The NBA defines a star player (per its new policy) as someone who has made an All-Star or All-NBA team in the last three seasons. Under that definition there are 49 such players currently in the NBA. As of now, nearly 40 percent of those labeled star players have missed games and i...
BOSTON -- The Celtics provided an injury update on Kristaps Porzingis, and it doesn't sound very promising for the Boston big man going forward in the NBA Finals. Porzingis is considered day-to-day with what head coach Joe Mazzulla referred to as a "serious injury" on Tuesday. Porzingis'...
Oubre Jr.’s 19 first-half points represent a new season-high for either half. The 10th year pro is 13 rebounds away from the best rebounding season of his NBA career (363 with WAS in 2017-18) and four starts away from the most games started in his career (55 with PHX in 2019-20...
From the time that Kevin Durant injured his right calf in Game 5 of the Warriors' second-round matchup with the Rockets to when he played in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, the star forward had missed nine games. He was out for just over one month. Once Durant ruptured his Achilles af...
NBA Warriors coach Steve Kerr says officials need to call traveling 'for the good of the game' Kerr received a technical foul in the third quarter of the Warriors' 119-101 win over the Hornets on Monday night after becoming irate when what he viewed as an obvious travel wasn’t called. ...
Besides Dallas backers being shell-shocked over losing a player they thought would be in Dallas his entire career, general manager Nico Harrison was criticized for trading a young superstar in his prime eight months after a run to the NBA Finals for a 31-year-old with an extensive injury his...
Its findings illuminate the interplay between injuries, salaries, and performance in the NBA, aiming to enhance player welfare and the league's overall competitiveness. With a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis, this research offers unprecedented insights into the dynamics of injuries and their ...
BOSTON -- The Celtics provided an injury update on Kristaps Porzingis, and it doesn't sound very promising for the Boston big man going forward in the NBA Finals. Porzingis is considered day-to-day with what head coach Joe Mazzulla referred to as a "serious injury" on Tuesday. ...
We make two main contributions to the literature on work-related injury risk and economic outcomes in the context of American professional football. One is
BOSTON -- The Celtics provided an injury update on Kristaps Porzingis, and it doesn't sound very promising for the Boston big man going forward in the NBA Finals. Porzingis is considered day-to-day with what head coach Joe Mazzulla referred to as a "serious injury" on Tuesday. ...