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Message: [QUOTE="superjohn, post: 5067555, member: 1522"] Surgeries are one thing but "sports science" is mostly a junk industry people have gotten rich off of. I don't know what T-Mac's knee injuries were or if advances in knee surgeries would've saved his knees. Maybe. I do think the numbers show the average age and career length in the NBA is now lower than it was in the 90's. There's so many different factors that I wouldn't even attempt to come up with any conclusion as to why that is. The NBA game is very different now than it was 20+ years ago. Rule changes, emphasis on different things, and a different overall strategy around spacing and the value of the three point shot but I just don't think the players are bigger, stronger and more athletic now. The numbers and my eyes don't back it up. [/QUOTE]