From Portland TV guy Mike Barrett’s Blog (via TrueHoop) comes this update on a subject we don’t spend nearly enough time on here: Joel Przybilla’s balls. His balls are not well. He took a knee, evidently, in a game against Golden State. And the knee actually hit him right above the balls, which… well… I dunno. But this was not your average Bob-Saget-sound-effect-enhanced America’s Home Video nutshot.

It’s been a long, painful week for Joel. I’m not going to get into the injury again, but the swelling is going down, and he’s at least able to move around the house a bit now. He’s told me on several occasions, this was the worst pain he’s ever gone through, and was a very scary thing. Good thing he’s got Tiger Woods 07 on the XBox 360. I’d hate to think he’s just been wasting this time. He also has NBA 2K7, but gets frustrated because he thinks he looks like a skinhead in the video game.

First, I’d like to second the notion that Tiger Woods ‘07 on the XBox 360 is a fantastic game. And secondly… well, hey man, I’m sorry about your balls. We’ve all taken a shot in the bag from time to time, and a for a few minutes, it’s catastrophic, but… something that causes massive swelling and puts you in bed for a week? Yeah, I don’t have any trouble believing that was the worst pain of his life. Just reading about it cracks my top ten.

When he gets well, I recommend that he indulges himself in this treatment.