Giannis, Embiid, Leonard, Morant, George, Butler, Randle, and Herro so far.

[Kblaze8855]

How many more people can miss games this playoffs before the asterisk crew attempts to attach it to whoever comes out of the yearly playoff injury randomizer in one piece?

Or are we just accepting that injury(or a lack of it) will always be one of if not the biggest reason anyone wins and let it go? Kinda just…feels like the world we have now that teams take such good care of players they don’t mind ruining the regular season to preserve them….

[1987_Lakers]

Are you gonna fight highwhey?

[BallsOut]

You forgot

Butler
Fox
Morant
Adams
Payne

[Kblaze8855]

Are you gonna fight highwhey?

[Hey Yo]

Are you gonna fight highwhey?

[Manny98]

[Im Still Ballin]

I've heard a theory that it's the lack of practices and load management leading to subpar conditioning. An explanation for the increase in injuries, that is. There was that article several years back regarding increased injuries in youth basketball. Said the opposite essentially - for youth players of course.

[Akeem34TheDream]

Is it me or do the amount of injuries increase every year? Its becoming worse imo. You want to see best vs best at their 100%, usually most people have little injuries but no one wants to see series with superstars at the bench.

[bison]

Is it me or do the amount of injuries increase every year? Its becoming worse imo. You want to see best vs best at their 100%, usually most people have little injuries but no one wants to see series with superstars at the bench.

Really would love to see some kind of statistic on cumulative games missed by players over the last 40 years (adjusted for usage). A lot of people agree it *feels* like injuries have gotten worse over the last 7-8 seasons. But I do wonder if it’s a case that we just look at the past with rose colored glasses and the reality is there have always been injuries, particularly to star players.

[tpols]

Kawhi is the only notable superstar injury to occur since the playoffs started... which isnt unexpected.

Giannis, Embiid, And Ja have all played and mostly embarrassed themselves so there's no excuses there.

The Celtics, Lakers, Warriors, Nuggets, and Suns are all still healthy and the true top contenders as we've all known it.

[Real Men Wear Green]

The trolls that talk asterisk will be entirely about who wins the championship. Like every other "asterisk."

[Kblaze8855]

Kawhi is the only notable superstar injury to occur since the playoffs started... which isnt unexpected.

Giannis, Embiid, And Ja have all played and mostly embarrassed themselves so there's no excuses there.

The Celtics, Lakers, Warriors, Nuggets, and Suns are all still healthy and the true top contenders as we've all known it.

It’s 5 hall of famers, an all star, and a 6th man of the year missing games. 4 of them multiple. 3 of them finals or full season mvps. And we are 1 game into the second round. All are “notable”.

[Kblaze8855]

The trolls that talk asterisk will be entirely about who wins the championship. Like every other "asterisk."

Well naturally. Nobody cares who was missing when the team that fits their agenda wins. I hope nobody stubs a toe in the laker/warriors series. We will never hear the end of it either way.

[fourkicks44]

I've heard a theory that it's the lack of practices and load management leading to subpar conditioning. An explanation for the increase in injuries, that is. There was that article several years back regarding increased injuries in youth basketball. Said the opposite essentially - for youth players of course.

Everybody laughs at those players that had blue collar jobs when they were not playing basketball.

The plumbers, mechanics, steel workers, removalists. Real men. Hard ass men. Fit, strong, hard working.

Players today sit around all day playing fortnite against children and making tik tok dances.

Go figure.

[ArbitraryWater]

Butler, Oladipo, Kennard..