The NBA is continuing to take steps to learn more about injuries affecting its league and the greater world of basketball.
As part of its partnership with General Electric Healthcare that began this past July, the NBA on Monday announced that it has opened the doors to researchers and made a call for research proposals on a problem area for NBA athletes: tendinopathy, or injuries related to tendon inflammation and pain.
Tendon issues have historically been a sore spot for NBA athletes. The medical umbrella includes ACL tears (for example, Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose, Sacramento Kings point guard Rajon Rondo, Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio), tendinitis (Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving and Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade) and Achilles ruptures (Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and Dallas Mavericks guard Wesley Matthews).