Pau Gasol / Joakim Noah
GAMES MISSED: 20 / 0
Back in 2013, Pau Gasol tore his plantar fascia against the Brooklyn Nets, sidelining him for six weeks. Joakim Noah, though, who’s widely recognized as one of the NBA’s toughest players, didn’t miss a game. Mostly, because the Chicago Bulls were in the midst of a playoff run.
Nonetheless, Noah was not afraid to let everyone know how painful the injury was.
“It really sucks. Plantar fasciitis sucks,” Noah said, via NBC Chicago. “It feels like you have needles underneath your foot while you’re playing. That’s what it feels like. You can imagine ow hard it is when you need to run or you need to jump; all the things you have to do when playing basketball. I mean, you don’t want needles in your feet, right?”
While Noah powered through, much like Manning did last week versus the Chiefs, he clearly wasn’t himself. And if it had been the regular season, there’s no doubt that the All-Star center would have sat out a week or two.
