the NBA Playoffs Only a few days in progress but already injuries threaten to derail their path. Stars like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ja Morant, Domantas Sabonis, and Tyler Herro have all suffered injuries of varying degrees and their teams are having to adjust and adapt on the fly.
Everyone hates injuries, even when they don’t affect the team you support. They make the product on the field worse and derail conversations about which team “deserves” to win.
Just this past year, Celtics fans had to hear endless excuses about how the Bucks series could have been so different if they had a healthy Chris Middleton. To be fair, many Celtics fans lament that things would have been different in 2009 with a healthy Kevin Garnett.
Needless to say, I hope all of these guys will recover again and get back on the court. If I could concede a magic wand and make sure every player stayed healthy throughout the rest of the NBA playoffs, I would. Of course that’s not how the real world works so it will be up to each team to step up when injuries occur.
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