Steve Kerr “Very Concerned” Pace of Play And Condensed Schedule Leading To Increased Injuries

[Raw Lyrics]

This is complete and utter nonsense. I don't know why people keep on parrotting this the pace of play was quicker in the 70 and 80's. It just isnt idc what the possessions say from 1978 or 1984 and to how they compare to now. Every SPORT in the world is more athletic and faster in 2025 than what it was in 40-50 years ago. But i guess it's all about keeping kayfabe alive.

Since the start of Covid or the return since the first global shutdown. Sports and athletes are pretty much at their limit of what they can do physically. That condensed schedule they had to go through for the following 18-24 months was relentless so that TV companies could get their moneys worth and tournaments being rescheduled the sporting calenders became messy and put on a lot of mileage on the athletes. And the already packed schedule has become even more money hungry from the governimg bodies with more games and travel for the athletes. They aren't going down the road they are going to different countries and continents. But I guess that's ok because they get paid millions so they should shut the phuck up and get on with it.

So then why hasn't evolution positively affected the 2025 athlete's physical resistance to injuries, at the same time?

So they've gotten stronger, they've gotten faster, but their proneness to injury is still stuck on 1978 levels?

 

[King Poetic]

Your 16 games into the fukking season

I even looked back at the 98 bulls with them old veterans and also less than a month in the season they played 16 games..

Got damn come on now

 

[VegetasHairline]

Shorten the season and kill load management dead

All these injuries are already happening in the BEGINNING of the season. How is shortening the season going to change that?

 

[the cool]

Play 82 games straight everyday like baseball

Put those guys at the end of bench to use.

 

[phillycavsfan]

Your 16 games into the fukking season

I even looked back at the 98 bulls with them old veterans and also less than a month in the season they played 16 games..

Got damn come on now

We need to stop comparing today's basketball where teams routinely score 70 points in a half to an era where teams were failing to break 70 points in a full game.

 

[mbewane]

So then why hasn't evolution positively affected the 2025 athlete's physical resistance to injuries, at the same time?

So they've gotten stronger, they've gotten faster, but their proneness to injury is still stuck on 1978 levels?

That's the thing. Everyone is talking about the pace of the game as if that pace was some kind of external element imposed upon the players. When it's the players who are increasing the pace... to a level they can't sustain themselves.

 

[SchoolboyC]

The medical staff is gonna keep you out 2 weeks regardless of length of season

Everybody thinks the recovery time from injuries will be less if there are less games. Lol

I think that’s also a factor that doesn’t get mentioned enough

Injuries that teams were letting guys play through back in the day, they are sitting you for today

Guys get hurt during game and teams sit them for a week or two just for precautionary reasons

It’s pointless to say “So and so played 82 in ‘98 why they can’t do it today” bc in all likelihood the team wouldn’t even let them do that today.

 

[phillycavsfan]

That's the thing. Everyone is talking about the pace of the game as if that pace was some kind of external element imposed upon the players. When it's the players who are increasing the pace... to a level they can't sustain themselves.

It's mostly the coaches emphasizing the importance of scoring in transition.

We also how much running (and change of direction) happens in defense with switching and most great teams being able to put 5 legitimate shooters on the floor.

 

[b. woods]

I dont get what does increasing roster size accomplish?


Football has it with practice squad and yet most people aren't trying to see practice squad players, ie replacement level players who couldn't make the 53, play.


The soft tissue and non contact injuries are happening a lot in every sport. Athletes are more agile than ever, they cut with more suddeness and constantly move in bursts and sprints more than ever. A lot of max effort out there.


Human body ain't built for that. And yet that's what modern team sports generally is.

Translation: "Random #s"

 

[cyndaquil]

It's hard to have a nuanced conversation about this issue because you'll have the 90's vs current era NBA fans and players being overly emotional about it.

That's why they have to let the science guide it.

 

[b. woods]

This post reminded me of the outlandish number of players on a CFB roster

It makes me remember some players from the late 2000s early 2010s NCAA football on PS3. I think ohio state had some white/italiain defensive back that wore #16. Last name was Dominicone or somethin' like that. Don't remember a single play of his in real life, but I used him on the field in the game

at Buckeye turning cyber "Random #s" into HOFers

 

[papa pimp]

Theres clear personal motivation behind him saying this now but the truth is the truth.

 

[FTBS]

So then why hasn't evolution positively affected the 2025 athlete's physical resistance to injuries, at the same time?

So they've gotten stronger, they've gotten faster, but their proneness to injury is still stuck on 1978 levels?

Things actually tend to become more fragile as they evolve. VHS and cassette tapes didnt get scratches like DVDs and CDs. Older cars were more durable. You drop your current phone you might fukk around and have to go get a new one. Most people today, even the tough ones, wouldn't make it through half a day as a slave.

The limits of the human body are being pushed. Between early specialization and dudes bodies going through the ringer before they step foot in the league, covering more ground, more start, stop and cutting, ever expanding schedules, and guys trying to play 20 years something has to give...and its gonna be their bodies.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

We've increased from 7 reserves to 10. The last two CBA's

Make it 13!

 

[FTBS]

I think that’s also a factor that doesn’t get mentioned enough

Injuries that teams were letting guys play through back in the day, they are sitting you for today

Guys get hurt during game and teams sit them for a week or two just for precautionary reasons

It’s pointless to say “So and so played 82 in ‘98 why they can’t do it today” bc in all likelihood the team wouldn’t even let them do that today.

It's mostly the coaches emphasizing the importance of scoring in transition.

We also how much running (and change of direction) happens in defense with switching and most great teams being able to put 5 legitimate shooters on the floor.

People act like players just do what they want. They play how they are told to play when they are told to play. Old players would be shooting 3s and taking more time off for injuries if they played now. Todays players would play more and play the traditional style if they played then.