Before the 2020-21 NBA seasons started, fans, players and analysts all expressed concerns that a historically short offseason could lead to more injuries during the season, especially for teams that made deep playoff runs in the 2019-20 season like the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat.
Unfortunately, those concerns turned out to be completely justified and last month, LeBron James called out the NBA for not listening to those warnings on Twitter. James’ teammate, Kyle Kuzma, supported his stance in a recent interview with Tyler Conway of Bleacher Report, but Kuzma doesn’t think that can be used as an excuse as to why a team underperformed:
Kuzma agrees with James’ assessment that the shortened offseason led to the barrage of injuries.