You almost have to wonder why it doesn’t happen more often.
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Players want to be around the action, so they ride the bench and hang out with the team even while recovering from a health setback. It’s cruel to have your health taken away from you during a season, whether you’re a top starter or fringe rotation member, and most players cannot stand being away from the game even if their year was cut short by injury. Kevin Love’s season, infamously, was cut short by injury during the first round of the playoffs as he underwent surgery for a separated shoulder following a collision with Boston’s Kelly Olynyk.