Kevin McHale Speaks About His Foot Injury
No basketball player is ever safe from injuries. Not even the best players in the history of the game managed to escape the threat of grave injuries. Former Houston Rockets coach and Hall of Famer Kevin McHale talks about the pressure of suffering those kinds of setbacks.
Back in the 1987 season, McHale decided to play through the pain, risking his long-term health for a title. He has won three titles prior to that including the previous season, and for McHale, it was worth sacrificing for.
‘That ended up being kind of towards the end of our run. But from my first year I got to Boston we contended for a championship. You’re part of something really big and it’s so hard to win a championship. I played 13 years and I won three’, McHale explained. ‘There’s so many things that happen that you have to be lucky, and injuries are part of the unluckiness’.
McHale did everything he could to help the team despite having a broken foot. He was named to multiple All-NBA teams in that season, and it was still worth it despite losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games