Why are NBA players suffering from injuries frequently in recent years? Just because injuries are also part of the game?

In NBA, although injuries are also part of the game, players' injuries have also come too frequently in recent years.

Not about the long term, let's talk about this season.

There are as many as 6 players who have suffered a torn Achilles tendon alone, such as Dejunta Murray of the Pelicans, Lillard of the Bucks, Isaiah Jackson of the Pacers, Drew Smith of the Heat, Darren Holmes II of the Nuggets and Tatum of the Celtics.

4 other players suffered a torn cruciate ligament of the ACL, namely Mavericks Irving, Hornets Gway, Nets' Dantoni Melton and Magic's Moritz Wagner.

Both injuries are enough to destroy a player's entire career. In addition to this, there are also those who play stops and stops during the regular season, such as Durant. The first wave of left calf strain at the beginning of the season, and the sprained left ankle at the end of the season made the Phoenix Suns jump from a 8-win and one-lose start to compete for the championship and become a laughing stock that ultimately missed the playoffs and had to rebuild.

and those who played with injuries during the playoffs were like the Denver Nuggets who had just lost seven games before they lost their way to seven games. Almost all of them were injured. Jokic was discomfort with his left and right elbows, Gordon's second-degree strain on his hamstring, Porter Jr.'s second-degree sprain in his left shoulder, Westbrook's two fractures on his right hand, and Murray suddenly suffered from flu.

and even Halliburton, the Pacers star who "spends" in the finals, suffered a strained right calf in G5 and a quick return. He risked the possibility of tearing the Achilles tendon. At the cost of his body and career, he also wanted to turn the tide and support the building to collapse. While dragging the series into the tiebreak battle, he won the hope of continuing to win the championship for the team.

Of course, two players were pushed to the forefront of public opinion due to injuries.

One is James. After the Lakers lost the series with the Timberwolves, he was exposed to a second-degree sprain on the medial collateral ligament on his left knee. However, due to the lack of injury reports, he lame his left and right legs, and attended a friend's dinner that night. In addition, almost every time he was eliminated in the playoffs, he would have an injury. He was considered to be "the wolf is here" and "pretending to be sick if he is not sick."

The other one is Curry, who chose to watch it on the wall due to a left hamstring strain in the last four games of the Warriors' loss against the Timberwolves. This is understandable. Unfortunately, during the 2019 finals, he said, "As long as he returns, it will be of great effect." It has always been considered to put pressure on Durant, which in turn caused the latter's Achilles tendon to rupture. Now it is my turn but I am indifferent, which is more or less a "double standard library". In addition, Gordon, who was injured at the same time, had a more serious injury and was injured. In comparison, the two labeled Curry as a "soft" label.

Less gossip, let’s talk about why NBA players have frequent injuries in recent years?

Thinking and thinking are nothing more than eight big words, overworking leads to illness, and luck is caused by luck.

The so-called overwork causes illness, to put it bluntly, it is tiring.

1. The league adds playoffs and mid-season championships. Adding playoffs and midseason championships on the basis of 82 regular season games and 16 playoffs in a single season has not increased many games, but it has made the already saturated schedule more and more compact. As a result, more and more visitors and back-to-backs have been exhausted, both physically and mentally.

Ask me to say that adding these two competition systems to the league is purely unnecessary. The

play-off has been controversial since its increase, and even James alone gave two different opinions. The previous year was "let them compete" and the next year, "everyone who came up with this play-off plan should be fired by the league." Obviously, James has seen through the pros and cons.

advantage, forcibly create playoff suspense and prevent playoff teams from playing badly at the end of the season.

The disadvantages seem to give the ninth and tenth teams a chance, but it is unfair to the seventh and eighth teams. This almost negates their efforts throughout the regular season, especially the Eastern Conference team. Moreover, the playoffs are closely followed by the regular season, and their intensity is even comparable to the finals. The intensity of the game that has changed by nine times a day has changed, so many players' bodies cannot bear it, and they are even more unable to deal with the subsequent playoffs.

Midseason Championships, if the play-offs with pros and cons and mixed reviews are compared to chicken ribs, it would be a pity to eat them without taste and abandon them. That mid-season championship was a useless rib that fell into the pit, and it had become a complete messenger. It was a meaningless trophy and a "poor little" bonus (whose breakfast money?), which actually caused the players to fall into the severely affected area of ​​injury. Data shows that during this season, the number of All-Star players absent from this season has increased by 24% compared with the same period last season. There are 97 players in the league on the injury list, with an average of more than 3 players per team, and none of the 30 teams are healthy.

2. The intensity is higher in the small ball era. The league's entry into the small ball era is not a simple three-pointer blossoming everywhere, but a comprehensive innovation in team play, player position and game intensity, which is both accurate, fast and ruthless.

(1) The team's fast offense and defense rhythm has caused the players to run away. Data shows that 14 teams have averaged over 100 rounds per game this season, and the slowest Orlando Magic also has 96.5. The seemingly ordinary data nowadays are unimaginable if it was put into 1998. After all, the fastest team that year averaged only 94.9 rounds per game. Such a rapid offensive and defensive rhythm forced players to frequently sprint, emergency stops and change directions, and the subsequent instantaneous load on the knee and Achilles tendon far exceeds that of the past. In addition, the league also added fire to 2018, shortening the second attack time from 24 seconds to 14 seconds.

(2) Fuzzy player positions increase physical loss. The traditional center has declined and transformed into a power forward, and the power forward runs outside the three-point line to be a pitcher. This position change not only weakens the role of inside players on the offensive end, but also increases the burden on the defensive end. Big men frequently switch to the outside and chase small players to run..

(3) The intensity of the game generally causes frequent injuries to players. Not to mention the ancient beast era, basketball in Jordan era is very stern, with slow pace, strong physical confrontation among players and low game intensity. Modern basketball is the opposite, with a fast pace, emphasizing space and speed, the players' physical confrontation intensity is small, and the game is strong.

3. The alliance has issued a rotation rest policy and award threshold. In order to ensure the NBA ratings, the league has successively introduced several round-the-sleep policies such as "banning any healthy star from resting in live TV games across the United States" and the award threshold of "players must play at least 65 games and play at least 20 minutes in each game".

4. The head coach uses the player in a pressing manner. In this regard, we have to mention Thibodeau, or he is the only one who can be mentioned. This bachelor who is preparing to devote his whole life to basketball is not like other head coaches who love their players like a father, but it seems that the farmer is trying his best to exploit slaves. The sad retirement of "Mobile Great Wall" Yao Ming and the rapid decline of "Wind City Rose" Derek Ross... are all inseparable from him.

Under his coaching, the five starting points in the Knicks this season have all entered the top 20 in the league in the regular season. Among them, Hart has 37.6 minutes (1st), Bridges has 37.0 minutes (3rd), Anunobi has 36.6 minutes (5th), Brunson has 35.4 minutes (14th), and Towns has 35.0 minutes (19th), which are called the "Knicks Five Donkeys". In the playoffs, the average playing time of the "Five Donkeys" has been rising all the way with the schedule, Hart 35.7 minutes, Bridges 39.2 minutes, Anunobi 39.2 minutes, Brunson 37.8 minutes, and Towns 35.5 minutes.

Such strict coaching methods have made a lot of NBA players look cool. 44% of the players voted anonymously and said that they are "absolutely unwilling to play with Thibodeau", which naturally includes the "Knicks Five Donkeys". After losing in the fourth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks players spontaneously organized a meeting to block Thibodeau and his entire coaching staff. After the season, Thibodeau was swept out by the team's management, even though he led the team into the Eastern Conference Finals.

5. The playing time of core players remains high. The head coach of many teams is not Thibodeau, but the core players in their team still have high playing time. The reason is that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Just like the three "Janduku" are now 40, 36 and 37 years old, the average playing time this season still has an astonishing 34.9 minutes, 36.5 minutes and 32.2 minutes.

In addition, core players occupy a large amount of salary space, making it difficult for the team to build a reasonable offensive and defensive lineup. The top-heavy feet are light and shallow, and the core players have to exchange time for space, especially in the playoffs, playing time surges, 40 minutes is the norm, and the whole game is full of smiles. The Nuggets this season are typical of the typical ones.

6. There are players who specialize in dirty work. In competitive sports, winning is the king, but some players do everything they can to win, and they just make small moves. It is very hateful to deliberately hurt their opponents. Such as Zhazard, Mengmeng Green, Bowen, Bogut, Ranbir, etc., should be nailed to the pillar of shame in NBA history.

7. Players are hurting. Although the league is now popular in load management, the culture of "fighting with injuries" is still relatively common and popular. On the one hand, it demonstrates the true nature of a tough guy, and on the other hand, it is also facing the pressure of competing for the championship and entering the playoffs. Like Durant in 2019, Lillard in 25, and Kobe in 2013.

8. The team fell into the curse of injury. There are currently two teams in the league with injuries curse. One team can find the reason, that is, the Portland Trail Blazers whose team doctor is comparable to a veterinary doctor, under his diagnosis and treatment, a group of talented players such as Bill Walton, Sam Bowie, Brandon Roy and Greg Oden died here. Another team cannot find the reason, Indiana Pacers, whose core players have suffered devastating injuries in the past decade, including Granger (knee injury), George (tibia fracture), Oladipo (string fracture), and Warren (stress fracture).

In addition, the Phoenix Suns seem to have encountered an injury curse this season, and the three core teams, Durant, Booker and Bill, were injured one after another. Otherwise they wouldn't be so weak that they couldn't even enter the playoffs.

9. There are hidden dangers in the youth training system. Compared with the European youth training that focuses on technical polishing and load management, the American Amateur Sports Federation (AAU) is over-commercialized and has the problem of "over-competition". Many years ago, James spoke out for his son and expressed his dissatisfaction: "Browny has to play 5 or 6 games a day, so he is so tired that he collapses!" Some people also pointed out that the players there often play 12 to 15 games a week, which has caused many young people to accumulate a lot of strain injuries before entering the NBA.

This is why we see that European players have higher attendance rates after entering the NBA, such as Doncic and Jokic. The United States' high picks, such as Fat Tiger and Cunningham, suffered serious injuries in their rookie season.

The so-called luck is a matter of fate!

There are a pair of very extreme and typical examples. James and Leonard.

James has no major injuries in his career for more than 20 years. This is certainly related to his extreme self-discipline and his investment of more than 1.5 million US dollars per year for physical maintenance, but he has to sigh that his fate is really good!

Leonard enjoys the most advanced sports laboratory of the Clippers, but often looks at the wall in suits and ties. It was just because of the subsequent chain reaction that was being tiptoed that caused him to go from a "robot" to a "glass man". This makes people sigh while accusing the slap of the slag, fate is impermanent!