we have had a rash of them lately. Over the last four years, Chauncey Billups, Kobe Bryant,Brandon Jennings, Anderson Varejao, Jeff Taylor, Pierre Jackson, Xavier Henry and Elliot Williams have all dealt with this devastating injury, and the returns have not been great. Billups and Bryant suffered their tears toward the end of their careers, but saw a massive dip in both their production and availability in the following seasons, and the rest of the players are largely still recovering from their injuries.
Matthews is still in what should be his athletic prime, but he will face an uphill battle in his return to form. Using information compiled from Deadspin.com andBasketballProspectus.com, I was able to track down a list of 14 players since 1992 who have suffered a torn Achilles and returned to action in the NBA; I specify that these 14 have returned, because according to a study from doctors at Drexel University cited in the Deadspin piece, seven of 18 players who suffered the injury from 1992 to 2012 never returned to the NBA at all.
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/fantas...095586/history-not-kind-for-ruptured-achilles