re: Pels to “restructure” player care/performance dept

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Josh Hart, Nance Jr, McCollum, Herb Jones,JV,Jose, and etc... Has came back early from injuries or play through injuries under this medical staff.

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I assume he meant came back healthy.

From that list, Nance/CJ/JV/Jose...they call came back, but none were ever close to healthy.

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The overly cautious thing is a Zion thing and he's the only one who is held out by the medical staff longer for whatever reasons

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The reason has really come to light, it's because he doesn't take rehab seriously and doesn't do what he needs to do.

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The overly cautious thing is a Zion thing and he's the only one who is held out by the medical staff longer for whatever reasons. Ingram and Ball were notoriously slow healers. And Ingram only returns when he feels ready.

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This is one of those things where maybe it's not fair to Nelson, but it still ultimately falls on him. If Nelson can't get Zion to do the work he's laying out, and if Nelson can't get BI to buy in that he IS healthy enough to return to a game...maybe there's nothing Nelson can do to fix either of those issues, but I do think he has to take the fall. Let's get a new guy, see if he can have better success.