Now that
the 2012 NBA season is almost over, its time to look back and evaluate the
highs and lows and highlight the memorable storylines and moments the season
carried. The season was shortened and compressed due to the lock out and there
were at time 3 back to back games, which often showed looking at the exhausted
players. Along with the compressed season came many major injuries (Dwight
Howard, Derrick Rose, etc) and statistically speaking, injuries are well up and
a case could be made that the compresses season is indeed the root cause. The
shortened training camp may have had snatched an opportunity for players to
rehabilitate and train their bodies and also during the lock out players
weren’t allowed to receive medical assistance from their respective
organizations. Also initially David Stern denied any connection between injuries
and the season but now he recently came out conceded to the notion http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=david+stern+injuries&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CEEQqQIwBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fsports%2F2012%2F05%2F09%2Fcolumn-ouch-nba-boss-changes-tune-on-injuries%2F&ei=9iSrT72cHo2F0QH9pa37Dw&usg=AFQjCNHAVCXkNJG4WMeqEkddDzd5ewtjYQ.
David Stern’s admission may have pointed to our assumption of the why the
injuries are occurring this season. The injuries are rash and rapid and in a
way spoiling teams championship aspirations and may even spill into next season
if the players aren’t fully rehabilitated. Personally they are related to the
lockout schedule but they're not related to only playing 66 games. If the league
starts the season on time next year and has only 66 games, they can give
players ample time for recovery. Injuries happen when guys are pushing it while
exhausted, that's when things go wrong. 66 game schedule is manageable and they
just need more time between games to recover. All in all injuries are part of
the game and occur in any phase of the game so whether it’s a lockout season or
not, teams have to deal with it.
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