golden wrote:
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My main point is NBA players need to be playing basketball at a high level year round so they're going to be playing basketball during the summer whether they play for their international team or not. Injuries are a risk every time you step on the court. I'd argue international ball is safer than the alternative because at least you have pro medical and training staffs working with the players and ready to help if something happens. The Paul George or Exum situations could have been a lot worse if they happened at Drew League or in a pickup game.
I know guys are banned from high risk stuff like motorcycles, but they can't ban them from playing any kind of basketball in the offseason. I don't see how playing international ball is inherently more risky than any other thing they'd be doing to stay in shape and get better in the offseason.
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