Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 10:51 am  |  13 responses

Rodney Stuckey is Doing OK

One of the scariest moments of the season occured this past Friday night. During the third quarter of a Pistons-Cavs game in Cleveland, Rodney Stuckey collapsed. Occuring a day after the 20th anniversary of Hank Gathers’ death, it was a disturbing scene. Thankfully, everything seems to be OK with Stuckey, though.

As the Detroit News reports:

I’m good, everything is good,” said Stuckey, who is questionable for Wednesday’s game against Utah. “They ran a lot of tests on me and everything came back good. I’m just taking it day by day.”

Stuckey said he remembers walking back to the bench Friday and gradually feeling weak. He said he felt fortunate the Pistons’ training staff was close by.

Stuckey doesn’t know when he’ll return to the basketball court.

“When the doctors tell me I’m right to play, I’ll be ready to play,” Stuckey said. “It’s my job.”

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  • AlbertBarr Posted: Mar.10 at 11:07 am
    Get well, Rodney.

  • Marty McFly Posted: Mar.10 at 11:20 am
    Thank God.

  • letsmotor Posted: Mar.10 at 11:26 am
    that was a scary night. glad he’s doing well.

  • vtrobot Posted: Mar.10 at 11:43 am
    amen, brother. be well.

  • wayno Posted: Mar.10 at 12:17 pm
    Scary stuff right there…

  • JL Posted: Mar.10 at 12:26 pm
    hope they figure out what was wrong.

  • TADOne Posted: Mar.10 at 1:26 pm
    The tests so far have found nothing wrong or abnormal but he had a similiar episode just last season. He needs to take the rest of the season off and get the best testing done that he possibly can. Basketball is hardly important at the moment.

  • geof Posted: Mar.10 at 3:55 pm
    To anyone old enough to remember, it reminded me of what happened to Reggie Lewis. Scary stuff.

  • niQ Posted: Mar.10 at 4:52 pm
    Although I think he’ll be back, there were rumours saying he might miss the season since the Pistons aren’t going to make the playoffs anyways…

  • Joe A Posted: Mar.10 at 6:44 pm
    I was thinking the same thing geof. I’m hoping for the best for Stuckey; dude always seems to be on the brink of breaking out and becoming a star.

  • Teddy-the-Bear Posted: Mar.10 at 9:12 pm
    Get well soon Rodney. There are more important things than basketball.

  • L Posted: Mar.11 at 1:25 am
    good good Rodney. Retire if you have to. Dont die on us!

  • Sparty's Law Posted: Mar.11 at 9:27 am
    He needs to sit the rest of the season out. His health is far more important than playing basketball and, for the Pistons, losing is better than winning at this point anyway.

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