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By Rob Dauster Feb 13, 2013, 9:22 AM EST

As of this morning, we don�t know the severity of the knee injury that Nerlens Noel, Kentucky�s star center and a likely candidate for the No. 1 pick in this June�s NBA Draft, suffered at Florida last night.

What we do know is that knees aren�t supposed to bend sideways to a 90-degree angle, and that anyone in enough pain to have their screams clearly audible on the television broadcast probably won�t be playing for a while. We can only hope that whatever happened inside that left knee is a) not too serious and b) somehow fixable.

Because the issue here isn�t that the Kentucky Wildcats lost their star center or that John Calipari�s team, the reigning national champions, now appear destined for the NIT. The bigger problem is that Noel�s knee isn�t a normal knee.

It�s a knee worth millions upon millions of dollars, one that an NBA General Manager is going to have to look at and decide whether or not it�s worth it to invest some $10-$14 million of guaranteed money in.

Link for the rest of the story: Nerlens Noel�s knee injury and the unfairness of the �one-and-done� rule | CollegeBasketballTalk