Feels like everyone is dropping like flies

[Wally450]

I swear every day we hear of someone else getting injured. Starters, role players, whoever.

Chet, Zion, Durant now. Just heard the news of Jose Alvarado.

Not to mention all the other guys who I know I'm forgetting.

[90sgoat]

The less they play, the more rest, the more injuries.

[bison]

I mentioned in another thread all these injuries are happening because of the way the modern game is played. With all the spacing offenses run now, players have more mobility meaning lots of switching, having to cover more ground, and quickly changing direction to try to shake off defenders. This is putting a lot stress on knees and ankles. But obviously no one wants to go back to 90s style post play and low scoring. So I don't know how you would fix this.

[bison]

Injuries already outpacing last season among star players. We could see a total of 1000 games missed by the end of the season.



Pelicans injury report is brutal. Zion, Herb Jones, Jose Alvarado, CJ McCollum, Jordan Hawkins and Dejounte Murray are all out. And not just for a couple games, all these guys are out anywhere from two to six weeks.

[Meticode]

The less they play, the more rest, the more injuries.

Correct. I agree with what Paul George said about why players seem to get injured more. I think he said players back in the day had a load on their body more consistently so their bodies would adapt to that load. But now you have players resting so much and taking days off that you're putting a big load on the body, then just shutting it down all the time. Teams don't practice nearly as often as they used to. I remember them talking about those LeBron Cavs under Tyronn Lue saying during one season they only practiced a handful of times in 82 game season. Similiar to the MLB. So many players get lower body injuries even though there's not a ton of constant movement in the sport. It's because they spend for dozens of minutes at a time, or stand around, then suddenly the push their bodies 110% on a fly ball, or stolen base, etc without being warmed up or having a load on it.

“Teams don’t really practice, you know we’re not getting up and down….they think by giving us time off it’s helped managing our bodies but it’s really making us weaker as players."

[Wally450]

Correct. I agree with what Paul George said about why players seem to get injured more. I think he said players back in the day had a load on their body more consistently so their bodies would adapt to that load. But now you have players resting so much and taking days off that you're putting a big load on the body, then just shutting it down all the time. Teams don't practice nearly as often as they used to. I remember them talking about those LeBron Cavs under Tyronn Lue saying during one season they only practiced a handful of times in 82 game season. Similiar to the MLB. So many players get lower body injuries even though there's not a ton of constant movement in the sport. It's because they spend for dozens of minutes at a time, or stand around, then suddenly the push their bodies 110% on a fly ball, or stolen base, etc without being warmed up or having a load on it.

“Teams don’t really practice, you know we’re not getting up and down….they think by giving us time off it’s helped managing our bodies but it’s really making us weaker as players."

Same thing in the NFL, reducing preseason games and padded practices during the season. Plus starters aren't even playing, then when dozens of guys are getting hurt in the first few weeks of the season, people are scratching their head wondering why these guys are getting hurt.

[BarberSchool]

Most don’t want to hear this, but it’s entirely possible the Covid shots damaged many immure immune systems and healing ability.

[90sgoat]

“Teams don’t really practice, you know we’re not getting up and down….they think by giving us time off it’s helped managing our bodies but it’s really making us weaker as players."

It's also that they play a frenetic pace, it looks very much like your low level basketball game, just up and down and shooting 3s, no real rhyme or reason. Obviously you get hurt doing that much uncoordinated shit.

[Phoenix]

The so called 'modern science' is making these players weaker than before. Kenyon Martin explained it well on Gils Arena the other day. The way they practiced/trained in past eras broke the body down to build it up, which improves durability and resistance. 'Load management' is having the opposite effect.

[ImKobe]

They practice and play way more games as kids now right so that probably means their ligaments & tendons have already taken a good amount of damage by the time they make the league, and thus are more injury-prone.