No one knows about the grind of an 82-game NBA season more than Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, whose body eventually broke down in the final three years of his illustrious 20-year career.
Injuries are part of any sport because of the constant and unnatural movement put on the body, but Bryant believes there is one way to minimize the problem, per an article released Tuesday by ESPN.com's Baxter Holmes and Tom Haberstroh about the NBA's increasing injury woes:
You can't [just] lose five-to-10 games. If you're going to do it, you've almost got to go quality versus quantity. If you're going to shorten the schedule, then you've got to shorten the schedule and look to enhance your TV numbers substantially ... because now every regular-season game is worth a s--t.
Bryant did reveal he never used to believe in shortening the NBA season "until now."
The main reason Bryant believes that injuries are becoming more prevalent is because there are so many players showcasing their basketball abilities in events—AAU is one specific example he cited—and young athletes are so focused on one specialty:
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