He was an iron man, but even more his generation didn't take rest days. Somehow they stayed healthy through the season.

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Feb 6, 2023
1:53:15pm

kimdaddy35 Future Lions Scout

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kimdaddy35

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Missing games is a league wide problem that is just getting bigger and bigger. Take a look at these stats:

kimdaddy35 Future Lions Scout

2/6/23 1:44pm

Zion has missed 26 games and hasn't played since January 2nd. AD has missed 25.

Waluigi

2/6/23 1:50pm

Yep I purposely left those guys off. But both have had injuries and load management misses. Anyone who paid to see

kimdaddy35

2/6/23 1:52pm

Zion has only played in 37% of all potential games in his entire career. He's

Waluigi

2/6/23 2:36pm

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ProvoY

2/6/23 1:52pm

He was an iron man, but even more his generation didn't take rest days. Somehow they stayed healthy through the season.

kimdaddy35

2/6/23 1:53pm

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TrackCoug

2/6/23 2:02pm

I’d bet it has more to do with their competitive drive and not wanting to be

Pepe

2/6/23 2:40pm

I bet it had more to do with not playing AAU ball and staying in college for more years than the average guy today.

scootsy

2/6/23 5:06pm

There's a story I've heard about Bryon Russell saying there were days he felt

CameronG

2/6/23 2:38pm

Shaq was doing load management for most of his career. Show up to preseason

WDaddy

2/6/23 1:53pm

So most of these players missing HALF the season. Wow! Time to shorten the

BlooCoog

2/6/23 1:58pm

I used to be an opponent of shortening the season to 72 games. But very few stars will play more than that anyway so

kimdaddy35

2/6/23 2:00pm

Front offices have decided that winning a chip brings in more future revenue

joelvandyne

2/6/23 2:05pm

This seems to be a point for ownership when the next negotiations come around.

pink22

2/6/23 2:12pm

Yes, the problem is that none of the owners want to give up 5 home games and the revenue that comes with it.

kimdaddy35

2/6/23 2:15pm

It’s true, but I don’t understand why they don’t get rid of the preseason and

ldssdl

2/6/23 2:38pm

The players are going to get clobbered in that negotiation

CameronG

2/6/23 2:39pm

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