The eerie coincidence for NBA players with this jersey number and Achilles injuries

Perhaps the most high-profile of these incidents was Tyrese Haliburton, who famously suffered his torn Achilles during Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals. Haliburton also sat out the entire ensuing season and has had scary, unrelated complications like a bout with shingles interrupting his recovery process from the injury.

Now, obviously, we have DiVincenzo joining this group of players with Achilles injuries.

Jersey numbers are ultimately a matter of player preference and mostly for aesthetic purposes for fans. When boiled down, they don't really mean anything when it comes to basketball or any sport. But it is a little eerie that each of these four gentlemen was wearing No. 0 at one of the lowest points of their respective playing careers. It's just ... unexpected.

As for why we're seemingly seeing so many more Achilles injuries than usual, I don't have a concrete answer for that. What I do know is that if a player is experiencing any sort of calf tightness beforehand — like Haliburton was, for example — they are more liable to suffer this devastating injury when they play because they're pushing their muscles and tendons to overcompensate. It happens.

Here's hoping we don't see any more Achilles injuries in the NBA any time soon, because it is truly one of the worst athletic injuries to suffer.

This article originally appeared on For The Win: NBA players to recently tear Achilles have weirdly all worn number 0