NBA prospect recently diagnosed with Marfan's Syndrome, which ended his basketball playing career, gets drafted

College basketball star and NBA prospect Isaiah Austin sobbed Sunday after receiving a career-ending medical diagnosis: Marfan syndrome. The 7-foot, 1-inch center, 20, said he heard the news from his mom after undergoing genetic tests as part of a pre-NBA draft physical. “They said I wouldn’t be able to play basketball anymore at a competitive level,” he told ESPN through tears. “They found the gene in my blood sample. They told me that my arteries in my heart are enlarged and that if I overwork myself and push too hard that my heart could rupture.”