When Detroit Pistons guard Killian Hayes crumbled to the ground against the Milwaukee Bucks earlier this month, you probably assumed the worst. It’s human nature. A player suffering a non-contact injury is never good.
For Hayes, it wasn’t either. The rookie tore his hip labrum. What does that actually mean? I’ll let the Mayo Clinic tell that story:
A hip labral tear involves the ring of cartilage (labrum) that follows the outside rim of your hip joint socket. Besides cushioning the hip joint, the labrum acts like a rubber seal or gasket to help hold the ball at the top of your thighbone securely within your hip socket.