Isaiah Austin ESPN Story - No Excuses (Revealing his Disability)

Reupload of an older ESPN video of Isaiah Austin revealing to the world one of his then-secrets: he's blind in one eye. Despite that, Austin was a 5-star recruit and was on pace to be drafted by an NBA team, before being diagnosed with Marfane Syndrome.
Austin is still playing, though. Just not in the NBA.
Austin is one of my idols in life.
No copyright infringement is intended! Video property of ESPN.

[@lifewithalexa5956]

Thanks for your support 🖤

[@jpadmore9268]

Life with Alexa Thanks so much for the comment. I adore you and Isaiah’s family. Isaiah inspired me so much because I have little vision left in my right eye. I remember crying when he revealed his Marfan Syndrome diagnosis. God bless you, Isaiah and your beautiful fam!!!!!!

[@kuntakintewarrior7391]

Looking beautiful dear

[@Det1911]

He's the number one pick for the Big 3 now🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@jpadmore9268]

Yessir!

[@josh3_aaron959]

This inspire me to push harder and not make any excuses on and off the court

[@lorisulcar4247]

Who are the 4 who gave this insprational guy a thumb down..you can be asshamed of you..You a star in my eyes

[@moo1654]

It's never too late for him to get his chance but big ups to ice cube

[@RubenpauloVeiga-ht8qp]

Legend❤

[@ariesjohnson9047]

Should at the very least be on a NBA G League team! Cmon nba somebody pick this guy up and give him a shot

[@gladepittenger9395]

Unfortunately it’s not his eye that is not making him play in the NBA. He has a really bad health condition.
“The condition enlarges the aorta, the artery that carries blood from the heart. The more an aorta expands, the more likely it is to fatally tear. Especially considering that blood pressure increases with physical activity, NBA doctors declared Austin ineligible to play“

[@ariesjohnson9047]

@@gladepittenger9395 wow I didn't know that. I thought it was only because of his eye. Thanks for the extra information on his health condition👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@icyyy_sg3682]

He was gonna be a lottery pick in the 2014 draft, but just weeks before the draft his heart condition got discovered. On the draft night to open things up Adam Silver talked about him and then said "For the next pick in the NBA Draft, the NBA selects Isaiah Austin" it was nice but sucks that he couldn't play.

[@isramedina7480]

Hat down for a true Warrior 👍

[@mcm2678]

This is an incredible story an can't nobody tell me nothing te power of a mother black or white any color when a mother tell a child he can do something he or she doit her words are the spark a child needs to get up against all odds an conquer life he is his mother's child

[@dayra6425]

and that reason is because he played for the warriors

[@karatechap555]

I will recommend my son to only play basketball. You risk getting CTE in football and you risk getting hit in the eye by a baseball.