^^ I agree, but travel kills, as well..
I would change the format of NBA scheduling to solve the issue of resting players, since they would never actually consider playing less games(for $ reasons, of course)..Doctors indicated that being tall and flying frequently -- defining characteristics of NBA players -- were the main contributors to his condition. Other NBA giants have fallen prey to similar diagnoses in recent years, including 6-11 center Anderson Varejao in 2012-13 and 6-9 power forward Mirza Teletovic last season. "We got strong hearts," Bosh says, before pointing down to his feet, "but that's a long way away."
Of course, Bosh's case is at the extreme end of the spectrum. For many players, zipping across time zones and being forced to scrape for z's while upright on planes, in unfamiliar beds or folded onto training room couches leads not just to poor basketball but to greater injury risk. Eliminating back-to-backs is critical, says Dr. Michael Joyner, a renowned expert in human performance and physiology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
Part of me likes the grueling schedule because I think it makes overall roster building more important and challenging. One of my gripes with basketball in general is how much impact a single player can have. But on the flip side, people pay to see stars dominate the action.
Yeah, you've got all off-season to club and slay as many females as possible. I'm not saying never go out during the season but the more focus on the season, the better. They could just send one of their buddies or even just one player and they could bring some females back to the hotel.
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This tbh
They probably weigh the same, but today's players carry far more muscle. Most old school players gained pure fat throughout their careers and lost their athleticism like crazy. Today's players put on weight in a controlled manner, no sacrifice of skills. Jimmy Butler for example is in the 240lb range, last do ented at being 238. LA, last do ented at weighing 280. Even guys you don't think of as big such as Harden are pushing 230 which was MJ's weight at his biggest. I don't think there exists anymore 190-210lb SF's which were all over the place in the 80's n 90s, at least none that can actually defend.
a perimeter oriented game also makes the court bigger, more square footage players must cover on defense, and their offensive game usually consisting of ball handling which requires you to constantly stop, start, balance and contort your body also puts a lot of stress on the joints.
Players don't move like this anymore, that's for sure. 6'9 250 in yesterday's game, HOF'er Unseld
6'9 250 in today's game, Julius Randle
There really is no comparison, very very very taxing on the body when they're pushing weight at speeds like this.
today's players are clearly far lighter and carry an absurd amount of muscle less. Just look at today's frontcourt players..They probably weigh the same, but today's players carry far more muscle. Most old school players gained pure fat throughout their careers and lost their athleticism like crazy. Today's players put on weight in a controlled manner, no sacrifice of skills. Jimmy Butler for example is in the 240lb range, last do ented at being 238. LA, last do ented at weighing 280. Even guys you don't think of as big such as Harden are pushing 230 which was MJ's weight at his biggest. I don't think there exists anymore 190-210lb SF's which were all over the place in the 80's n 90s, at least none that can actually defend.
a perimeter oriented game also makes the court bigger, more square footage players must cover on defense, and their offensive game usually consisting of ball handling which requires you to constantly stop, start, balance and contort your body also puts a lot of stress on the joints.
Players don't move like this anymore, that's for sure. 6'9 250 in yesterday's game, HOF'er Unseld
6'9 250 in today's game, Julius Randle
There really is no comparison, very very very taxing on the body when they're pushing weight at speeds like this.
"Today's NBA" making an appearance in a NYT article..
he finally delivered
I'm actually siding with
It's common to have 18 year careers nowadays whereas it was quite rare in the past. Even a 40 year old Duncan of a 38 year old shaq was better than 90% of the bigs, which tells you how muc today's bigs suck.
No surprise coming from Malone, he grew up on a farm with foster parents after his dad killed himself. Work ethic second to none. He's also an NRA member and a Trump/Bush supporter.
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