BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — As soon as the 2017-18 season ended, the frequent flier miles began to rack up for Utah Jazz guard Raul Neto.
Two weeks were spent in his home country of Brazil, then he was in Europe for another three weeks before returning to the United States of America before his fourth NBA season.
Although the traveling never affected his offseason training regimen, his body paid the price for the constant movement.
Even before Utah’s 2018-19 training camp started in September, he suffered a right hamstring injury.
From then on, it seemed to be a snowball effect as the injuries continued to mount after sitting those first 16 games with right thigh soreness, a left groin strain, left hamstring tightness and left ankle soreness.