Hope the Banana boat thing works out. Because them everyone will come at an discount. Do not want to pay Paul the super max. Just can’t do it with his age and history.
Beard got this no worries even if cp misses a month or more, James been through this he'll take care of it from here.
This is why you don' play these guys extended minutes. Same thing is going to happen to Ariza playing so many minutes per game.
Has CP3 really played extended minutes though? He's had it pretty easy thus far this season in both minutes played and the number of games he's been able to miss. This was always my big concern with trading for him. It wasn't his ability to mesh with Harden. It was whether or not the dude could stay on the damn court. Let's not forget he and Griffin both went down in the 2017 playoffs which took a virtually guaranteed first round win over the Blazers and turned it into a loss. And then 2 years prior, he hurt his leg against the Spurs and missed the first 2 games against the Rockets in the 2nd round. Maybe the Clippers would've lost that series regardless, but his injury sure didn't help matters.
30 minutes and 14 games should now be considered "extended". Rockets should have been treating CP3 like Nene with his history.
(During the game) Twitter said sore left leg; Bill Worrell said sore left knee (or maybe those were flipped) Dr. D'Antoni said adductor.
Was about to say this. His minutes "average" for the season is misleading because of his slow start after the injury. Coach said prior to the season they wanted him right around 30 minutes a game, but he has been around 34-36 lately. I'm not saying that's why he got hurt though.
there's a reason kerr has a deep rotation (5 guards can play be trusted to play at least 10 non-garbage minutes a game) limits his players to 32-34 minutes avg per game and even rests his upto 3 starters and still compete same with Pops and why Embiid was on a minutes restriction http://www.sloansportsconference.co...eventing-in-game-injuries-for-NBA-players.pdf 3.3 Identifying individual features that contribute to injury events We aimed to find the most relevant features that contribute to the risk of injury in NBA players. To do this, we applied the approach described in Section 2.4, which revealed that the five most important features were, by decreasing order, (1) the average speed at which a player ran during games; (2) the total number of games played; (3) the average distance covered by a player; (4) the average number of minutes played; and (5) the average number of field goals attempted. These results are consistent with the expectation that increased individual workload, as demonstrated by the total number of games played, the average number of minutes played and the average number of field goals attempted, is associated with an increased risk of injury. Similarly, playing style, as demonstrated by the average speed at which a player ran during games and the average distance covered by a player, is also associated with increases risk of injury. These findings support the hypothesis that individual workload and playing style can place additional strain on a player’s body.
