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Facial Fractures In the NBA: Breaking Down the Injuries of JR Smith and Larry Sanders

As the league prepares for All-Star weekend in New Orleans, two players known for their nightlife antics will spend the break recovering from facial injuries rather than partying in the bayou. Within the last week both Milwaukee’s Larry Sanders and New York’s JR Smith suffered facial fractures after colliding with opponents. Sanders suffered a fractured […]

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Breaking Down Nick Young’s Knee Injury

The Lakers backcourt has been in shambles as the team had played 22 straight games without Steve Blake, Kobe Bryant, and Steve Nash and an additional 16 games without Jordan Farmar and Xavier Henry. However Blake, Nash, and Farmar all returned to the active roster early in the week with the latter two remaining on […]

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How the Success of the Suns Medical Staff Could Help In a Pau Gasol Trade

The NBA trade deadline is fast approaching with several notable names expected to be moved. The player receiving most often mentioned in the circulating rumors is Lakers forward Pau Gasol. Recently Phoenix has emerged as a potential destination with the team using Emeka Okafor’s expiring contract and one of their four first-round draft picks as […]

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Understanding Nikola Pekovic’s Ankle Injury and How An Improved Medical Team Factors In

The Minnesota Timberwolves have had a bounce back year in terms of health. After losing a league-worst 346 games to injury last season, the team made several changes to the sports medicine team. The team hired Koichi Sato as the Director of Sports Performance and Mark Kyger as Director of Athletic Therapy. The two report […]

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NBA Injury Report: Where Each Team Stands at the Halfway Point

The first half of the 2013-14 season of the NBA has been one defined by injury. No one seems immune to the problem as role players, rookies, MVPs, and All-Stars have all been bitten by the injury bug. The second quarter of the season actually saw a small dip in injuries compared to the first […]

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