NBATV - Stu Jackson on Resting Players (Spurs)

[watertorture]

It's silly to say ho many games is it okay to rest star players.
Coaches want to win and will rest them as much as they need to to keep winning.
If it were a bad team without playoff hopes, I might understand a fan being upset -- that said the NBA's lottery is a better guard against this then say the NFL (Colts/Luck).

[Slutter McGee]

I don't think it's linear that less time means less injuries outside of injuries that are caused by fatigue. Freak injuries will be independent of that.

Of course it is linear. Less Playing time equals less chance of injury. Walking to work every other day for the rest of my life equals half the chances of me being killed in a car wreck on the way to work.

This seems like basic math,

Sincerely,

ter McGee

[Seventyniner]

Of course it is linear. Less Playing time equals less chance of injury. Walking to work every other day for the rest of my life equals half the chances of me being killed in a car wreck on the way to work.

This seems like basic math,

Sincerely,

ter McGee

No, you're confusing "linear" with "monotonically increasing." Injuries do rise with minutes played, but it's not necessarily a straight line.