In case you were wondering, no, the Clippers don’t just make everything harder for themselves by playing to the level of each and every opponent. They also happen to be the victim of unfortunate circumstances. I mean, it’s literally not every day that your star, let alone any basketball player, tears their UCL.
According to Dr. Luke Nicholson, who spoke with Clips Nation this week, “the type of mechanism that causes tension on that ligament is more common in overhead athletes, like javelin throwers and baseball pitchers. Nicholson said that basketball motions like jump shots don’t stress the UCL to the same degree because the elbow isn’t being subjected to an outward motion.