Jayson Tatum Achilles Tear continues NBA Playoff's injury trend

The second round of the NBA playoffs has only been completed halfway, and five all stars have already suffered injuries during these playoffs: Stephen Curry, Darius Garland, Evan Mabley, Damian Lillard and Jayson Tatum. Tatum, the striker of Star Boston Celtics, broke his Achilles in their defeat in game 4 against the New York Knicks on Monday evening, the Celtics said on Tuesday. Tatum also exposed itself in the first round a game with a bone breeding cast in the right wrist.

This is now eight seasons in a row in which at least five all stars missed a playoff game after this only took place four times between 1977 and 2017. In the 2021 Playoffs, a record of 10 all stars for at least one game and this number for the 2022-points of eight seasons became a record of 10 all stars after a condensed regular season plan and the Covid 19 pandemic.

Keeping the stars on the square is a focus of the NBA. In the 2023 collective bargaining agreement, the league and its players usually agreed that players could be considered in at least 65 regular season games for certain season. Before the 2023-24 season, the league set a guideline for participation in the player to prevent healthy stars from rest games.

“Based on a data time, we are satisfied with the 65-game rule,” said Commissioner Adam Silver in a press conference in June 2024. “Regardless of whether there is additional injuries and playoffs, we do not know. This is an area that confuses us in a way.”

Among the analysts there is the consensus that the Tempo and space -era of the NBA has made the game for the players' bodies difficult. After the tracking data of the NBA, the players run almost 10% more miles per 48 minutes on the pitch than a decade ago in 2015. It is no surprise that a player is injured the more one player runs.

Despite this data that show a more demanding style of play, the regular season of the NBA remains for 82 games. Silver stated in interviews that the league does not contain any data that indicates that a longer season leads to a greater frequency of injuries.

Tatum, the youngest victim of the NBA's post-season error, will probably earn his fourth honor in a row in a row, which would make him the 30th player in league history to achieve this performance, and only 17th since the NBA/Aba fusion 1977. Madison quarter. On Monday.

Boston won the title in 2024, but will be without a superstar because he is exposed to a 3-1 deficit in the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference 2025. The franchise will be in the books for around 228 million US dollars in the next season and a luxury tax bill of 238 million dollars. Spotrac– A financial situation that could relate outside of the season. The last time Monday could have been that we can see the Celtics championship core together on the square.