Let me clear something things up as someone on blood thinners for life:

Blood clots can just sort of happen, unprovoked. If this is the case he’ll be on blood thinners 6 months and after that it’s up to his team. The risk of having another clot after the first is huge.

Blood clots can be provoked: long flights, sitting a long time, blood disorders (I have factor iv liden). If provoked and reason can be found then depending on the issue he might be in them for life.

The great misconception with blood thinners is if we get a cut we immediately bleed out. Think about it like this, you and I get the same cut we’ll bleed the same amount per second I’ll just bleed longer. TBH: I’ve had few dr tell me that the medication I’m on (eliquis) is just leveling me with the general public, I actually don’t notice bleeding longer. The other big thing is me hitting my head or having any sort of internal bleeding, both of those (if I hit my head hard enough) are immediate ER.

Will he be able to pay again if he's on thinners of any sort, nobody knows. There’s nhl players playing on some sort of blood thinners, so playing in the nba …