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Zach LaVine's rise to All-Star caliber form a few years removed from torn ACL

LaVine is arguably even more acrobatic than he was before he sustained a torn ACL in February 2017

Zach LaVine always has been someone who's reached for the heights, a two-time NBA Slam Dunk champion and elite scorer among the league's most productive who is having an All-Star season. But no one in NBA history really has achieved a comparable rare air.

Because no one with such a serious knee injury—Feb. 4, 2017 tearing his ACL—ever has returned to play with similar commensurate explosive athletic abilities, LaVine arguably even more acrobatic than he was before the injury.