Tom Haberstroh- "5 achilles tears this season, number of star injuries in playoffs have increased five fold since 08. Since late 90s star seven fold"

[DraymondT]

I think the league gon make some schedulin or rule changes soon

 

[Da_Eggman]

fukking trump

 

[phillycavsfan]

The solution is staring the owners right in the face. 70 game regular season.

 

[Morose Polymath]

Its the shoes

 

[Barney Rubble]

My guess, players aren't conditioned to playing hard during the regular season, and playoffs is when they really start trying. That jump in effort and activity is going to lead to more injuries.

 

[Panther]

The solution is staring the owners right in the face. 70 game regular season.

no one (players, owners, tv networks) want less games

 

[Trojan 24]

Plumbers musta been doing something right

 

[Rev]

Its the shoes

The shoes and the types of workouts they are / are not doing could be top likely culprits.

 

[010101]

they hit the league with veteran legs

youth are training like pros & playing year round

a nba season is a drop in workload for the rooks these days HA

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[010101]

also the style of play is different

especially defensively

old-school they guarded man to man

now players are expected to have range it's way more stop & go cutting left to right

old-school wasn't as hard on the wheels

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[threattonature]

also the style of play is different

especially defensively

old-school they guarded man to man

now players are expected to have range it's way more stop & go cutting left to right

old-school wasn't as hard on the wheels

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This is the biggest difference to me. You watch the players on both ends of the floor and every player is active and moving adn cutting on every single play while also having to cover so much more round. In the old days you might have one or two people actually running off steals and a lot of times only 2-3 players actually active on a play while the rest were able to mainly stand in one place.

It's sad just how greedy all parties involved are since the reason no one wants a shorter schedule is because no one wants to risk leaving any money on the table.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

The shoes and the types of workouts they are / are not doing could be top likely culprits.

I wish I could remember who said it recently but he said his theory is too many guys wearing low shoes.

 

[FaTaL]

players are bigger and faster today, they’re pushing themselves beyond what their capable of

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Kids are playing school ball,have 4 unstructured AAU games on a day ,AND are training like pros from 13

THATS the problem. There isn’t any sort of cross training ..by the time they hit 18 they have big miles on them .

Youth sports need to be more centralized/regulated and NBA teams needs to handle youth development like they do in many sports across the world

Reducing the season by 10 games will do nothing when you have 6’6 220 pound men doing explosive side steps and step backs and have been constantly doing it since they were teenagers

 

[fifth column]

players are bigger and faster today, they’re pushing themselves beyond what their capable of

They haven’t gotten bigger