The TRUTH Behind NBA Knee Injuries & How To Help Prevent Them

This video was inspired by the By Any Means Basketball channel. When we talk about injuries in the NBA, we say it's bad luck most of the time or maybe some players are physically built better. However, I believe that there is another reason why some NBA players are more likely to suffer knee injuries than others, and I talk about it in this video. Enjoy!

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[bballbreakdown]

Ben Simmons runs with his heel landing first, is he a candidate for injury?

[Carlton]

@Andy Hoops, this theory makes since to me, I'm 6'4", I'm now 40 years of age and played basketball my whole life. I have developed knee problems and couldn't figure out why. I do run on my heels and I'm convinced that's how my issue came to be. Now I know how to guide my son. Thanks a lot bro

[noahramirez]

I used to land like derrick rose when I dunked and i dislocated my knee and messed up my ligament and its been a few months and its not completely healed to land on it. Luckily im 16 so i have time to heal

[vivanlosgatoslomejor]

Prove that LBJ is not only a beast but also a very wise man. Keep up the good work, Andy!

[antoniokholmes]

I'm not a pro athlete but have played a lot of rugby, basketball and sprinting over ten years at a good league. Worst I've had is a sprained ankle which lasted around a week and a sore ankle from someone standing on my ankle with all their body weight. I land awkwardly a lot, I'm completely wreckless and think I'm invincible but run on my toes. Gotta run on the toes

[lancesteph]

You know the drill,

1- Andy
2- Devin Booker
3- Kwame Brown
4- Troydan
5- Kd the snake
6- Scalabrine goattt
7-Joe Inglea
8- Westbrook
9- Curry
10- Lavar BALL

[brandonchinga]

I've been running on my toes my whole life and everyone including me thought it was weird, but now I'm glad I have been because I've never missed a basketball game because of injuries. Been playing for 11 years

[cwehden]

Westbrook also falls over with a lot of grace and skill, players who try and fight falling over make really bad decisions. The art of falling needs to be taught to these players it spreads all the energy over a long slow amount of time rather than focusing it all on a knee or leg very quickly which is much harder to manage. I learned this in BMX where you constantly fall over you have to spread the energy as much as you can and over as long a period of time as you can that way it dissipates slowly and is much more predictable.

[boozbottle]

I remember reading an article about how rose injuried his ankle in hs and he never let it heal properly so thats probably why his landing mechanics are so bad because his ankles couldn't absorb some impact so it went straight to his knees

[aaronr]

'I'm going to talk about players who have injured their knees' 'ZOOMS IN ON ROSE'

[whosgotrythm]

This video is an eye opener, it makes sense why so many of my friends get injured while others do not. They all need to see this!

[ashishkbhatnagar]

This video is great. Andy is such an underrated Youtuber. He delivers interesting NBA content and does a lot of research. He also uploads really frequently. Andy should have much more subscribers.

[cwehden]

Porzingus recent knee injury was preventable, he could have just gone floppy and to the ground rather than try and land on that knee really bad decision he made, big guys have to be way more careful with this, longer limbs mean more torque / leverage for injury.

[dyxj]

This was a great video man I'm really glad you shed some light on this. I can tell you put in time for this. Keep up the great work man I love your videos.

[sonicoduh]

you should've added John Wall in these comparisons since he has similar athleticism to Westbrook and Prime Rose and his mechanics are pretty good as well.

[twixtm]

I had the same problem as drose ( not as dangerous) I always had to sit out a bit of the game because my legs started hurting, thanks for saving a potential basketball career

[rashb]

One of the most important videos of all time for any hooper up and coming especially, but also for us old school guys. THANK YOU. I remember being at science exhibit that weighs how much force you come down with. This lady was amazed at how little force I was coming down with in comparison to how high the jumpsor falls and it's because I was landing on my toes, almost lik a cat with control. I also think if you come down in a rhythm it helps disperses the force. Both Westbrook and Jordan have the grace of ballerina's. Jordan didn't have knee issue even with all that dunking until he was a Washington Wizard which by that time was a wear and tear thing.

[solascriptura-et]

Very informative video.
Especially looking at Parker and Rose dunking.

I dunk and land on one foot, and my knees are pretty bad shape because of that.
Watching players dunking and running has given me a new perspective.
Thanks, Andy.

[antigament]

extra tip: master the jump and landing with both legs. this facilitates the absorption of impact.

[escapetheveil]

Derrick rose 🌹 is training with LeBron this offseason so hopefully 🐐teaches him how to land and run properly