floppymoose wrote:https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/steve-kerr-steph-curry-injury-playoff-schedule/1852182
Steve Kerr and Rick Celebrini talk about how the accelerated playoff schedule and heavy minutes for Steph in games 6 and 7 led to his hamstring injury.
Nothing about that is going to be different next year, should they make the playoffs. The league is not going to add rest to the playoff schedule.
the league is run by a bunch of idiots starting with that clown disguised a commissioner who's has been doing more damages than the seven plagues, the solution is a forced one: load managamente during the RS like resting steph/jimmy in back-to-back games and similar scenarios (another silliness in the schedule). forfeit a game in a playoff series with a fake minor injury like an ankle sprain or thumb issue to give the players extra dyas of rest. it's the league that basically is forcing stars and superstars to skip games, they clearly don't care about the fans that go to the palaces or the players' wellbeing.
for the warriors, they need to do a better job in recruiting players in the offseason that can better carry the load in the RS when steph or jimmy are left out, especially players who can score consistently. regardless of everything else, a decent team must be able to win games in and there even in the RS without their superstar, you don't need steph and/or jimmy to win every single game. if you do, then the issue is much bigger than the league schedule nonsense.