The new Jazz

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Every player is different. Rudy is a tall long person. His body isn't going to hold up when he gets hit low. He needs extra support. If you haven't seen him play and cringe when he gets hit I'd be surprised. He obviously could benefit from it.
My brother is the same shape as Rudy and his knees were destroyed in high school and college. Now he only plays with braces. He's not been hurt since.

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Yes, anecdotal evidence is always correct. Please, tell me more about your brother. I care so much.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Pretty safe to say they would have prevented both of Rudy's.

No. Quite the opposite. No brace is saving you from 250 lb Derrick Favors crashing into your knee.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If knee braces actually prevented injuries, then every NBA team would require their players to wear knee braces.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

What the **** is wrong with you?

We can bump this and the DM isn’t athletic thread when Rudy is back and dominating. I love that we take one weird game and then say one of our cornerstones is disposable gtfoh with that.

 

[Getting Traded]

Why doesnt every NBA player wear knee braces then if they are such a proven commodity?

There are actually some studies that say knee braces lead to an increased injury risk. Go look it up for yourself dude. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445064/

That study was done on football players not basketball players, so I don't think it's a good study to justify your opinion. And I noticed one major study did show 20-30 % reduction in injuries to the MCL, though others did not see a significant difference.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

That study was done on football players not basketball players, so I don't think it's a good study to justify your opinion. And I noticed one major study did show 20-30 % reduction in injuries to the MCL, though others did not see a significant difference.

Yes, one of the five studies showed a small reduction while two of them showed an injury increase.

And both are contact sports. MCL is a contact injury. These are not ACL injuries which are largely non-contact. MCL are almost always caused by someone falling into the side of your knee, which happens in football and basketball.

And this isn't my opinion. There is no conclusive evidence that says they prevent injuries. It's fact.

 

[str8line]

We can bump this and the DM isn’t athletic thread when Rudy is back and dominating. I love that we take one weird game and then say one of our cornerstones is disposable gtfoh with that.

Not disposable, but it's interesting that both he and Derrick might be out for a bit right as we go up against strong opponents... The new Jazz. I'm interested to see how it goes.

 

[Jazz4ever]

Every player is different. Rudy is a tall long person. His body isn't going to hold up when he gets hit low. He needs extra support. If you haven't seen him play and cringe when he gets hit I'd be surprised. He obviously could benefit from it.
My brother is the same shape as Rudy and his knees were destroyed in high school and college. Now he only plays with braces. He's not been hurt since.

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Do they kill his mobility though? Common sense says no cloth based brace is going to protect a joint that gets hit with 500 lbs of pressure from an NBA player falling on him.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Do they kill his mobility though? Common sense says no cloth based brace is going to protect a joint that gets hit with 500 lbs of pressure from an NBA player falling on him.

Precisely. And will the lack of mobility actually lead to another injury? If the brace is too restrictive, it may cause injury elsewhere.

 

[Jack Strop]

Last year we had what, 51 wins with Gobert and Favors? So why can't they play together this year?

Favors only played in 50 games. And - please someone double check this - they were on the court together for 540 mins. So only 11 mins in the games Favors played. In the playoffs, I don't think they played any minutes together.
So what worked for 51 wins was more dependent on Johnson or even Diaw playing with Favors OR Gobert, not the two together.

 

[Archie Moses]

What the **** is wrong with you?

I think Rudy is disposable. I know, feels like I have a common cold, but is perceived as AIDES. Must be a Utah County mentality thingy. Don't know.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I think Rudy is disposable. I know, feels like I have a common cold, but is perceived as AIDES. Must be a Utah County mentality thingy. Don't know.

You have some kind of obsession with me which doesn't make sense to me since I go out of my way to either ignore you or stick to the issues in a way that most don't around here.

I guess some of my razzing of you a decade ago cut that deep. I'm trying to be better, but it appears you're trying to be better at trolling so keep having a blast with that I guess.