Jaylen Brown (Bruised Achilles Heal)

[Kiorrik]

This guy is entering Rob Williams territory. He’s never available.

Not gonna lie; my membership of the JKJB club might be affected by this, if it's another full season of this.

[nickagneta]

Massive amounts of recency bias here regarding Jaylen's injury history.

After game 65 of last season, JB missed the last 7 games of last regular season, the play in, the 5 playoff games and 11 games of this season due to two different injuries.

But before that, Jaylen had played in 90% of all his games, regular season and playoffs combined. That simply is not a track record of a player always being injured. It's a better availability record than Smart, who has never been accused of always being injured.

[RPGenerate]

I'm starting to get nervous that JB is going to be perpetually injured his whole career. Some guys are just fragile. Combined with the fact we really have been playing much worse with him off the court, would it be worth it to look at offers? Idk it's a tough question to answer.

[Kiorrik]

Massive amounts of recency bias here regarding Jaylen's injury history.

After game 65 of last season, JB missed the last 7 games of last regular season, the play in, the 5 playoff games and 11 games of this season due to two different injuries.

But before that, Jaylen had played in 90% of all his games, regular season and playoffs combined. That simply is not a track record of a player always being injured. It's a better availability record than Smart, who has never been accused of always being injured.

Recency bias, fair. But also, it's been a couple of different things, so there's a fair worry there too.

So lil bit of both.

Hey Nick if you're worried; don't be. I'm still in the club man. Just sayin'. :')

[nickagneta]

Massive amounts of recency bias here regarding Jaylen's injury history.

After game 65 of last season, JB missed the last 7 games of last regular season, the play in, the 5 playoff games and 11 games of this season due to two different injuries.

But before that, Jaylen had played in 90% of all his games, regular season and playoffs combined. That simply is not a track record of a player always being injured. It's a better availability record than Smart, who has never been accused of always being injured.

Recency bias, fair. But also, it's been a couple of different things, so there's a fair worry there too.

So lil bit of both.

Hey Nick if you're worried; don't be. I'm still in the club man. Just sayin'. :')

I don't see it as a fair worry.

Hayward's leg injury? Fair worry. Kemba's knee? Fair worry. Timelord's bone marrow edema at 22 years of age? Fair worry.

A broken wrist and a pulled hamstring. Not a fair worry. If Jaylen's wrist was at the beginning of last season and his hamstring towards the end of this season, no one would be worried about his injury history being an issue. But because those injuries happened back to back, everyone wants to forget about his 90% availability before that and now start to claim he is an possible injury risk.

Sorry my friend. I just don't see the reason to worry about his long term availability once he gets back healthy.

[Hoopvortex]

Just read, per Woj, that Jaylen brown suffered a bruised Achilles Heal. Brown is seeming to get dinged up a lot for a guy fairly early in his career. Wrist, hamstring, Achilles heal, etc.

Any thoughts on concerns with the Achilles Heal and the longer term picture with brown's durability?

There’s no such thing as an “Achilles Heal” or even an Achilles’ heel, at least not in the human body. It’s a literary expression, not an anatomical one.

There is an Achilles’ tendon in the body - but the Celtics website says that Jaylen has hamstring tightness. Did you maybe read that he bruised his heel? It is nearly impossible to bruise the Achilles’ tendon.

A bruised heel is not a chronic condition and should be no cause for long-term concern.

[Neurotic Guy]

Just read, per Woj, that Jaylen brown suffered a bruised Achilles Heal. Brown is seeming to get dinged up a lot for a guy fairly early in his career. Wrist, hamstring, Achilles heal, etc.

Any thoughts on concerns with the Achilles Heal and the longer term picture with brown's durability?

There’s no such thing as an “Achilles Heal” or even an Achilles’ heel, at least not in the human body. It’s a literary expression, not an anatomical one.

There is an Achilles’ tendon in the body - but the Celtics website says that Jaylen has hamstring tightness. Did you maybe read that he bruised his heel?

A bruised heel is not a chronic condition and should be no cause for long-term concern.

Dang, I misspelled heel earlier.  I hate that.  Like when I type their instead of there. 

[#1P4P]

Massive amounts of recency bias here regarding Jaylen's injury history.

After game 65 of last season, JB missed the last 7 games of last regular season, the play in, the 5 playoff games and 11 games of this season due to two different injuries.

But before that, Jaylen had played in 90% of all his games, regular season and playoffs combined. That simply is not a track record of a player always being injured. It's a better availability record than Smart, who has never been accused of always being injured.

Recency bias, fair. But also, it's been a couple of different things, so there's a fair worry there too.

So lil bit of both.

Hey Nick if you're worried; don't be. I'm still in the club man. Just sayin'. :')

I don't see it as a fair worry.

Hayward's leg injury? Fair worry. Kemba's knee? Fair worry. Timelord's bone marrow edema at 22 years of age? Fair worry.

A broken wrist and a pulled hamstring. Not a fair worry. If Jaylen's wrist was at the beginning of last season and his hamstring towards the end of this season, no one would be worried about his injury history being an issue. But because those injuries happened back to back, everyone wants to forget about his 90% availability before that and now start to claim he is an possible injury risk.

Sorry my friend. I just don't see the reason to worry about his long term availability once he gets back healthy.

TP!

Horford was labeled injury prone before this season when he’s played over 80% for his career and even better for the past 5 seasons not including the playoffs where his availability is even higher.

Mentioning TimeLord’s durability in the same sentence as Jaylen’s is ridiculous. JB is closer to AC Green than RW3 is to him.

[johnnygreen]

I do wonder if Brown is one of those athletes that won't play if they're not close to or at 100%.

So you must have missed that Jaylen played through pain in his wrist through much of the last half of last season and came back from this hammy probably too early and was playing through pain for most of his last two games.

You must have missed the fact that as soon as Jaylen reached his number of games played incentive that season, he elected for surgery and missed the remainder of the season and playoffs.

[Moranis]

Brown is absolutely injury prone.  he has missed the following games in his career

Regular season
4 (bench player his rookie year so less strain)
12
8
15 (72 game season)
14 (72 game season)
11 (so far this year in 24 games)

He has missed the following playoff games
1
1
0
0
5 (entire playoffs)

He always seems to come down with something.  No long term deteriorating type injuries, but it always seems like something and that is absolutely a concern, because your body generally doesn't get stronger as it gets more wear and injuries to it. 

[nickagneta]

Brown is absolutely injury prone.  he has missed the following games in his career

Regular season
4 (bench player his rookie year so less strain)
12
8
15 (72 game season)
14 (72 game season)
11 (so far this year in 24 games)

He has missed the following playoff games
1
1
0
0
5 (entire playoffs)

He always seems to come down with something.  No long term deteriorating type injuries, but it always seems like something and that is absolutely a concern, because your body generally doesn't get stronger as it gets more wear and injuries to it.

Playing 90% of his games before going down with his season ending injury last year say differently.

Smart has only played in 80% of his games. No one is calling Smart injury prone.

Horford is also below 90%. No injury prone claims out there about him.

[SparzWizard]

Agree with other folks...seems like misses time often.

[tenn_smoothie]

I would be more worried if he tore his Achilles to be honest.

I get that there is a difference, but anything with that Achilles area sounds serious to me.

[Neurotic Guy]

Brown is absolutely injury prone.  he has missed the following games in his career

Regular season
4 (bench player his rookie year so less strain)
12
8
15 (72 game season)
14 (72 game season)
11 (so far this year in 24 games)

He has missed the following playoff games
1
1
0
0
5 (entire playoffs)

He always seems to come down with something.  No long term deteriorating type injuries, but it always seems like something and that is absolutely a concern, because your body generally doesn't get stronger as it gets more wear and injuries to it.

Not sure that’s entirely accurate. I think the male body is still developing and strengthening in late 20’s and maybe a little past 30.  I do get the point that if you are prone to injury or have injuries that have permanent damage, that’s doesn’t bode well. But generally I think lots of guy’s have stronger and even more flexible bodies into late 20’s.

[todd_days_41]

I would be more worried if he tore his Achilles to be honest.

I get that there is a difference, but anything with that Achilles area sounds serious to me.

Would be more worried if he had the worst injury on earth for sports?

Phew! So relieved.