03-15-2021, 02:15 AM
(03-14-2021, 05:54 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: To be fair Anthony Davis and Embiid get injured a lot. In fact they are on multi week injuries right now.
Among the best bigs in the league Jokic is the only one without lingering health/injury issues.
Don´t know if we have any numbers to back it up but it feels like the current generation of "superstar" bigs cannot stay healthy. Makes me wonder if this is a league wide trend. Are rules changes, a quicker game and more movement in general leading to more injuries? Are current bigman just more injury-prone? Duncan, Garnett or Dirk rarely missed games. Only had minor injuries. Obviously started to show signs of aging in their 30s. Same for Robinson, Olajuwon or Ewing. No big injuries in their prime. Robinson had a freak injury in 96/97.
We obviously also have other examples. Yao Ming, Bill Walton, Ralph Sampson with career ending/altering injuries.