As Headache already pointed out, these injuries have zero to do with Covid shortened off season or anything Lebron was complaining about, if guys were getting muscular injuries then you might have a point, if guys got those muscular injuries in January and maybe even February you might have a point.
These injuries are not because of a lack of off season recovery/training time.
if you want to make the argument that the condensed season has led to more wear and tear that could make certain injuries more severe and/or recovery time longer? on a case by case basis you'd have a point.
but a blanket "oh, hey, i told you so" statement about injuries by lebron is not just inaccurate but also highly disingenuous.
the three most powerful people in the sport are adam silver, chris paul and lebron james. everyone knew what the financial situation was if the league didn't hit every benchmark prior to agreeing to the deal - and not just this year, but in following years as well. if lebron truly felt this strongly, as a former NBPA veep/best friend of the current union president and overall crazy influential guy? yea - he could have put up a bit more a stink back in the fall.
and the injuries themselves - a sprained ankle or hyperextended knee have absolutely nothing to do with a condensed season. we're not seeing a rash of achilles tendons popping, non-contact ACL tears or severe muscle pulls/tears.
you'd have a greater argument if giannis' injury was non contact. it wasn't. his legs got tangled in the air and he landed crazy awkward.
trae young landed on a ref's foot.
kyrie and donovan mitchell landed on other players.
joel embiid landing awkwardly with his leg bent back behind his giant body has nothing to do with a condensed season.
james harden being woefully out of shape has nothing to do with the condensed season.
lebron pulling CP3's arm out of his socket has nothing to do with a condensed season.
pat bev head butting devin booker's nose has nothing to do with a condensed season.
CP3 getting the 'Vid has everything to do with the 'Vid and nothing to do with a condensed schedule.
again - want to say that some of these leg injuries may be more severe and/or take longer to recover because of wear and tear issues from the condensed season? not going to argue against that. there is absolutely some truth to it.
you want to say the condensed schedule hurts injury prone guys like AD more than others? yea, it probably does.
but injuries also, ya know, happen. the warriors had KD and Klay go down to debilitating injuries in the same series. it happens. and AD's always hurt. the same thing that caused the condensed season also helped give AD 3 months of rest prior to the playoffs - which undoubtedly helped keep him from wearing down and led to the lakers getting a ring. 'bron doesn't want to talk about that, though, does he?
it's an unfortunate turn of events - and even more unfortunate that it seems like every major injury is happening to a star player vs. role players - which only further shows that while yes, this is a physically taxing season, there's also some crazy bad luck involved as nobody could honestly make the argument that the star player is more impacted than everyone else by the condensed schedule.
