DALLAS — After Steve Kerr sounded the alarm on the NBA’s pace and schedule contributing to a rash of injuries, Josh Hart agreed that there are too many games, but additionally recognized the financial profit is a compelling argument for establishment.
“Do I believe there’s too many games? Yeah,” Hart said Thursday of the 82-game schedule before the Knicks faced the Mavericks. “Conversely, will [the owners] and the league and players take a pay cut to not try this? I don’t know.
“It’s easy to sit down there and say that we play too many games — which we do — but conversely, we’re also blessed to give you the chance to profit greatly from it.”
As Kerr argued, the brand new fad of playing fast — a method the Knicks have adopted under coach Mike Brown — has increased the strain on bodies, particularly soft-tissue ligaments and tendons. Within the wake of Achilles tendon tears suffered by Tyrese Haliburton, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, Dejounte Murray and Jayson Tatum, team medical staffs are clearly wary of calf strains developing into ruptures.
DALLAS — After Steve Kerr sounded the alarm on the NBA’s pace and schedule contributing to a rash of injuries, Josh Hart agreed that there are too many games, but additionally recognized the financial profit is a compelling argument for establishment.
“Do I believe there’s too many games? Yeah,” Hart said Thursday of the 82-game schedule before the Knicks faced the Mavericks. “Conversely, will [the owners] and the league and players take a pay cut to not try this? I don’t know.
“It’s easy to sit down there and say that we play too many games — which we do — but conversely, we’re also blessed to give you the chance to profit greatly from it.”
As Kerr argued, the brand new fad of playing fast — a method the Knicks have adopted under coach Mike Brown — has increased the strain on bodies, particularly soft-tissue ligaments and tendons. Within the wake of Achilles tendon tears suffered by Tyrese Haliburton, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, Dejounte Murray and Jayson Tatum, team medical staffs are clearly wary of calf strains developing into ruptures.
