Brown: Injuries Tied to Truncated Season
Derrick Rose of the Bulls and Iman Shumpert of the Knicks both suffered season-ending knee injuries on the opening day of the playoffs Saturday, and Lakers head coach Mike Brown believes the compressed schedule that players faced in this lockout-shortened season may have had something to do with it
“I believe, but it’s nothing medical or anything like that,” he said. “I have nowhere near the knowledge where I probably even shouldn’t be making the statement. But yeah, I think so. A shortened season, a lot of games in a short amount of time, your body changes and stuff like that, you never know. I’ve just seen a lot of injuries this whole year, and I think it probably has to do with playing a lot of games in a short amount of time.”
It’s certainly an interesting topic for discussion. If players truly have been breaking down more due to the wear and tear placed on their bodies by the amount of games they’ve played — without the necessary recovery time — then the argument can be made that the league put its own product at risk by forcing so many games into such a short period of time.
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