NFL players fight through injuries all the time. Just ask Patrick Mahomes, who’s set to play in the Super Bowl just three weeks after suffering a high-ankle sprain. Then there’s also Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons, who has missed just one game in his young NFL career, and it wasn’t due to injury. In other words, if Parsons has gotten hurt, he’s never let it impact his ability to suit up on game day.

We’re going to quickly shift gears over to the NBA, where Gary Payton II was recently traded from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Golden State Warriors just minutes ahead of the trade deadline. You’ll see why this is relevant to Parsons and the NFL soon enough.

While the NBA trade deadline has since passed, the trade for Payton II has been put on hold due to concerns over his health. Payton II reportedly had been battling an injury during his time in Portland, but the Trail Blazers were apparently insisting he fights through the pain with the aid of Toradol shots or pain-killing injections. This was completely unknown to the Warriors during trade discussions.