Fab Melo suffers concussion running into a door

Sydeffect · Jan 3, 2013

Surprisingly not an Onion article.

Melo suffers concussion running into a door
by: Mike Petraglia on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 7:03pm

A strange and frustrating start to the season got a little more bizarre on Wednesday when Celtics rookie Fab Melo was brought to Boston to get examined for a concussion he says was the result of running into a hotel door while playing for the D-League Maine Red Claws.

"What was it here, Manny being Manny? Well, in five years, when he's doing great things for us, we'll have Fab being Fab. He just got a head start, literally," joked head coach Doc Rivers before Wednesday's game with the Memphis Grizzlies.

Melo, who has recorded a triple-double and set a D-League record recently with 14 blocks in a game, had to be recalled Wednesday to receive medical treatment from the Celtics staff.

Melo has had two games in his D-League stint that have raised a lot of eyebrows in Boston. On Dec. 22, he scored 15 points, grabbed 16 rebounds, and blocked 14 shots in a triple-double against the Erie Bayhawks. He followed that by scoring 32, grabbing nine rebounds and blocking another nine shots. The Celtics are allowing Melo to develop at D-League, signing another D-League player in Jarvis Varnad for center depth as Chris Wilcox recovers from a sprained thumb.

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TheShooter · Jan 3, 2013

Looking at these stats, maybe he has prime Marcus Camby potential.

Roxnostalgia · Jan 3, 2013

Named after the wrong Knick, obviously.

Fab Amare would hurt himself on inanimate objects.

MambaJoe · Jan 3, 2013

I don't know how most of you guys feel but I most certainly believe that Fab Melo will be a bust... Well, not a bust because he isn't a lottery pick but most likely, he would not be the type of player a lot of people thought he would turn out to be...

Pokito1120 · Jan 3, 2013

Could see him developing into a little more athletic Kendrick Perkins

logggur · Jan 3, 2013

It got posted on Deadspin too: http://deadspin.com/5972686/the-celtics-called-up-fab-melo-because-he-walked-into-a-door

From the comments: "Fab Melo is not walking through that door."

coachbadlee · Jan 3, 2013

MambaJoe said: ↑

I don't know how most of you guys feel but I most certainly believe that Fab Melo will be a bust... Well, not a bust because he isn't a lottery pick but most likely, he would not be the type of player a lot of people thought he would turn out to be...
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With the way he is destroying the D-league, i disagree. I see Camby potential.

Door=1, Fab=0

Chairs seem to hate him too. Remember this:

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Dreamin · Jan 4, 2013

Would have been a massive youtube hit if that was caught on tape.

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