Ronny Turiaf getting quality minutes, you have to root for this man!

[Journeyman]

Incredible, he is back playing, in less than one year!

 

[dougstewart]

Back from what?

 

[Journeyman]

I tell ya one thing, he is an active player who will give this club a huge lift in the future.

 

[Labeeb]

Back from what?

Some kind of major heart problem.

 

[Journeyman]

He had major surgery on his heart , had it not been detected he could have dropped dead.

Holy cow, he just picked up a T!

 

[dougstewart]

Lakers' Turiaf undergoes heart surgery
July 26, 2005





LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Lakers second-round draft pick Ronny Turiaf underwent heart surgery Tuesday and was expected to make a full recovery, the team said.

Turiaf had surgery to repair an enlarged aortic root and preserve his aortic valve. He's expected to be hospitalized about a week.

The six-hour operation was performed by Dr. Craig Miller at the Stanford University Medical Center.

Turiaf, selected 37th overall in the draft, was diagnosed with an enlarged aortic root during a team physical after the draft. Had the condition not been caught and treated it could have been fatal, team spokesman John Black said.

The 6-foot-10 power forward averaged 15.9 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.9 blocked shots as a senior at Gonzaga last season. He ranks fourth all time at Gonzaga in scoring (1,723 points) and rebounds (859), second in blocks (179) and is the school's career leader in free throws made (643).


Thanks J-man...I missed that story originally

 

[Journeyman]

Lakers' Turiaf undergoes heart surgery
July 26, 2005





LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Lakers second-round draft pick Ronny Turiaf underwent heart surgery Tuesday and was expected to make a full recovery, the team said.

Turiaf had surgery to repair an enlarged aortic root and preserve his aortic valve. He's expected to be hospitalized about a week.

The six-hour operation was performed by Dr. Craig Miller at the Stanford University Medical Center.

Turiaf, selected 37th overall in the draft, was diagnosed with an enlarged aortic root during a team physical after the draft. Had the condition not been caught and treated it could have been fatal, team spokesman John Black said.

The 6-foot-10 power forward averaged 15.9 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.9 blocked shots as a senior at Gonzaga last season. He ranks fourth all time at Gonzaga in scoring (1,723 points) and rebounds (859), second in blocks (179) and is the school's career leader in free throws made (643).


Thanks J-man...I missed that story originally

Yea well it was during the offseason for the NBA, I could see how it could slip by.

 

[MRPROFESSOR]

Is This His First Action Of The Series?

 

[Journeyman]

Is This His First Action Of The Series?

He scored his first points of his playoff career and picked up a T...With Kwame in foul trouble he was next in line.

 

[Bluemyboy]

Glad this guy is playing again. But you cannot make me root for him.....

 

[Arodd]

give the LA franchise credit as well, they paid for everything when he became ill, even though he technically failed his physical and had no contractual obligatoins to do anything for Ronny.
Classy.

 

[AlwaysKeen]

I'm glady to see him playing...