RIP Manute Bol

[Smallpotatoes]

http://www.comcast.net/articles/sports-nba/20100519/Bol.Hospitalized/

It's kidney problems. I hope he recovers, but it doesn't look good.

 

[imjustagirl]

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My brother had complete kidney failure and was on dialysis for almost a full week. He was off the machines after that and is healthy now.

 

[Point of Order]

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This is a guy who has done a tremendous amount of good in his post-playing days. Here's hoping for a full and speedy recovery.

 

[Steak Snabler]

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He's really never been the same since that taxi wreck in Connecticut a few years back. I'll echo what PofO said, though.

Since we're on the subject of Manute Bol, here he is with Spud Webb in one of my favorite sports photos ever:

It looks Photoshopped, but it's real ...

EDIT: Reading the story, the details are heartbreaking:

He said Bol has undergone three dialysis treatments and has developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a condition that has caused him to lose patches of skin.

The skin around Bol's mouth was so sore that he went 11 days without eating and could barely talk. Bol, 47, is on morphine and will probably be moved to a burn unit, according to Prichard.

 

[Blitz]

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Good luck to Manute.
He was always classy, as I remember.
But he played in an era where there was less free agency and less high schoolers coming out and less big salaries.
Bol needs to get better.

 

[Batman]

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Forget all of his blocks. He should have entered the 3-point contest one year.



Get well, Manute. Cultural icons should live long and happy lives.

 

[Bubbler]

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I just read up on Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. That might be one of the most horrific afflictions I've ever heard of.

Good luck to Manute Bol, I wouldn't wish what he has on my worst enemy.

 

[PeterGibbons]

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Wow, I remember my dad taking me to one of his first games in Atlanta against the Hawks, he and Spud were both rookies and it was a pretty incredible sight seeing the two of them on the same court. I hope the best for him, the guy's a borderline saint for all he's done in his post-NBA career. Unlike what most players now will probably ever do.

Plus seeing the guy knock down 3's was pretty sweet!

 

[HanSenSE]

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One of Don Nelson's few "big man" projects that had a bit of success. Still, cannot think of a more gawdawful situation, as noted above.

 

[txsportsscribe]

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One of Don Nelson's few "big man" projects that had a bit of success.

i wouldn't actually call bol a success in the nba but even so, how would nelson get any credit? it wasn't until his 4th season that bol played for nelson and then it was only 2 seasons.

that said, the man has been a true humanitarian.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

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Bol was a heck of a shot blocker, and it was a lot of fun seeing him and Mark Eaton battle or rather attempt to battle, in the low post.

Hope his health improves soon.

 

[ucacm]

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Damn, looking at Bol's stats...dude blocked almost 5 shots a game in his rookie season! 397 blocks, which is the second most ever in a single season....

 

[Football_Bat]

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Manute and Muggsy was better.

 

[JC]

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Good luck to Manute.
He was always classy, as I remember.
But he played in an era where there was less free agency and less high schoolers coming out and less big salaries.
Bol needs to get better.

With all due respect, what the hell does any of that have to do with his situation?

 

[cranberry]

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I'm pretty sure I wrote the first national story about Manute when he first came to the University of Bridgeport, so I followed him for a long time and always got a kick out of him. He's led, in turns, an odd and wonderful and terrible life. Very interesting person whom I wish well.

 

[Blitz]

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Good luck to Manute.
He was always classy, as I remember.
But he played in an era where there was less free agency and less high schoolers coming out and less big salaries.
Bol needs to get better.

With all due respect, what the hell does any of that have to do with his situation?

It's easy, I'm saying, for players today to not be classy.
All that many of them think about is "where's my money."
Bol wasn't like that, when he was playing 20 years ago.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

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RIP, Manute:

http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2010/06/manute_bol_retired_basketball_player_has_died.php

 

[Point of Order]

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****. when i saw the update i was hoping that wasn't what this was.

 

[doubledown68]

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In case anyone missed it, here's a column the KC Star's Sam Mellinger wrote about the long-time suburban KC resident...

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/29/1980177/manute-bol-deserves-more-recognition.html

Big man, bigger heart. RIP Manute.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

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RIP...