Is it just coincidence that the Blazers and Clippers have so many injuries or - Message Board Basketball Forum

Basketball Dirk · 12-23-2009, 11:01 AM

does their work out routine just suck and too much physical strain? Do their fitness trainers suck?

I'm starting to think it's not just coincidence. These two teams always get the shaft.

It gotta have something to do with their routine, no?

hawksdogsbraves · 12-23-2009, 12:55 PM

Isn't it thought that the Blazers have an awful training staff, which attributes in part to the waves of injuries that they have year after year?

MeLO MvP 15 · 12-23-2009, 01:35 PM

it probably plays a role, but it also is atributed to certain players injury proneness ... cuz it is known that teams like phoenix and denver have great strength training coaches, trainers, medical treatment, etc.

Myth · 12-23-2009, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by hawksdogsbraves

Isn't it thought that the Blazers have an awful training staff, which attributes in part to the waves of injuries that they have year after year?

Most years we have 1 guy who is having major injury issues (by major I mean full season injuries), but other than that the other injuries are your usual injuries that you see on any other team. This year is the exception where everybody is getting hurt.

But yes, I am not confident in our trainers.

RaceBannana · 12-23-2009, 02:31 PM

I think its related to coach training sessions.

Harder training sessions=more injuries.

Cermet · 12-23-2009, 02:55 PM

I dont know maybe the training staff has some influece on those injuries but cmon not that amount of injuries. It's like if the Blazers players are made from glass. Well unless the training staff is giving them some high dose of weakening poison

twolvesfan · 12-23-2009, 02:58 PM

i would like to think they are just going through some bad luck, kind of how the cleveland browns seemed to be getting staph infections every week for the last couple years.

dab0yech0 · 12-23-2009, 08:25 PM

the Bill Walton curse

mrpibb · 12-24-2009, 02:52 AM

I think it's just once you get your contract for the Clippers, you mail it in or you go for stats. Eh, maybe you just go for stats in the contract year, injured the rest

Can't say anything about Portland though.

Swaggin916 · 12-24-2009, 03:55 AM

Yea I don't know... I mean you have the Lakers who have Bynum who can't seem to stay healthy for a full year and Walton is always injured... but everyone else seems to be fine. Maybe Portland is just full of Walton's and Bynum's

Either that or indeed their training sessions are too hard and they get tired in games which is going to lead to injury eventually because of fatigue or in Bynum's case... Lazy azz body language so when people fall on your leg it snaps because it's locked.

RoseCity07 · 12-24-2009, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by RaceBannana

I think its related to coach training sessions.

Harder training sessions=more injuries.

You know Clyde Drexler got the Blazers coach fired because he tried to make them practice hard before gameday. He was like, "You don't understand, we need a days rest, that's not how the NBA works."

Nate isn't stupid. Practices are probably lighter on the night bewteen games.