This NBA season is more about survival than wins

Ever since it was announced the NBA season would be crammed into 120 days and would include numerous three games in three nights stretches, pretty well all of us knew injuries would be the top story. Little training camp, little time to heal and players forcing the issue has put a lot of pressure on coaching staff and trainers. Give your guys a few nights off to play online casinos or whatever they choose to do and it could cost you in the standings to the point of missing the playoffs. Push your guys to play and risk further injuring your players. Almost every team in the league has had to already deal with an injury to a core player and that means falling behind in the standings. There is less time to play catchup, less time to ramp up any momentum and less time to get fully healthy for a playoff run. Players such as Chris Paul, Dirk Nowitzki, Derrick Rose, Vince Carter, Hedo Turkoglu, Carmelo Anthony, Manu Ginobili and Andrea Bargnani are all either sitting with an injury or pla...