Injuries in the NBA
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rjfan
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Well, the posted video helps on reminding that these incidents (speaks only on Nurkic one, but such things apply to many different cases) have physical explanations (biomechanic related) based on the forces aplied, angles, speed, weight...
I'd add that now we have way more advanced medicine, nutrition, phisio, etc, than in the past (captain obvious) and thankfully so. So not only at basketball, but at every sports all over the globe the athletes work harder (or better saying, work way more methodically for advanced results) on taking it to the next level, and that even on youth levels. That makes sports nowadays been played at faster pace and bigger athleticism. That's basically increased load in many aspects, body weight, vertical jump, landing speed, distance covered, accumulated load, etc...
Also worths note that injuries now, even as ****ed up as it can be, not necesseraly means career ending (or not being able to play at top level), as we have better procediments for surgery and recovery. There's too more info on how to prevent them, like preventive exercise programs, posture correction or even preventive procedures (like a minor surgery to avoid a future bigger problem). So it's more treated as "controled/calculated risk", even when the protocols are lame. Like in soccer, where the lack of a proper clear and incisive concussion protocol combined to increased levels of head clashs creates a situation where fifa (and every others big soccer organizations bodies) is literally waiting for the worse to happen before getting it right.
I'd add that now we have way more advanced medicine, nutrition, phisio, etc, than in the past (captain obvious) and thankfully so. So not only at basketball, but at every sports all over the globe the athletes work harder (or better saying, work way more methodically for advanced results) on taking it to the next level, and that even on youth levels. That makes sports nowadays been played at faster pace and bigger athleticism. That's basically increased load in many aspects, body weight, vertical jump, landing speed, distance covered, accumulated load, etc...
Also worths note that injuries now, even as ****ed up as it can be, not necesseraly means career ending (or not being able to play at top level), as we have better procediments for surgery and recovery. There's too more info on how to prevent them, like preventive exercise programs, posture correction or even preventive procedures (like a minor surgery to avoid a future bigger problem). So it's more treated as "controled/calculated risk", even when the protocols are lame. Like in soccer, where the lack of a proper clear and incisive concussion protocol combined to increased levels of head clashs creates a situation where fifa (and every others big soccer organizations bodies) is literally waiting for the worse to happen before getting it right.
Jazzta
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Depends on the consistency of the latter.
reignman40
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I agree with Jazzta. I have been watching the Jazz and NBA since 1997. I don't remember these types of injuries happening before just a few years ago. When Shaun Livingston dislocated his knee in '07 everyone was saying it was the worst b-ball injury they had seen during a game. Now you have guys snapping legs in half just by jumping and landing. Kevin Ware back in 2013 was probably the worst..
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What I can see happening is due to injuries and the rise in “rest” and “load management” is the league keeping the season the same as far as first and last days of the season. But they decrease the number of actual games by 12 or so and it eliminates back to backs.
Jazzta
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1 home and 1 away game against all EC teams: 30 games
1 home and 1 away against all WC teams: 28 games
1 home and 1 away against same division teams: 8 games
30+28+8=66 games
This would greatly reduce the number of b2b games, just one idea of many.
100% sure Hayward was on roids.
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How about LeBron ... he's either of a freak of nature or on roids.
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Could even be both. Im going with freak of nature though.