If you're like me, you don't know much about ACLs, MCLs, etc. other than that they're tendons, so here's a rundown of recent NBA knee/ankle/foot injuries with diagrams!

Greg Oden:

• microfracture surgery to repair cartilage in right knee (2007)
• chipped left patella (2008)
• fractured left patella (2009)
• microfracture surgery to repair cartilage in left knee (2010)
• dead or damaged tissue removed in right knee (arthroscopic surgery) (2011)
• microfracture surgery to repair cartilage in right knee (2011)

Brandon Roy:

• degenerative knees, meaning he has no cartilage and is playing bone-on-bone (Come on, Brandon. Give it up, man.)
• retired after five season in the NBA (2011)

Brandon Roy's forced early-retirement is still the most tragic NBA story line of the past (and future) 15 years, at least in my opinion. Just wanna plug that in there.

Kobe Bryant:

• complete achilles rupture

Derrick Rose:

• complete ACL tear

Andrew Bynum:

• dislocated left patella (2007)
• torn right MCL (2008)
• torn meniscus (2009)
• His knees are degenerating. (2012)

Blake Griffin:

• broken left patella (2009)
• meniscus tear in left knee (2012)

Anthony Davis

• MCL sprain (Very lucky guy.)

Ty Lawson:

• complete plantar fascia tear in right heel

Kevin Love:

• built up scar tissue removed from left knee (arthroscopic surgery)

Amar'e Stoudemire:

• microfracture surgery to repair cartilage (2005)
• dead or damaged tissue removed in right knee (arthroscopic surgery) (Oct. 2012)
• dead or damaged tissue removed in right knee (arthroscopic surgery) (March 2013)

Tracy McGrady:

• dead or damaged tissue removed in left knee (arthroscopic surgery) (2007)
• microfracture surgery to repair cartilage in left knee (2008)