Aaron Nelson Appreciation Thread

Aaron Nelson can’t make injury proned players more healthy, the same way Vinson can’t make crappy shooters hit 40%

You can’t force players to do something they don’t want to do. If you haven’t learned that about the NBA yet you should pay more attention.

They have to learn for themselves, and i can guarantee you with this injury Zion will look a little harder at the benefits of stretching before games.

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Aaron Nelson can’t make injury proned players more healthy, the same way Vinson can’t make crappy shooters hit 40%

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Sure not his fault BI got a concussion, but the whole point of having a training staff is for muscle type injuries to not occur. Not doing too hot of a job on that front.

I don’t think anyone can make Zion play a full season. He’s really the only real injury prone guy on this team.

Nelson's conservative approach to everything is the reason our guys miss months with strains and pulls. Not saying Zion and Ingram aren't made of glass.

Biggest fraud in sports history BY FAR.

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putting bubble wrap on them year round doesn’t help them.

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Thats what im saying. If you're holding players out most of the season to avoid further injury what is the difference than if they had played and did get another injury. They still end up missing time. What happens if we brought zion back 15 games ago and he tore his hamstring? he would miss the rest of the season just like he already is by being cautious.

I think you are giving Zion way too much credit here.

This is his essentially 5th season derailing injury. He had 2 in his rookie year. His 2nd year was a thumb, but I still don’t think people realize how close we were to the playoffs that year. That injury did ultimately cost us a play in spot at the very least.

This new injury is likely not change anything in terms of his preparation or mindset imo. He’s just going to continue to be a 290 pound ticking time bomb player that inevitably gets injured and yo yo’s to 300 plus pounds while injured and because of it, takes double to triple the amount of time of his original injury timeline.

That’s just simply who he is at this point. He would have to significantly change for this to end and he’s not willing to. I thought he was in decent, playable shape this year. But even at that weight, he was 20 pounds heavier than his Duke form. It’s been 4 years and he still doesn’t understand how to optimize his play and time on the court. It’s concerning.

If we do get a new athletic trainer. I guess I’ll wait for ppl on this board to bitch about him/her when Zion is out for an extended period again.

Aaron Nelson reminds me of the years the Saints were at the Greenbrier for camp and always played like little bitches. As soon as we left those pink posh rooms behind we became Title Contenders? Coincidence? I think not.