11-25-2025, 05:40 PM
(11-25-2025, 04:25 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't think it's part of a stealth tank plan, but I do think this bad run of injuries he has been on, going back to last year, might be the result of some misguided effort by a bad medical staff to help make the on court product as competitive as possible. There's not much point to pushing that agenda anymore, so if there's anything to that speculation, I suppose you could call it a stealth tank in a sense. Either way, what I hope, personally, is that they're taking a step back in order to actually fix whatever problems he's experiencing chronically (hopefully, this is possible). Sit him as long as it takes to give him a chance to prove he can stay healthy. No more risks of any kind (this year, at least).
All I know is that without Lively, any hope for the next few seasons flies right out the window, so I hope they can get his health under control.
Hard to know how much was the medical staff and how much was Nico. Apparently he was going to push AD onto the court right before he got fired against the recommendation of his medical staff. I wonder how much that was going on late last season.