Kevin Ware Speaks on Paul George’s Injury and Personal Recovery with ESPN

August 1st, 2014 by Joseph Zucker Leave a reply »

If anybody can speak about what's going on in the mind of Paul George, it's Kevin Ware.

The former Louisville Cardinals guard broke his leg in the Elite Eight of the 2013 NCAA tournament. That injury was on the forefront of many basketball fans' minds when Paul George went down in the USA Basketball Showcase on Friday night in Las Vegas.

You can view the injury here. (Warning: Injury is gruesome in nature.)

After the Showcase was called off in the fourth quarter, Ware gave a phone interview on SportsCenter to offer insight about the situation.

"You just think how is this even possible," he said in the interview. "I just went into automatic shock. I was just speechless. Nothing I’d ever seen in my life. Once your adrenaline gets back to normal, the actual breaking-your-leg pain starts to kick in. It’s really hard to deal with. Even with the medication it’s tough."

Ware also tweeted out his support for George:



Adam Himmelsbach of The Courier-Journal in Louisville wrote an article in March about how Ware was recovering. He returned to the Cardinals for a Novem ...

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