Stan Van Gundy
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It's not even...
To me, it makes no sense.
I don't think our guys... We haven't conditioned the guys to play an 82-game schedule.
I think it's why we're getting most of these soft tissue injuries.
I think they need to work more.
I just don't think that we've conditioned them well enough.
I think I'm totally on an island on this one.
But I think it's basically... We have these sports science people who...
I think it's to cover their own asses because nobody, nobody is going to say, nobody's getting in trouble, losing a job or being questioned for working a guy too little.
Nobody is saying, you know what?
They don't play that guy enough minutes.
You know what?
They don't practice enough.
But if you're Tom Thibodeau and you play guys big minutes and try to practice, that you'll get criticized for if somebody gets hurt.
And so if I'm a strength guy and I want to strengthen conditioning guy and I want to keep my job, well, shit, I know the way to do that.
This guy needs a day off.
He can't do this.
He can't do that.
I don't think it works.
I think our approach in the league, at least, at the very least,