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Dominick Barlow’s Elbow Laceration is Dangerously Close to Qualifying for the Top 10 List of Ridiculous Sixers Injuries

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Nov 6th, 2025 · 11:29 AM EST

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Sixers power forward Dominick Barlow hasn’t played in almost two weeks. He was the opening night starter at the 4 and suffered an elbow laceration in the Hornets game, which has kept him out ever since.

Jokes were made at the time. What debilitating Sixers injury would this turn into? Would he enter the HALLOWED halls of the greatest Sixers injuries of all time? How bad could an elbow cut really be?

Apparently the reason it’s taking so long to heal is because the guy can’t bend his damn arm, so he needs to wear a brace to keep it straight:

Nick Nurse said Dominick Barlow’s right elbow laceration has taken a bit longer to heal than initially expected, though it’s not “super serious.” Has needed to wear a brace of some kind on his elbow. Believes the team will have an update early next week.

— Noah Levick (@NoahLevick) November 2, 2025

Another absurd injury has hit the Sixers (Dom Barlow) pic.twitter.com/E24iqUAPuF

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We’ve written a lot about the Sixers injury topic. In February of 2024, we ranked the top 10 most ridiculous Sixers injuries of all time, a top three that included “hit by a car (allegedly),” “almost killed by food allergies,” and “thoracic outlet syndrome.”

Then, in May of this year, we set the odds on the debilitating injury or ailment that will affect the Sixers #3 overall pick, though luckily VJ Edgecombe has been fine up until this point. No jinx, no whammies.

The odds looked like this:

• leprosy: -250
• thoracic outlet syndrome: -150
• bubonic plague/black death: -125
• allegedly hit by a car: even money
• broken navicular bone: +120
• jones fracture: +125
• undiscovered sesame seed allergy: +135
• displaced flap of the meniscus: +150
• gastroenteritis: -70000
• stubbed toe: +175
• injured fingernail packing boxes, like Matt Strahm: +180
• player turns out to be an anti-vaxxer and gets measles: +190
• fell into a manhole: +200
• pirate scurvy/not enough Emergen C: +250
• trench foot: +275
• malaria: +300
• myocarditis: +350
• the norovirus that recently wiped out every Pre-K in the Philadelphia region: -10000000000
• broken face after teammate accidentally runs into him: +450
• drank Bryce Harper’s raw milk latte and got Listeria: +500
• flesh-eating bacteria: +600
• staph infection that just won’t heal: +700
• freak bowling injury: +750
• inhaled all of the pollen in the Delaware Valley, sneezed, threw out his back: +800
• food poisoning after eating a BOGO dog: +900
• Oregon Trail-esque dysentery: +950

Unfortunately, we did not have the foresight to put “the worst elbow laceration of all time” on the list. But looking over it again, you could probably insert it between “flesh-eating bacteria” and “staph infection that just won’t heal.” That’s the best spot for this, around the +650 odds range. Right now, I don’t think the elbow cut enters the top 10, considering the fact that Barlow is a first-year player and hasn’t been out THAT long yet. But there’s still time for this to achieve full-blown outrageous Sixers injury status. There’s an outside chance that some sort of parasitic amoeba enters through the wound and causes muscle dystrophy, which would require an amputation. Or, Barlow’s arm is straight for so long that when the cast comes off he can no longer bend it. The arm is stuck in perpetual extension, sort of like a perverse form of reverse-lockjaw, but for an appendage.

If this sounds ridiculous, it’s not! It’s the Sixers.

By the way, while we’re waiting for the boys to play again on Saturday, we should all check out NJ online casinos and PA online casinos.