Why do the Rockets have a large number of injuries?

My theory has always been that we (Houston) are being punished by the Sport Gods for breaking their previous curse on us.

Every since the first Championship, we've battled injuries constantly.

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Dcab-
Good question. My answer would be a combination of age, luck & not being a great team. The age thing is easily explained with CB & Dream getting older. Luck is just one of those things that occurs.
The winning thing I am referring to is a team that is on a role often has players playing through a lot of minor injuries. Even last year with Pip, Dream & CB we never really looked like contendors and this year we looked like a lottery team for most of the season.
Especially this year it is easier to let a player fully recover before letting them come back, since there was really nothing to play for. Just my opinion though, because I can't see a prof. training program being too bad.

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You might already know this, but the Rockets (and many other teams) like to keep at least one player on the injured list. This allows them to add a player or so to the roster, so that they can develop a young player and/or fill in for a real injury.

It's not really legal, but the league looks the other way, because it's really the only way teams can develop young players. Shin splints are a common ailment, since they can linger on, then recover suddenly. It doesn't seem to affect thier ability to practice either.

As to the large number of real injuries...

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...maybe its the zen-master training...

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Goodness. F&B rule is getting awards and signatures. He certainly had an impact in the time he was here.

Perhaps he could post on the Titan's web page.

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SuperMac,

hilarious sig.