[MGL] Man Games Lost

Does it seem Minessotta has NEVER had a healthy roster. Everytime Rubio, Martin, Pekovic are out with injuries

 

Doesn't really matter. May help Harden's cause in the MVP race. Other than that, mew. It's not like we play a system under McHale. This just shows you Harden is the offense of this team.

 

Cheers to all you guys predicting the Pels would be more injury-prone than us this year.

 

It's gotta be ditching the ketchup and mustard. It's the only thing I can point to

 

So, since the graph is a little hard to read, I'll post some interesting numbers from the table on their website. Let's look at the current top 10 teams in the Western Conference.

TTGM basically shows how much total man time was missed due to injury and illnesses and suspensions.

TMITT measures the cumulative effect on the team of all of that.

NBA Rank:TTGM / TMITT

1. GSW: 23 / 27
2. MEM: 22 / 25
3. HOU: 2 / 8
4. POR: 17 / 15
5. LAC: 26 / 30
6. SAS: 28 / 19
7. DAL: 27 / 29
8. NOP: 19 / 10
9. OKC: 7 / 6
10. PHO: 15 / 28

So, no one in Western playoff contention has had more player down time than the Rockets, and only OKC has suffered more than us from their down time. The rest of Western top 10 has been incredibly healthy. (The East by contrast is wracked with injuries.) OKC may not make the playoffs. Meanwhile, it's a bloody miracle that the Rockets are still the third seed when you look at these injury metrics. It's incredible. GSW and MEM are two of the healthiest teams in the entire league. Makes you wonder what the standings would look like if we were as healthy as the rest of West (excepting OKC). Hmmmmm.....

 

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