Original topic, I know, but the injuries to this franchise is beyond absurd. It's obscene

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This does not happen to other teams, or especially winning franchises

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It's pretty rampant in the league right now. Players are not tough or trained to play through pain or injuries. Rest and treatment are not the answer. Honestly, we have all become weaker as a society and would be unable to withstand common conditions from 50-60 years ago. Just as a personal example, my a/c was out for a few days a while back. I was miserable and couldn't sleep. I could barely function.

It's amazing to look back and see the previous conditions and how players were able to play 80+ games every season with harsher travel, accommodations and nutrition. It was a mindset and an expectation. Guys couldn't miss games or they weren't going to get paid.

This all goes back to NBA contracts and why the NFL is king. Guaranteed contracts are poison. There has to be an out for teams to get rid of players that can't perform. The union needs to be humbled and they need to put in protections. The Zion contract might be a sign of things to come..

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This does not happen to other teams, or especially winning franchises.

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I would argue the Clippers have been equally injury cursed going all the way back to Danny Manning. I'm not saying its normal, but it happens...to the Pels and Clippers.

I blame LeBron.

It feels like he was the first big star to push the narrative that, although his team owner pays him 9 figures to play basketball, that man does not "own him".

The players have allegiance to no one except themselves collectively, and it feels like its almost encouraged to push back against team management if they encourage you to play with an injury, illness, mental issues, etc.

And of course there's the Nola market, where the media is just appreciative of an injury report at all, and rarely pushes back with questions about updates, timelines, etc.

It was physical in a way that caused fewer injuries.

Today's game involves much more running, because of how many 3s are shot. So, offensive players are constantly running around the 3-pt line, and defenders are covering much more space.

In the old days, the illegal defense rules meant that there was much less doubling and defensive rotation compared to today.

So, the risk of leg injury is much higher in today's game.

It's basketball. You can try to justify how the game is played all you want. Injuries are going to happen b/c it's an intense game played at a high speed that involves a lot of physical contact.
There aren't more injuries today than 30 years ago b/c of the style of play. There's just more coddled pussies today.

BI didn't even get hurt in a game. Why the hell is he not playing? First it was his ankle, now his calf? what is it? 30+ years ago whatever this injury was is not something that would have even been mentioned by the player to the medical staff, so they woudl never have a reason to hold the player out b/c they'd have no idea he had some lingering issue. He'd just suck it up and go play ball.

frick this team.

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There aren't more injuries today than 30 years ago b/c of the style of play.

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This is a wild take, they're really barely playing the same sport nowadays.

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How can it be more physical if you aren't allowed to hand check?

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People talk about the hand check as if it was a magical defensive move. A hand check wasn’t stopping anyone. If a player had to rely on hand checking, he was already beat anyway. The NBA today doesn’t allow hand checking, but they allow what would have been illegal defense back then.

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It was also less physical

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You serious Clark?

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You serious Clark?

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Congrats on picking out a series of five gifs from a 2-decade span.

You could do the same thing for the current iteration of the NBA from 2004-2024