Kerr has some good things to say in this article. You need to read it all to catch the entirety of what Kerr is trying to say as he goes into some detail to explain what he means. One paragraph taken out of context will make it all sound like something different than from what he's actually saying. I think the article still got edited to fit the space where some of what the writer wanted to contribute did not get placed in the article by the editor.
But, here it is...
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ading-injuries
A sample...
"Across the league, everyone understands that it's easier to score if you beat the opponent down the floor, get out in transition," Kerr said. "But when everybody's doing that, the games are much higher-paced. Everyone has to cover out to 25 feet because everybody can shoot 3s. We have all the data. Players are running faster and further [than] before. We're trying to do the best we can, but we basically have a game every other night. It's not an easy thing to do."
Kerr has been a vocal proponent of shortening the NBA schedule from 82 games to 72 or fewer, believing that bit of extra rest and practice time over the course of several months would pay dividends. "We literally haven't had a single practice on this road trip," Kerr said. "Not one. We've been gone a week or longer. Eight days, not one practice. It's just game, game, game. So not only is there no recovery time, there's no practice time. What was different was back in the day, you did have four [games] in five nights, which was not great, but then you'd have four days between games. You'd take a day off and have a couple good practices."
This is also new for all of the players who have never played like this for their entire lives. It was normal back from the early '70's to the mid-80's, and players were in much better shape back then and could handle the stamina. Kerr is old enough to have seen all of this and participated in this. It's one reason his teams have always played better than others.
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