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Squirrel from Meteor Man said:
Even with Lamelo being injured, he’s ROY. Edwards is putting up inefficient numbers on a bad team no one gets up to play. Hornets are in the playoffs and Lamelo changed the energy and trajectory of the franchise.

If Lamelo doesn’t win it’s pure media hate.
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:ld: availability has always been a factor in end of year awards tho
 
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Could have easily rest a few of those guys against a trash T-Wolves team (especially without K.A.T)

shyt is wack.
 
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PJ Tucker going need a hell of a performance to get in the postseason to get that contract salary he wants. He might’ve played himself because. Even before the injury Milwaukee wasn’t giving him minutes and they definitely not starting him.

Dude should’ve took that 2 year 19 million offer but he wants that 15 million a year. Average...
 
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Several NBA general managers and team health officials say the unorthodox and compressed schedule, attempting to make up games postponed due to COVID-related issues, has led to a rash of injuries around the league, with several teams fearing player health has reached a boiling point.

These concerns have been voiced in interviews with ESPN by a number of GMs, members of coaching staffs and athletic training staffers, though there is universal acknowledgment that the schedule is the byproduct of the coronavirus pandemic.

"Hands down, it's the worst schedule I've seen in 25 years in the league," said one veteran assistant coach. "It's utterly insane."

One veteran NBA head coach called it "brutal."

One veteran NBA head athletic trainer said it's far worse than the Orlando bubble.

"Going into the bubble, we had all these different anxieties about the games, but without travel," the head athletic trainer said. "This is literally exponentially more difficult. It's such a cumulative effect."

Added one NBA GM, "I've never experienced anything like our injury spate."

While drawing cause-and-effect correlations to injuries is complicated, a number of executives and team health officials point to the abbreviated schedule and say the two issues are, at the very least, related.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, 2021 All-Stars have missed 15% of games this season, on pace to be the second-highest rate in NBA history. The only season that saw a higher rate was the 2014-15 season (16.8%).

"Every dumb soft-tissue [injury] that can happen is happening and will only get worse," the NBA GM said.

"In planning both this season and last season, we have communicated on a daily basis with our teams and NBA players, agreeing on two very different season formats that each made sense as a way to continue operating safely during the COVID-19 pandemic," an NBA spokesperson told ESPN.

"Injuries have unfortunately always been a part of the game, but we have not seen a higher rate of injuries this season than last. We will continue to work with teams and players to complete our season in the best and safest way possible that promotes both physical and mental health during this challenging period."
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