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Are the players really that fragile? If a guy is going to get hurt, he is going to get hurt. He can get hurt at home, at the club or at the beach.

John Wall, maybe.

Kevin Durant wouldn't have popped his achilles if he hadn't have rushed back from the partial tear.

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I don't know how this mindset won out. Guys used to be admired for playing every game and as many minutes as they could.

Because when you can't make the playoffs this year, it's far better to do what you can to guarantee a healthy Lillard going forward.

The Blazers have franchise money invested in him. It's just not smart to risk jeopardizing an investment of over 100 million on a game that can't get you into the playoffs.

And it's always been like that. Heck, you saw Krause and Reinsdorf want to slow MJ's recovery from the broken foot and that was 1986.

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Posted by Boomshockalocka

Member since Feb 2004

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Posted on 5/27/20 at 1:07 pm to Rep520

Durant got hurt bc kerr was playing him 42 minutes a night. vs any opponent but HOU GSW waltzes thru the finals and KD doesn’t get hurt. Kerr had to play Kevin that many minutes for them to get thru.

This post was edited on 5/27/20 at 1:08 pm

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Posted by brmark70816

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Member since Feb 2011

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Posted on 5/27/20 at 1:17 pm to Rep520

There is no way to eliminate injuries and you are setting a dangerous precedent. If the players don't think it matters, why should anyone else? Why should the networks pay for it? When the playoffs start, why should the 8 seeds or whatever they are doing try?

Its all front running and trying to game the system to gain minuote advantages. In the mean time the game suffers. They should suck it up and play it out. Other wise the game is rugged and it's losing what little integrity it has left..

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