NBA Commissioner Adam Silver: NAB has set up a team to study Achilles tendon tears injuries

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league is studying the cause of the increase in Achilles tendon injuries.

Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday night that even before Indiana star Tyreth Halliburton broke down in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the NBA had called a panel of experts to study the Achilles tendon injuries.

The league has 7 this season A known Achilles tendon injury – Pacers forward James Wiseman and Isaiah Jackson, New Orleans defender Dejonta Murray and Miami defender Drew Smith were injured in the regular season, with Boston’s Jason Tatum, Milwaukee’s Damian Lillard and Halliburton in the playoffs. The Commissioner said: This year is the year that this injury affects long, and we have seven players injured. And in NBA history, only four were injured in the maximum year due to Achilles tendon problems.

Injuries have caused more and more problems in recent years: Is the NBA season too long? Silver doesn’t think this is the case, he wants to know whether the training of young players and the intensity of NBA players in the offseason put too much pressure on the body.

"When we look back on the past 10 In the year, most Achilles tendon injuries occurred before the All-Star Game,” Silver said. “So, it’s not clear at the moment. As you know, modern NBA players, even if they don’t play in the summer, they work harder during the season because they play three games a week.

We are currently studying this issue carefully and watching videos of players. And based on artificial intelligence, we take this issue very seriously!