| 14 July 2009
Scary news out of the NBA Scouting Combine in Chicago as medical testing revealed a problem with DeMarre Carroll's liver that may cause him to need a transplant in the near to long-term future. This could result in a drop in his draft stock but that's obviously not the big concern here.
I speak for the entire MizzouRah staff when I wish DeMarre the very best and hope that he gets through this just fine.
Update @7:51 by The True Son: As scary as this situation sounds it doesn't appear to be as serious as it sounds. Steve Walentik is reporting that this is a condition that DeMarre has been aware of for some time and has been receiving treatment for for the last couple years.
"It's very much blown out of proportion," he said. "There's a lot of misinformation that's out there."
For starters, the condition that sparked the concern is one Carroll was aware of and has been receiving treatment for over the past couple years. He's been under the care of Dr. Jeffrey S. Crippin, the Marilyn Bornefeld Endowed Chair in GI Research and Treatment at Washington University in St. Louis.
"What we have done is the doctor who cared for DeMarre at Missouri, Dr. Crippin, from Washington University in St. Louis, he and I have talked, and he's going to put together a letter that will go to all the teams and the team doctors, explaining his view on DeMarre's health," Bartelstein said. "He does not think there's any short-term issues at all. If it is something that needs to be addressed, it's way deep into his future, way after his basketball career is over, and that's even if it gets to that point. It may never even get to that point."
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