Blind Eye No Excuse for NBA Hopeful
From: Medical Design Technology - 02/14/2014

Isaiah Austin came to the stark realization as a teenager that he'd never
again see out of his right eye.

Multiple operations couldn't fix the detached retina and save his vision
after a previous injury was aggravated doing a routine dunk before a middle
school game.

Because of limited peripheral vision, Austin has to keep his "head on a
swivel," looking both ways in the paint and constantly rotating his body to
see as much of the court as possible. That is a constant emphasis, especially
in practice.

But he said the hardest part is depth perception on shots, especially in
different gyms like Kansas where the wall is far behind the baskets. He was
4-of-8 on 3-pointers at Allen Fieldhouse last month, but quickly points out
that he missed all three of his free throw attempts. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/02/blind-eye-no-excuse-nba-hopeful

Links:
NBA Hopeful Has Prosthetic Eye (with video 4:41)
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2014/02/photos-day-nba-hopeful-has-prosthetic-eye

Isaiah Austin
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/61568/isaiah-austin
http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/isaiah_austin_810664.html