There’s a serious injury issue in the NBA. Several players are out due to injury, and there’s been a level of concern from critics and fans. Even All-Stars have been hit by the injury bug early in the 2025-26 season. Amid the league’s problems, the management has started to take drastic measures to address them.
According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the league has launched a biomechanics assessment program across the association. The goal behind it is to optimize player performance and hopefully reduce injuries in the future. Charania talked about this development on Wednesday’s episode of “NBA Today.”
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“The league is launching a league wide biomechanics assessment program. More than 500 players have already gone through a level of testing, there’s four rounds of biomechanics testing also needed to be done rest of the season and that’s gonna be used to optimize exactly how the performances and try to reduce injuries moving forward,” Charania said.
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According to Yahoo! Sports, almost half of the league’s All-Stars are listed as out due to injury.
Heading into the new year, nine stars didn’t play in their team’s first game. Kyrie Irving suffered a torn ACL last season and is expected to miss most of the regular season. Dejounte Murray also sustained a devastating torn Achilles injury last season.
Damian Lillard, Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton all suffered a torn Achilles injury during the 2025 playoffs. All three stars could miss a large portion of the year, while others might not suit up.
Paul George, LeBron James, Tyler Herro and Jalen Williams were hurt during the offseason. Out of the nine players mentioned, only two (James and George) have recovered and played this NBA season, so far.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr blames the NBA’s scheduling for the injuries
Fans and critics aren’t the only ones who have been bothered by the number of injuries in the NBA. Even Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is aware of the league’s current problem. According to the coach, he believes the scheduling has something to do with it.
“Across the league, everyone understands that it’s easier to score if you beat the opponent down the floor, get out in transition. But when everybody’s doing that, the games are much higher-paced,” Kerr continued.
“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 also said that the Warriors have not practiced once during their current six-game road trip. The coach wants to prevent injuries and believes that not overplaying the players could solve the issue.
Edited by Reign Amurao
