11-04-2026, 08:45 AM
I have to SERIOUSLY wonder if some of the lengthy "injury list" is about a re-label of time off for players who are low in the pecking order for minutes and/or being given time to work on some development. I recall teams like PHI in "The Process" years and OKC in the sucky years, where rookies would be labeled "injured" for a year (like a college redshirt).
It has seemed to me that as players have looked bad, then rather than sit unused they suddenly become classed as "injured" with aches and pains.
Not saying that all injuries are of this kind, but some. You can't play 15. Players have ego issues. Perhaps this is their solution. (I'm thinking about Tarik, SDL, Max.)
It has seemed to me that as players have looked bad, then rather than sit unused they suddenly become classed as "injured" with aches and pains.
Not saying that all injuries are of this kind, but some. You can't play 15. Players have ego issues. Perhaps this is their solution. (I'm thinking about Tarik, SDL, Max.)
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