Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics is using his summer break as a time to train his body for the next season, perfect his skills even more, and communicate with his fans too.
Tatum was on Twitter the other day and asked his fans to send him some questions to answer.
He got a slew of responses but one of them was from Dr. Nirav Pandya, who asked if year round basketball has led younger players to injuries and being more worn down when they enter the league.
I’m not exactly sure… but diet, recovery, stretching, Stregnth progam… all should be introduced a little earlier…. All about taking care of your body
— Jayson Tatum (@jaytatum0) July 14, 2022
Tatum send back his response: “I’m not exactly sure… but diet, recovery, stretching, Strength program…all should be introduced a little earlier…All about taking care of your body.”
That’s some sage advice from Tatum and not a bad way to make players healthier and stronger throughout the year.
Tatum and his team lucked out this year because they didn’t lose too many players due to injury.
But it’s an issue that has been growing worse throughout the league lately.
A Slew Of Injuries
The NBA has had so many injuries over the last few years.
Everyone from Kawhi Leonard to LeBron James to Steph Curry to Zion Williamson and more have been sidelined because of major mishaps that have taken a long time to recover from.
There is no doubt that the intense physicality of the game has caused some of this but many people think that the NBA is actually making it much worse because of the very crowded season.
Players have to take on over 80 games and have little time for rest and some analysts are demanding the season be cut down so injuries aren’t as likely.
There is little chance of the NBA agreeing to that so Tatum’s approach is a much more likely solution.
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