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Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:00 am EDT

Golf cart 'bogey' ruins Jason Collins' score, elbow tendon

By J.E. Skeets


I was going to let this unusual news intentionally slip past my blog radar — you know, save new Minnesota center Jason Collins anymore embarrassment — but then I realized just how little was going on, and, more importantly, just how much my dad would enjoy it. So ... sorry, Jason — family first.

Per Jerry Zgoda of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:

New Timberwolves center Jason Collins probably will miss training camp and the regular season's opening week after undergoing surgery in California on Monday to repair an elbow tendon.

Collins was injured in what a team spokesman called a "freak" golf-cart accident. He partially ruptured his triceps tendon after his golf cart skidded and tipped over.

And that's that. Collins is expected to miss eight weeks. Doh!

But here's what I want to know: Did Collins' twin brother, Utah Jazz center Jarron, actually feel Jason's pain at the time of the accident? Like, was Jarron chilling at home in California, sipping ice tea out on the porch, when all of a sudden a lightning bolt of pain shot through his arm?

And what about Brook and Robin Lopez? They're twins, they went to Stanford — did they feel anything?

So many questions, man. So. Many. Questions. We need a CSI: Minnesota.

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  1. miahty
    1. Posted by miahty Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:17 pm EDT

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    CSI Minnesota!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh snap
  2. jbiz
    2. Posted by jbiz Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:30 pm EDT

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    This clown is garbage anyway....i didn't even know he went to Minn. Boooooooooooo
  3. JT
    3. Posted by JT Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:43 pm EDT

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    Jason Collins who?
  4. ira
    4. Posted by ira Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:08 pm EDT

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    he'ss my idol!
  5. HeyZeus-minneapolis finest
    5. Posted by HeyZeus-minneapolis finest Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:23 pm EDT

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    This clown. not only do we get the [profane]ty end of that deal. now the new centerpiece of the franchise is hurt
  6. DADA
    6. Posted by DADA Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:34 pm EDT

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    Is he not that guy from Fame
  7. Harold
    7. Posted by Harold Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:51 pm EDT

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    He is one of the worst players in the NBA and his brother isnt far behind. The two DUMBOS act like they are being forced to play basketball. No heart at all. Just two big goofy non playing scrubs. I can believe that this freak accident occurred because he is just that big and goofy to do something that dumb. Isnt it about time for those two non playing twins to retire and let somone more deserving get in there and play? What about Rod Benson.
  8. Orlando
    8. Posted by Orlando Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:45 pm EDT

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    I wonder if the golf cart incident hurt as much as getting dunked on by "employee #24" of the Lakers? bwaaaahaaaahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  9. ali g
    9. Posted by ali g Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:38 pm EDT

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    i wish he still was a new jersey nets. he was a beast, and he was the best center that nets ever had.
  10. Joseph
    10. Posted by Joseph Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:45 pm EDT

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    maybe utah will donate his twin brother to minnesota at no cost. he's an albatross around the neck of the jazz team. everyone grumbles when sloan inserts him into the lineup and he contributes absolutely nothing more than time. he is a nice guy, but then so are all my friends that watch basketball on tv with me whose parents thought they were the next nba star.
  11. 1ofthe7
    11. Posted by 1ofthe7 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:20 pm EDT

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    To 'ME"
    I thought Sam Bowie was the best center NJ Nets ever had....
  12. Justin
    12. Posted by Justin Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:44 pm EDT

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    Uh, they're twins, Skeets... not Jedi.
  13. Chris L
    13. Posted by Chris L Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:24 pm EDT

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    must be a really slow news day... and what actually happened? Did this golf cart flip or something? How do you even injure your elbow in a golf cart? So many unanswered questions, sounds fishy to me.
  14. sokko111
    14. Posted by sokko111 Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:31 pm EDT

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    use the force jason......jason i am your brother
  15. sokko111
    15. Posted by sokko111 Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:31 pm EDT

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    he was practicing driving down the court because he does not get to during games
  16. Dr. Phil
    16. Posted by Dr. Phil Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:18 pm EDT

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    #8 is and idiot! if there is someone more derserving then they would be playing! they dont just say yeah these guys suck and we have alot better guys to take their spots but were not going to because we want to play people that suck! #8 YOU SUCK! STOP WRITING THINGS ITS A WASTE OF TIME TO READ WHAT YOU WRITE! YOUR AND IDIOT!!!!
  17. tull_samuel
    17. Posted by tull_samuel Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:23 pm EDT

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    best center the nets ever had was buck williams when he was in his prime and with the nets-he also led the league in rebounds two years in a row
  18. polka hut
    18. Posted by polka hut Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:10 pm EDT

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    speaking as a twin, his brother would have felt the pain. but only in his check book. i've on a golf cart a hundered times, skidding, doing donuts and slammimg on the breaks, never once was i stupid enough to play for the nets!
  19. Peaches
    19. Posted by Peaches Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:52 pm EDT

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    lol, wow who gets unjured by a golf cart??????????
  20. Neal P
    20. Posted by Neal P Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:35 pm EDT

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    who? I thought this stiff was bounced out of the NBA a long time ago. just goes to show you how desperate teams are for players.
  21. Neal P
    21. Posted by Neal P Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:35 pm EDT

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    who? i thought this stiff was bounced out of the nba a long time ago. just goes to show you how desperate teams are for players.
  22. G888 10s
    22. Posted by G888 10s Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

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    only an idiot can flip over a golf cart... NBA mentality ...freak accident ?
  23. aaron c
    23. Posted by aaron c Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:44 pm EDT

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    what a dangerous sport first tiger now this. was it weed and booze with tiger too?
  24. tull_samuel
    24. Posted by tull_samuel Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:23 pm EDT

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    The best Net player ever is not Jason Kidd That traitor/crybaby is not even in the top five all time Net Players
    For the record I feel Julius Erving =-Dr J and Rick Barry was the best of all the Nets players.
    You also must add Larry Kennon-Mr. K and John Wialliams aka Super John on that list wayyyyyyyyy ahead of Jason Kidd
  25. giogiezy
    25. Posted by giogiezy Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:09 pm EDT

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    Just another Ball Player who takes up Roster Space and Team Money.......
    This guy can do anything.

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