Consider this story: A star professional athlete suffers a gruesome injury, a broken leg so horrific that bystanders — including me — couldn't even bear to look at the damage, the bone literally sticking out, piercing the covering skin.
And this was not any professional athlete. This was a star, in fact competing at the time with the USA Basketball team preparing for the World Cup of Basketball and the Olympics.
This was one of the world's best athletes as well, a participant in the NBA dunk contest as well as being a two-time All-Star, an all-NBA player and a first team all-defensive team player, arguably one of the best two-way players in the NBA on a level with LeBron James.