Doherty: 'Overuse' Convenient Crutch in Achilles Blame Game

Doherty: 'Overuse' convenient crutch in Achilles blame game

Many are pointing to overuse as the reason for the NBA's rash of Achilles injuries. With schedules unchanged, John Doherty is unconvinced by the explanation.

But Is It the Shoes? However You Cut It, the NBA Has an Achilles Problem

A rash of Achilles tears in the last NBA season has many pointing fingers at several culprits, and the league is turning to AI technology in hope of a solution.

Thunder GM Sam Presti says NBA can't put 'head in the sand' about injuries: 'It's almost insulting'

Presti said that playing one NBA game today is almost like playing two a decade ago

'They don't...' Paul Pierce and Paul George believe key NBA change has led to rise in Achilles injuries

Paul Pierce told Paul George that a recent trend in the NBA is behind the rise of drastic Achilles injuries. In the last few months, we have seen several NBA players suffer from a torn Achilles tendon. It has become quite an alarming trend The first notable player to tear their Achilles was Damian Lillard, who sustained the injury in the playoffs, just months after sustaining a calf strain. Jayson Tatum also tore his Achilles in the playoffs, ha…

NBA stars collide over solution to Achilles epidemic that has struck season

The NBA is suffering somewhat of a torn Achilles epidemic, at least they are if the 2024-25 postseason is anything to go by.  Each round of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference appeared to hand another star heartbreak. Haliburton went down in the first quarter of the NBA FinalsGetty Sidelined Players who suffered season-ending Achilles injuries in the 2024-25 NBA Season James Wiseman – Indiana PacersIsaiah Jac…

Presti: NBA should be rational about injury causes

OKC GM Sam Presti said the league has been too "defensive" in its analysis of why so many players suffered Achilles injuries this season.