Has Aaron Nelson regressed?

Maybe he only know how to work on old people

No, but we had less injuries with Ocshner running the show.

Ocsner was roundly criticized by the players and their union( at least privately). for not
meeting the necessary standards of care.
It’s hard for any of us to know what’s really going on with the training and medical staff.

There is not a trainer in the world that can prevent a guy from banging knees with another guy or the floor (what happened to Ingram).. All of our injuries have been very minor outside of Zion, who I really suspect tore his meniscus in the shoe incident and he just finally decided to say something about his knee hurting.

Was the blake Griffin injury during preseason of his actual rookie year here in the blender?

I know his season ender was against us. Not sure if it was home or away

It is a new approach to preventing injuries.

Knee soreness?? Previous regime you were playing through it with the likelihood of tearing something increasing. It seems now they are more focused on letting a guy miss a game or 2 for something very minor, rather than play them through it and risk something bigger

Injury prevention happens over TIME. Not one offseason and a few games.

You work on strengthing problem areas for players, identifying what their issues are, etc.

I just don't buy the pace argument.

Are extra 4-5 possessions a game ruining the bodies of professional athletes who train year round?

Do we believe the Pels, now, don't track player distance/speed data for signs of wear and tear and then communicate that to the coaches?

I'd love to read something on how much of an impact pace actually makes on player health.

I don't remember if it was in the injury expose from Verrier or just a random article on the injuries but I remember someone pointing out all of the bigs, Asik, Ajinca and even Babbitt IIRC went down with hamstrings and ankle injuries from training camp through the first month or so of the season when Gentry became coach. Gentry was asking some very mobility challenged players to run a lot.

Favors has been nursing a hamstring injury. Lonzo is out with a pulled core muscle and also is coming off an offseason where he recovered rather than trained. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that playing at an increased intensity has been a factor in some of these minor injuries. It's not necessarily a long term problem either, players just need to know what to get their body ready for in the offseason.