Coach Ty Lue: “When I was coming up, guys cried about not playing enough minutes. Now guys cry about playing”

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  3. Well have you seen their AAU mins growing up? Can’t blame them when they finally get paid to be professionals they want to protect their bodies more.

  4. All the older generation does is complain about how the younger generation complains about everything. Its such a tired take.

  5. There are still plenty of guys complaining about not enough minutes. The superstars playing 35+minutes per game were never saying “I should just play 48 coach!”

    The guys saying they should be playing more are still there. Jonathan Kuminga is right there.

    The level of player complaining about not getting super star minutes is always there, its fucking stupid to say its not.

  6. Thaaaats why KD’s, Dame’s, JT’s and Tyrese’s Achilles exploded 🤯Having calf strains/tightness and playing through it because these cats need whining about having to play, I understand it now

  7. Magic was discussing load management on Byron Scott’s podcast and how it hurts the game. He mentions that players (top players) wanted to be in every game. “You want to play for your guys and with your guys.” He also talked about the All Star game and how players should at least give like 75-80 percent effort, and participate in the rest of the weekend like the top players did before. “That’s what made everyone want to tune in and even made players want to watch too or even come to the game or show up to the all star weekend.”

  9. Doctor: “Grant hill your ankle is fucked my dude”

    Grant hill: “fuck that im playing”

    *2000 season finishes

    Grant hill: whoops ill never be an all nba player again🤭

  11. The no practicing thing is evident in the games. I’m still not convinced guys are more skilled now, the game has just opened up and is played

  12. When I pay $200 – $400 for a ticket I want to see the best players play. If you are a fan, I’m really not sure why you would defend load management

  13. Its a different age now. For those who play too much, it overwhelms their knees and that’s how you get 3 achiles tears in one playoff run

  14. After the post of a 90s bulls game it was clear how much slower the game was. They say there’s no defense but in comparison the modern game looks like you really have to work for your points. Points are scored in the first 7 seconds so there’s not really time to relax. For 82 games that’s going to wear anyone down especially if you have high usage. Unless you have an insane engine like LeBron and also able to pace yourself no one is lasting the whole season.

  16. Everything is an overuse injury now. Before the aau circuits, players played different sports during the year and were effectively cross training without knowing it. This built strength and dexterity, but more importantly it gave their bodies a rest from repetitive movements. Anyone who has ever had a bad case tendinitis will tell you how debilitating overuse injuries are. Now your body has to compensate, and then boom, a real devastating injury happens. It’s all a chain reaction in the body.

  20. It’s possible that people are still “crying” about not playing enough minutes.

  22. One thing I love about Trae, he was clearly injured throughout the year and gave us 76 games. Despite being one of the most physically diminutive guys in the league, he’s usually out there

  24. Ty Lue is a real one. There’s a reason everyone wanted him, besides the Championship pedigree he’s a good dude and a great coach. Everyone likes him.

  25. We just saw Tyrese Haliburton, Jayson Tatum, Damian Lillard and Kyrie Irving get season ending injuries because of this mentality. Playing back then and now is a lot more exhausting on the body. Players who force themselves to play are going to be injured even more. That’s why load management, as much as I find it annoying, for the most part I understand why it is used.

  28. Coach Tylil…. Please teach me baskutball ok…sir please💪…I from kerala and i am rising star…. beat many people….sir i will become yur disciple👌…please boss…

  29. All I know is there is no way I would pay hundreds for a ticket without knowing for sure a player is playing (barring actual injuries).

  30. players make too much money to care about the game

    getting two 3 for 60m contract is already 120m career earning

    and taking out all the taxes and expenses, you’re looking at hard cash $60+M for average career

    Every young player definitely remembers IT getting dumped by the Celtics as soon as he got injured

  31. When I was young we’d make out in the court now the players only want to bang.

  33. So dumb players play a faster more intense type of basketball on the body, if you were actually watching these playoffs 3s weren’t relied upon. It was intense basketball looking for mid ranges, easy layups, each possession was literally hard fought. Why should players go that intense on a December night? So there bodies are done come playoffs? The old players were playing in a slow era of basketball

  34. I don’t disagree, but this take would mean a lot more if it wasn’t coming from a guy that averaged 23 mpg. Of course he wanted more minutes, and most NBA players still do.

    Players are much more explosive now, and given the increase in serious injuries, I get why players and teams want to manage that with playing time. That being said, it doesn’t seem to be working.

  35. Coach Ty Lue: “When I was comin up to the surface of the water for fish food in my tank”

  36. Guys “cry” about being overused and ruining their health and careers, everyone wants to play

  37. NBA is broken. Salaries got so high, and fully guaranteed, that basically being drafted means you are set for life. I’m happy for the players, they earned it. But it makes them entitled. I feel like the only course of action is either to re-work the CBA so that there are not guaranteed contracts, or, lower the number of games. 18 games like NFL. One and done playoffs like ncaa. Make the games matter again. The regular season literally doesn’t fucking matter. Why waste your guys legs? Why play?

  38. Lmaoo the epitome of what the league is now and why these guys get hurt so easier. They don’t even want to play. We got guys sitting out all back to backs like what???

  40. Teams are playing faster than ever every year. Teams no longer just walk the ball up the floor. Heightened exhaustion causes more injuries so teams now need depth in order to manage their team through 82 games compared to the old days.

    That’s just reality now. Unless the nba is going to change how many games are played. Quite frankly folks just have to grow up and get over themselves.

  42. It amazes me how so many of these posts comment on players’ salaries. The salary is the salary.

  43. I don’t think older players realize how much the skill floor increases year after year.

    If Deandre Ayton stepped into a portal and arrived back to 1985, he’d probably win MVP.

    It’s the same thing if you took Shohei Ohtani and sent him back to the 1970s. In his first year, he’d hit like 95 HRs and strike out 400 batters.

    I’m not saying the older athletes were worse. It’s just they didn’t have the coaching, training, tape watching, strategy, nutrition, etc. If you gave Clyde Drexler all the advantages players have today, he’d still be Clyde Fucking Drexler in 2025. But if you dropped 1991 Clyde Drexler, as is, onto the court in 2025, he’d probably struggle.

    The amount of effort players have to put in today is way different than it was before. So I get why load management is more of a thing.

    It’s the same with starting pitchers in baseball. We used to see more complete games. But that’s when guys were throwing 91-95 and had basic curveballs, sliders, and changeups. Now they’re throwing 96-100 and putting massive strain on their elbows to spin slurves and other high RPM pitches.

    It’s the same thing in the NFL. QBs used to not have to be mobile. Now the position demands a higher degree of athleticism just to survive the rush from 7 guys as strong and fast as peak Lawrence Taylor.

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