I think the NBA needs to stop thinking of the G League as some kind of demotion and start treating it like an actual minor league. Hell, MLB draftees don't show up to the top level until 24 or 25 usually.
G leugue doesn't attract players that can make money In Europe. In Europe big teams have their own minor league teams and take time developing players and some teams knowingly sign young talent to develop and sell on. Some leagues are seen as development leagues for young players homegrown and foreing even Americans have to earn their spots playing In lower tier leagues. Big clubs rarely have many young players In their rotation. Aau sees players playing not developing and to have needed rest. Just pushing your body to the limit constanly just makes more wear and tear. Develop skills and teaching the game makes better players. Less games More practice for young players.
That MLB mentality doesn't work for basketball though. A big part of MLB's low tv and online viewership is the inability for fans to keep up with rookie players once drafted into the league. The NBA as a players league, wouldn't be as popular were it's big name rookie's disappearing into the minor leagues for 4-8 years.
@Daqueda I agree and disagree. If a player can stay healthy he will be fun to watch. A minor league system is basically a year of "summer league." I agree with the "he/ she won't know the players/prospects" argument, but at the end of the day it is all about fun and if the prospects/players can stay healthy, it would be dope to watch.
Daqueda The fact that MLB has double the amount of games as the NBA and 10x the NFL is the reason for lower attendance and TV viewership. When there are a 162 games obviously each game will be in demand less. It’s pretty simple.
I would never pick a 15 yr old for the NBA. He might be great but let the boy finish high school first. Also, him having a superstar NBA player for a dad does "NOT" guarantee he will even reach or surpass his father level. The rules are in place for many reasons. It protects players and teams.
I agree. There is no way I would draft a 15 year old. I would pull an MLB and use my G League team to its fullest potential and put the younger players on that team for a season or two. Possibly more
I think that may be true, but also the athletes have to compete a lot more now. More games and summer league, playoffs, g league, Olympics, etc. It's a lot for many of the athletes. I mean look at 5:04, the athletes are playing the same amount of games as in the 80s, but theres just way more games now, which is why the percentage is so low.
These players are getting hurt so much because they are playing almost year round by age 13. The game is also faster with more space. More movement, more cuts, more chances for injuries. Too much training as well on the wrong things. Today's athletes are being worked far too much from age 13 on & it's because of how profitable sports have become in the 21st century.
Makes me wonder if it would actually be better to draft these kids younger because then these teams would be incentivized to develop them the right way. Right now, they have to be reckless to get their name known in the AAU, NCAA (who are only looking at short-term), and on top of that, not being paid the money needed to afford proper nutrition and physical therapy.
@@texchu8331 you mean follow europe example have youth teams and promote them to the first team when they look ready? thats not a bad idea but the college route seems fairer maybe have the draft and the youth team exist at the same time this way late bloomers still have a chance to be draffeted
@@texchu8331I wonder if it would help but then you'd have even more kids focusing on sports rather than academics leaving the ones who don't make it to the pros crapped out. Basketball isn't a sport where you can develop til you're 22 like soccer & baseball. Those kids will be gassed up & signed to contracts at 13 & discarded at 19 cause they can't cut it. Or worse, cut at 15-18. I also worry about what that will do to someone that young. Because these kids will be tasked with taking care of their family before they can even drive or vote. I think maybe signing them at 16 would work. They are being overworked & exploited & they deserve some form of compensation. Not internet fame.
I just realized how good of a class presentation jimmy would do in school honestly you build up everything in your videos perfectly I wouldn’t be surprised if u got an A on every presentation honestly!!!
It makes no sense to even draft him if there a lot more physically or skillfully gifted kids around his age. Hes not even a senior LOL so his potential is unknown
@@kharris20413 because lottery picks are called lottery picks for a reason. Youre taking a gamble on a player that just played college ball. Why would u risk a pick on a literal 9th grader??
Young City Bandit imagine if they took Emoni bates, who they sayin the next KD in 2023, out of school right now n put him on an nba training program. Till he hits 18. He would be a monster.
@@kharris20413 lol fam its a lot more than that. He also has to mentally develop to the game. Peoe just get exposed straight up even when they were considered out of college. Look at wiggins for example. Now u gonna say the same thing with literal 9th graders???
Ajin Sato Did you completely ignore the correlation he pointed out that could very like increase the causation of injuries? Or you must wanna sound like a smartass?
@@newthrash1221 Did you miss the entire point? Stating that a 14sec shot clock reset will not directly cause an injury. Or did you want to sound like a dumb ass?
The answer is the g league for sure. Make that a viable farm league. You can't keep trying to make the NCAA do something they do not want to do nor are they built for it.
@@samoso6979 they make billions off of those athletes so why not they make at least a couple million off of each player. The work those players put in they should definitely get something.
There was a good article about this in some medical journal a few months ago. NBA players' bodies now are taking more damage and getting injuries more severe than ice hockey and football players (the exception was head trauma in those sports). But bone and joint injuries were way higher.
The reason young players get so injured in the modern era is strictly due to AAU basketball within America. Summer circuits force these children to put an unprecedented amount of wear and tear on their bodies by playing 3-4 games a day at times. This easily turns into around 8-12 games a weekend depending on the level of the tournament. Not to mention these young men have team practice, they train individually, and also have poor fast food diets to make it to their 3-4 games in timely fashion. Their bodies are FAR from prepared. Every single player on your chart you listed with injury is American, with the exception of Wagner, Porzingis and Simmons. Porzingis didn’t tear his ACL his rookie year. However, Ben Simmons was injured as an Australian b/c he still trained and played within the American AAU circuit, which is a complete waste of time. 😴 Then after AAU, there’s literally the entire high school season. When do these kids rest of take breaks now? Seriously. Their bodies aren’t prepared for nonstop wear and tear for such a forceful sport. This isn’t table tennis. It’s the electric and explosive sport of basketball. Get it together.
Jael this is why as a teen i don’t plan on doing any aau circuits, better to spend the time training and getting your body right than trying to rush to all different games and teams all to be pushed aside by rich kids and coaches’ favorites
@@szejer4184 yea, and these people are braking ankles with no weight on their back. As a 'professional' trainer you should never allow that shit in the gym, good form and a good core will breed good habits on the court
Nah Both of yall. All 3 of you need to watch again. If you can describe to me what makes his form horrible, I'll entertain it. But the reality is his form is fine and you will struggle to point out anything that is going to injure him.
@@szejer4184 Jordan Szejer his neck is bent meaning he is forcing a non neutral spine. His lower back appears to be rounding as he is dropping. His upper body moves as he lowers and raises, He should maintain the same upper body angle all the way. He is lowering at such a speed he isn't balanced or in a good position to 'push' meaning he hasn't braced any part of his body or muscles he is actually trying to engage, therefore his knees are wobbling also. And his Range of motion is terrible. So he may aswell lose the chains as they provide no benefit. Particularly if you can't even perform a clean rep
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Dude, you hit the nail on the head! When you take a 17 to 20 year old kid and put them up against already fully developed men, you will absolutely see more injuries to the kids. The body is not fully grown yet, plus (like you touched on) these kids are over training at a young age. They train to the point their ligaments and tendons are so tight they give out. The supporting elements of their joints Snap, Crackle, Pop or however someone wants to phrase. You are spot on Homie!
Why so many injuries?: Because they are not prepared, I’m not talking about vertical jump, skills and how much they bench. Their body development is not finished and coaches expect them to be as good as NBA players. They concentrate mostly on improving abilities that can be seen and measured. It’s great when a player is dynamic and his athleticism is good, but if your knees and ankles can’t stand landing from 90cm vertical, you’re in trouble, you need to be strong enough ( overall strong). Coaches shouldn’t see just the way up but also the ability to handle way down, or just fast enough to the side but also handle the “stop movement”, movement stereotype is very important! I was overtrained as a 16y old javelin thrower and ended up in the hospital because of ambitions of my coach. What I’m trying to say, it’s better to be on top when you are 25 then when you’re just a boy. Greetings from Czech Republic to all athletes, coaches or just funs 🇨🇿
I don't know why he talked about football when you related your story about your javelin experience however did you have a parent or older sibling or somebody say anything to the coaches that's a big thing
The article I read, which may have been the same one you cited in the video, made a point that these trainers are using methods to teach kids to have a 50 inch vertical, but they're lower body can only handle the impact from a 30 inch vertical. Hence why most of these injuries are impact related. That, on top of never training anything but basketball specific movements and never giving your body a break from that training (most of these superstar athletes are playing basketball non-stop, all year round) is a recipe for disaster. I think it's only going to get worse as athletes try to stay ahead of the pack and trainers try to keep up with freak athletes.
First theory: It's the shoes. My throwback Nikes and Jordans seem to be much more secure and sturdy than the light fabric wrapped sneakers like the Flyknit. Plus, I grew up being told that high tops are better for preventing ankle rolls. Everybody is wearing low tops now. Second theory: It's the eurostep. I feel like there's a correlation with the injury data shown on this video to when the eurostep became prevalent in the league.
This happens in soccer all the time for example 16 year old dembele made his debut last year at just 16!! He was already playing with under 21 players at 13 soccer teams dont have such things as draft and such they have to produce players from their academy which go as young as 6 year olds and they have wages and sign contracts when they are in an academy
If the NBA only knew Kung-fu... The student asks the master how long it takes most students to master their system. The master replies, "15 years".The student is shocked, then asks "how long would it take me if I work twice as hard"? The master replies, "30 years"! The student protests, "but what if I practice 3 times longer and harder than all the other students, then how long will it take me"? The master smiles and answers, "then it will take you 45 years". Here we see that to learn a valuable skill, one has to be willing to practice for however long it takes to gain that skill. By trying to shorten that time, either by practicing harder or more often doesn’t always mean you will learn it faster. The obsession with being first, or getting to a certain skill level quickly, most often negates the attainment of the very skill desired.
@@houstonsherfey4721 No, I'm not saying that. Did you even watch the video? Do you not understand the issue at hand? or are you just being deliberately obtuse?
Krodin Melchezidek no I honestly didn’t pay attention to the video cause I was reading all the comments, I just don’t understand how if you outwork everybody in a skill then you won’t be better than them in the skill.
@@houstonsherfey4721 It isn't about outworking, it's about time. The point is that over a short period of time too much work can have a detrimental effect. As evidenced by the plague of injuries in the overworked NBA's top young players.
Houston Sherfey do you lift weights? If so, you know that resting is just as much a part of the workout as the lifting is from a scientific perspective. This is the essence of the message.
Loved this video! This has been stuff I’ve been preaching as a personal trainer for so long. They gotta cross train, get out in the sun and lift heavier weights.
I feel it's partly due to the fact that these rookies' bodies are still developing and theyre trying to make it develop fasfer than its able and the injuries are the bodies way of giving up and realizing it cant keep up with the developmental demand.
As a Brazilian and being from a football (soccer) country, there isn't a draft system. Every team has their own under-20/17/15 teams and play their competitions in U21/U17 regional, national and international for their teams and nations. I can say to you that if a boy in their 16/17 is a genius he'll play in the biggest leagues in Europe for the greatest clubs, but if he's not a genius he'll play the U21 tournaments till he's ready for play profissionally. It's common a young player make mistakes due age, lack of mature and bad decisions on the field and that's normal, because certain things only come with the age. In a slang we say that a too young player doesn't know the "field's shortcuts". Many times is common in Brazil a young player start in the pro team, usually when this pro team is in a bad shape, the supporters are impatient because the lack of good results and the young boys start to do mistakes and they got bood till they are selled (for money, that is our system) to another team where he starts to play well. It's common that these young players who are not geniuses start to being underdeveloped because they jump the development curve. When they say that NBA must draft only players from college, I get the point. Because they are protecting the guys that are not so brilliant, and if they don't made the Pro level, they can work with the college degree or start being coach or basketball analist.
This is what I've been talking about since a freshman in Jr high..!! The solution is . If you have a opportunity to get a scholarship for college take advantage of it. So you have the experience to have a healthy lifestyle also. A backup plan!
That was great analysis! It's now 2 years since you made this video. The NBA Playoffs are riddled with injuries. There is a price being paid for this type of training and playing. I really liked what you said about going 100% all the time. As a marathoner, my coach even tell me that the body cannot work that way. It will break down. I saw your personal D1 experience video. I imagine you know the balance of Duration, Frequency and Intensity. If these guys aren't balancing it, then their bodies overload. Great Post!
The problem is, the kids bodies aren't conditioned for level of fitness and athleticism required at the NBA level. You can't just yeet a rookie onto an NBA team and expect him to perform. If they drafted earlier and got them to play in a minor league like g-league for the first 2-5 seasons, then bring them up, this would probably stop. The NBA today is so much faster paced than the NBA of even 10 years ago.
Lol after this vid three young mlb future all stars got injured ( tatis, Guerrero, Reynolds,) Jxmy:goat Trap sax: gone😢 Illuminati: confirmed Hotel:trivago
Players are playing more career games at younger ages and without the recovery facilities that colleges and the NBA have, long term damage from improper resting and recovery have major wear and tear on young players moving forward
@@gregoryeverson741"long term damage from improper resting and recovery have major wear and tear on young players moving forward" a pack of ice and sitting off of it is not proper resting nor something kids can necessarily do considering they gotta go to school, but okay go crazy go stupid
Few days ago video surfaced of Real Madrid soccer team doing leg press jumps while locking knees. So one of richest and most iconic sport teams in whole universe had coaching stuff that got them doing thing that can literally snap your knee and leg in half. So can you really be suprised players are always hurt ? New modern "cut edge" exercises just want to divient so far away from actually works- bench press, squats, deadlifts, pushups ,pull ups -with proper form to make you better athlete all around. Instad you have overuse of cable , straps , pillates balls and other nonsense that is being sold as a gimmick. In this video alone you have footage of one of THE best basketball players in the whole world, at age of 28 doing pushups wrong ( not locking in, that cuts whole purpose of working chest AND triceps) so can we really be THAT suprised that 19 years old kid joins nba team and in matter of 15 days they ruin his health and get him catch ACL tear? Not really. Over half of coaches- need coaches because they have no freaking idea what they are doing . Most of them are jacked due steroid use and they can't make program to save their lifes. And how they make them lose 20 pounds of fat in summer? By using diuretics to get rid of water. Nevermind it can literally kill them and that it's not sustainable, as long as it works. Or putting them on HGH . That's why all "body transfomrations" happened during summer, when they can't be drug tested, and when season starts, they go back looking just liked they did before summer, So what's the point ? BOost instagram following?
@@ejbvides4625 kind of, except say a team like the Pistons send scouts around Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and find 15, 14, 13, 16, 17 year olds and sign them on youth squads like u18 u15 teams. Then those youth squads play against other NBA youth squads, get paid and they develop from a young age and eventually get promoted to the first team.
The NBA has much more talent then the 80's. So that cuts into playing time as well. Injuries are part of all sports for younger players as well. Should the Lakers not have drafted Kobe? These players are paid more in a couple of years than most people earn in a lifetime. So even if they get hurt it seems to be worth it.
@@bronsonandcompany Are you kidding me? Just the addition of the foreign players alone makes my statement valid. Up and down the rosters are so much better than then they were even 20 years ago. Not even in question.
Bro this vid is great my dad always gets so mad during the draft because he remembers when people got drafted as seniors. That’s was Mich. St. and Iowa are so good this year they are both led by Seniors or Juniors
there is only one reason why rookies are getting injured more often than back in the 80s or 90s. DIET. sugar and fast food has destroyed the human body for the past decades. You can tell cause there is an obesity pandemic all over the world. Back in the day, old and retired NBA players are slim, now majority of them are overweight. Their body was used to eating good food when their were kids, kids nowadays eat unhealthy food and everybody knows it. You get what you put in so I'm not surprised. Add to the fact that the NBA before was a battle arena, nowadays its all 3s, cotton candy basketball. Softer game develops softer players mentally and physically.
Every time I have some statistic thoughts about basketball, I come to your channel. Man your job is straight up impressive. Sports scientists should consider this someday.
It's what the NBA is now: all about hype and potential. Everyone's passing over a high probability above average player to search for a low probability MVP.
Trainers not interested in designing a program rooted in evidence based material is an incredibly wide-spread problem in the fitness industry in general. Certifications like NASM and ACE have strayed significantly from evidence based material over the years and this straying has become pervasive even in the academic world, where the problem really lies. There is a disconnect between anatomy and physiology and fitness certification with no accountability measure put in place. It’s up to teams to select coaches who do follow evidence based practice.
In the uk, soccer players are taken by clubs from 6 and even younger. They limit the amount of play through the age groups. Drop players who don’t progress. Train them with top pros, whilst they player is reserve leagues. It’d ruin your college and even high school leagues but gets players ready. Same is done through rugby.
Could be the shoes as well. Look how beefy the shoes were in the 80s & 90s. Nowadays they're thin and flimsy. You have these dudes running hella fast down the court, stopping on a dime and turning even faster. The shoe just arent strong enough to hold the ankle still and then it gets yeeted
Definately wouldn’t pick. Let him go through the system so that he slowly learns to play with higher levels. Straight throwing him into the NBA wouldn’t do anybody good. Those 2-3 years in lower level basketball will benefit him more than 2-3 years in the NBA will
MLB scouts have a red list for pitching recruits, based almost solely off pitch count. If your on the red list you won’t be looked at no matter how good you are because of accelerated arm wear.
OMG when I didn't hear the saxa phone I was like nooooooooooooo please bring it back, it just suits the video, no hate though love your vids and let's get to 1 mill baby
DeVince DeLowry Tony Parker 4× NBA champion (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) NBA Finals MVP (2007) 6× NBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2009, 2012-2014) 3× All-NBA Second Team (2012-2014) All-NBA Third Team (2009) NBA All-Rookie First Team (2002) Dirk Nowitzki NBA champion (2011) NBA Finals MVP (2011) NBA Most Valuable Player (2007) 14× NBA All-Star (2002-2012, 2014, 2015, 2019) 4× All-NBA First Team (2005-2007, 2009) 5× All-NBA Second Team (2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011) 3× All-NBA Third Team (2001, 2004, 2012) 50-40-90 club (2007) NBA Three-Point Shootout champion (2006) resumes aren’t even comparable, you’re reaching
Denny Cascade I never said that tony Parker was on Dirk’s level, what I meant was that tony had 2-3 superstars playing alongside him at all times, dirk never did
DeVince DeLowry doesn’t mean he deserves to be on the legacy cover, if anything Tim Duncan has a claim to that but not Tony or Manu as great as they were
I'm surprised that other major league sports haven't "adopted" what MLS has had for quite some time; an "Academy" system. Talent is 'tuitioned' from across the country (and locally) into a club's Academy, put through school, trained, coached, taught etc ...
The US military has been dealing with this for years and a much larger scale. Teenagers bodies today are simply a lot less resilient than they were 20-30 years ago. The number of stress fractures, micro-fractures, tendon ruptures and related issues is significantly decreasing the number of recruits who can get through basic training. Today 3 in 10(source DARPA) recruits sustain injuries during training that end their military careers before they even start. And, as challenging as basic training can be, it is nothing compared to competing in a professional sport. The answer is improved diets during childhood, but the food industry(in the US at least), is not currently providing this and parents lack the knowledge and discipline to make their kids eat better.
Young players are getting hurt more because growing up they play a lot of ball but without the pressure of NBA speed and endurance. Once they get it in the NBA they’re playing on a different higher plateau. AAU has them playing year around and no breaks causing joint stress.
The difference is that in the 80s the league was drafting OLDER players into the league. Guys wouldn't enter the draft until after their Senior or sometimes Junior college seasons. Now its 1 and done. Their bodies aren't physically as ready as older players. Itll be interesting to see how Rui in DC does this year as he is an older more traditional rookie compared to Zion or the PG in Memphis.
I believe the problem is that they are pushing the players past their physical limits with all of these workout programs. The NBA season already does that. The players need more time to rest and heal.
Back in the 80s more players stayed for 3 to 40 years of college. Now we have so many one and done examples. So players are turning pro at a much younger age. It would be interesting to see what the average age of a player was entering the league in the 80s and what the average age a player is turning pro now. With those numbers we could take the kids who are the same average age of the kids who were entering the league in the 80s and find out the difference in games played between players of the same age in different eras. This would be a really interesting set of data points to examine.
I know this video is about Basketball but a similar thing is happening in soccer. I think it’s the mentality that is causing the physical injuries. There’s no way for these kids to have any root in reality when they’ve been gassed from such a young age. It’s the ones who have to grind and don’t get hype that will become the future “stars that came out of nowhere.”
