With the Warriors' 5-year, 3-time champion in front, other teams in the league are competing to follow suit, and they all want to build their own team's five small lineups. The development trend of basketball is also quietly changing, the position on the court is becoming more and more blurred, the pace is getting faster and faster, the living space of traditional centers is squeezed, the big pitcher is becoming more and more popular, and the all-round front has become a fragrant feast.
Many old-school players are not impressed with today's basketball game, thinking that today's NBA lacks confrontation, too many shots, the style of the ball is too soft, this should not be the way basketball is.
However, it is puzzling why the NBA is not as strong as in the past, and the frequency of player injuries is getting higher and higher.
After research, we will find that the most common injuries in the NBA are foot strains, hamstring strains, and knee injuries. Strenuous exercise has a strong impact on the foot and knee joint, the foot will have three times the body weight of the force acting on the knee joint at the moment of landing, the forefoot will also be squeezed, and the foot and knee may be in danger of spraining due to the strong impact.
In addition, fatigue after continuous exercise will lead to muscle relaxation and flattening of the arch, in order to maintain the balance of the body and share the pressure when the foot falls to the ground, the muscles in other parts will try to support the body, resulting in a series of fatigue reactions, resulting in muscle damage.
Although today's leagues are criticized for not being strong enough, shooting has become the mainstream, and every team pursues the ultimate in space, wanting to make a fuss outside the three-point line, rather than grinding the position as in the past.
It sounds like physical confrontation isn't as intense as it used to be, but the small-ball lineup brings an increase in the number of rounds, and each team wants to seize the easy scoring opportunity to switch offenses, and there are more quick attack counter-attacks than ever before. Both the offensive running distance and the defensive running distance have increased significantly compared to before, and the physical consumption of players playing 35 minutes of play now may catch up with the physical consumption of playing 38 minutes in the last century.
In other words, today's players are more likely to reach their physical limits than players of the previous era, and the probability of injury will increase!
Take last season's playoffs, for example, the NBA suffered a serious wave of injuries, with 12 stars injured, of which 0 stars missed at least one playoff game due to injury, setting a new NBA record. The specific injuries are as follows:
Owen: Sprained right ankle
Harden: Hamstring injury
Anthony Davis: Groin injury
James: Ankle injury
Jaylen Brown: Torn ligament in the left wrist
Murray: Torn cruciate ligament in the left knee
Mitchell: Sprained right ankle
Conley: Slight strain on the right hamstring
Paul: Shoulder injury
Embiid: A small meniscus tear in the right knee
Leonard: Partial tearing of the cruciate ligament
Brother Letters: Overextended left knee
So many stars have been injured, which greatly reduces the viewing of the playoffs, and the gold content of the championship has been questioned, and the winner has become the king of the leftovers.
After the playoffs, there was a heated debate on social media. For example, if the thick eyebrows were not injured, the Suns might be eliminated in the first round; if Leonard had not suffered a cruciate ligament sprain, perhaps the Clippers had the best chance of winning the championship; if Irving had not sprained his right ankle, perhaps the Bucks would have been eliminated in the semifinals, and the Nets would have easily reached the finals...
However, the fact is that the Bucks finally laughed to the end, and the above discussions did not have much practical significance.
As a result, more and more teams are taking load management of their stars, avoiding back-to-back games and preparing for the playoffs! Without these damn injuries, the NBA would have been more exciting, hoping that the injuries would stay away from the players and restore the original charm of basketball!