Howard: "Several injuries this season came from fatigue"

With the bench production we have not been getting, we have needed to play them every minute they have been on court.

So Howard is asking for back-ups better than Black and Dorsey? I agree. Dorsey, I think, is rounding into form.

We got first set of reinforcements. We go for a big next. JSmith or someone else. Then we go for Dragic if he becomes available.

 

Once I played like 5-6 games in a row cus my teammates were good and we kept winning. I got fatigued and pulled a string.

 

"Bone on Bone"

 

dr. howard at it again. he should start his own practice.

 

Agree we need the ability to rest players sometimes.

 

I think Howard has a point but I think because of the serious injuries on some key rotational players the players who are healthy probably feel an obligation to play more.

Like I had posted in another thread - the team is getting healthy now - the coaching staff is having to adjust to having more players available for them to use -- the game against Portland was the first time that no starter played 40 minutes or more since the very first game of the month against Memphis (complete blowout). And while last night's game was a comfortable lead from the second quarter on - it wasnt like everyone was pulled right away - the starters did play in the 4th as well and yet the minutes were kept at a very good low level.

Ariza and Harden logged the most minutes of course especially over the last 2 weeks but we have back now:

Papa
Terry
Canaan
Brewer
Shved

any of those guys can spell Ariza and Harden during stretches of the game so that both guys - especially Harden can be fresh for the last few minutes of a close game to finish it off. I mean at least with the two GS games this year the team was neck and neck and it was the last 3 minutes of the game that GS used its superior depth to just bulldoze the tired Rockets.

 

Some things are best left in-house

 

Maybe he'll learn by January 23rd, 2016.
or we'll have a third thread on it :grin:

 

As a sports physical therapist I will tell you that fatigue can play a factor in all of the above injuries including most definitely Beverley's. I'm sure Dwight is just repeating what the the sports medicine staff has told the team. Dwight is just the messenger.

 

I never mind lowering mins for the post season.

 

When you talk fatigue it's all relative. If Beverley reached fatigue at 27 minutes and played 30 then he was at risk for a fatigue related injury from minutes 27-30..and the way Beverley plays defense his 30 minutes is not the same as the next person's 30 min.

I'll check out the post and let you know what I think.

 

So then how would you know,

Do YOU even LIFT, bro?



(NVM that, carry on degree holders...)

 

We can't play at playoff intensity all year. guys are playing hard but it's taxing. We do need to rely on our bench more.

 

no more back to backs.

when will the league do this!

 

I think we should rest Howard more, and play Dmo at center - Howard has a lot of miles on those knees.

DD

 

I think we should trade D-Mo for Dragic.

 

Howard takes home a 1/3 of the total pay for the Rocket players then talks about playing to much. ( dance bo jungles dance ) If he cared I mean really cared he would take a cut in pay so the Rockets could pay to have a bench. That would be manning up or play his minutes and stay out of the media.

 

Several of my yawns after reading his quotes come from fatigue. Dude, you missed a dozen games. How much more rest do you need? I like the guy, and maybe his quotes are taken out of context or are the result of just bad timing, but really, you didn't play much pre-season.... you've missed a dozen games... I'm not sure your minutes are that off the chart when you HAVE been there... and the roster is as good as we can get it with the salaries we have in place...

I understand wishing things could be better, but stop saying the wrong things.