Crazy, Cold Turn of Events for Manny Harris

Submitted by State Street on

Manny was recently waived by the Cavs.

The reason? Freezer burn on his foot made him unable to compete.

How did he get freezer burn on his foot? By stepping into a chamber that lowers to -166 degrees farenheit while wearing wet socks.

This is terrible to see as we all thought Manny had so much NBA potential.  Hopefully he recovers in a timely fashion and can get another gig in the association. 

Link: http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201112/thats-cold-wet-socks-ice-bath-may-have-cost-nba-player-manny-harris-his-job

swan flu

December 28th, 2011 at 8:45 AM ^

The Cryon-X Machine is essentially an instant ice bath.

 

Icing muscles after working out constricts blood vessels, which reduces swelling... which in turn reduces soreness and helps recovery.  I suppose if the blood remains in the blood vessels (and travels to the lungs as blood in veins tends to do) rather than pooling in the muscle tissue that would increase oxygen in the blood.

LSAClassOf2000

December 28th, 2011 at 5:06 AM ^

...if it requires wet socks and a Cryon-X. I dare anyone to find THAT in the Kama Sutra.

To the point of the post, however, this sounds like one of the famous / infamous one-in-a-billion scenarios for injury, and hopefully, Manny gets another opportunity somewhere. This would not be the preferred way to go  out, I am sure. 

B-Nut-GoBlue

December 28th, 2011 at 3:18 AM ^

I hope the team that decides to pick him up next doesn't get cold feet before signing him. -166°F sounds like lesser than smart idea, regardless of any studies claiming its "effectiveness".

dajinx

December 28th, 2011 at 7:15 AM ^

manny will be fine pending which team decides to sign him.I would love to see him land somewhere like miami,detroit or boston.those teams could use his attack the basket mentality,especially detroit.

 

ijohnb

December 28th, 2011 at 8:44 AM ^

I must be the one that saw very little pro potential in Manny Harris.  Hope the freezer burn improves, but I don't think Manny was going all-NBA any time soon.