[Game] Mavericks @ Kings 11/30 7PM PST 10PM EST
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Holla at me after we get to see the injury report.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
wow
the whole season is being trashed by a couple of strains
It goes on too much longer it won't matter if he comes back or not, and with potentially huge consequences for everyone from Rondo, to Karl, to Vlade to Ben and to Cousins himself.
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
According to Jason Ross, Big Cuz was at shootaround earlier and he thinks will play tonight. I guess we shall see.
ockingsfan
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Better than Doubtful
It's 50/50, so lets just hopes he plays, otherwise this season is going to go downhill fast.
LoungeLizard
Starter
Cousins plays....we win. No Cuz, we lose by 9.
HndsmCelt
Hall of Famer
I could not agree moreBetter than Doubtful
It's 50/50, so lets just hopes he plays, otherwise this season is going to go downhill fast.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
And the elephant in the room is are these injuries related to the use of him. These types of injuries are new to him.
In 10/11, played 81 of 82
In 11/12, played 64 of 66
In 12/13, played 75 of 82 and never missed more than two consecutive games
In 13/14, played 71 of 82 and missed 6 straight to an ankle sprain
In 14/15, played 59 of 82 where 10 were due to the virus, then out the last 6
In 15/16, already missed 8 of 18
Up until the virus, had played in
306 of 327 career games(93%). Missed only 21 games in his first 327.
29 of 48 under Karl(60%). Missed 19 of his last 48.
I for one see a red flag here.
FaStRmAn
Starter
I honestly don't think the pace is causing these injuries. Maybe all the flailing around he does after a foul call 
But seriously, he is a young man. He needs to get in better shape if running up and down the court are causing him injuries. Basketball is all about running up and down the court. Lets hope that this recent spree of injuries is an outlier, and that he has a relatively healthy rest of the season. Because if he doesn't play 85-90% of the remaining games effectively, the chances of a .500 season will fall by the wayside.
But seriously, he is a young man. He needs to get in better shape if running up and down the court are causing him injuries. Basketball is all about running up and down the court. Lets hope that this recent spree of injuries is an outlier, and that he has a relatively healthy rest of the season. Because if he doesn't play 85-90% of the remaining games effectively, the chances of a .500 season will fall by the wayside.
Chupacabra
Starter
No way man. We have to extend Quincy Acy's minutes.
Well, 32.9 minutes. At a furious pace of 103% of league average pace, so (...does the math...) Cousins has gone up and down the court 23 more times this year than he would have in the same minutes on a league-average team. That's 2.3 times per game! It's wearing him out!
Hadlowe
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I honestly don't think the pace is causing these injuries. Maybe all the flailing around he does after a foul call
Speed and weight are both factors on injury. I suspect that the drives from the three point line are a much higher risk for injury (change of direction, collisions at speed) than simply running up and down the floor.
Those pennies add up. Something about a death by a thousand cuts...
gunks
Hall of Famer
Yup.
Pace will F up our system and our star.
But whatever, Karl and Vivek think it's fun and exciting.
Glenn
Hall of Famer
Absolutely. Sudden starts will hurt the achilles. All it takes is one burst of energy and the achilles is strained. It is not the number of times he runs up and down the court. If distance were a factor, marathon runners would be in deep trouble.
I am smack dab on the fence as to whether the type of basketball Karl wants is hurting Cuz. I suspect his desire to bust his butt is another contributing factor. I can't believe someone thinks he is not in shape. I doubt that this is a fact but I would ask, "how do you know?"
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
Yup. It's not so much how many trips up and down the floor Cuz or this team makes, it's more where he's attacking from under Karl and the demands that puts on a body like his.
In the modern NBA there's more lower extremity issues than ever before. Game is faster, players more athletic, bodies are breaking down. ACL injuries have shot up. More and more guards are seeing lower body injuries take a serious toll on their careers. And Karl's asking Cuz to play in a somewhat similar manner by attacking off the dribble constantly from outside. Karl's asking Cuz to attack more as a guard would.
I'd be more interested in stats for how many times Cuz has attacked from 23 ft out and compare that to the rest of the league. And I'd wager there's no one with a body type anything similar to his who's done that anywhere near as many times. Just a different stress on the body to attack off 1-2 dribbles than what Cuz is regularly doing.
ArcoKings
Starter
Though the season is almost at the quarter point and many games are still left in the schedule to be played I'm slowly losing hope for the Kings to finish at .500 (give or take a few games). I never had them going to the playoffs this season. For every step forward the Kings take (a win) they take three steps back (losses). DMC's missed games and especially lack of team defense equates to losses. Karl's system does not work with the players we have. 
I just don't think the players will figure it out in time.
I just don't think the players will figure it out in time.
Sac.Kings
All-Star
I don't mean to come off as someone who only watches the "good" games, but I don't watch any game if Cousins isn't playing (I literally mean this as not a single one for the last 2+ years). We just flat out suck without him and I cannot bring myself to watch Rudy jack up 20+ shots. Can't do it, even with Rondo's brilliance this season. I hope he plays tonight because our season is in jeopardy. Next 10 or so games will make or break us.
Iced Espresso
Starter
We need a win, was looking forward to every game, lately have been a deer in headlights.
I think if we are going to argue that the current offense (Karl's or Boogie's, not sure who is the main instigator - he loves taking jumpers) is potentially detrimental to Cousins' health, then we ought to give it a different label than "pace" which actually has a specific connotation that nobody now seems to think is the actual problem.
gunks
Hall of Famer
Just because he can, doesn't mean he should.
They need to stop the madness. Just let him post and smash
sono
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That's a lot of ground to cover.
Lol @comment "like a bull at a china shop.."
King Baller
All-Star
I honestly don't think the pace is causing these injuries. Maybe all the flailing around he does after a foul call
Dude! Are you serious? Karl is running the Kings cornerstone into the ground.
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