NBA: 10 Burning Questions at the 2018 All-Star Break

#9 What is with all the injuries? The schedule was fixed, right?

It would be unfair to put Gordon Hayward's injury on this list as he had only the preseason back then.

Gordon Hayward's injury was a freak one. So leave that one out of this but otherwise, the injury watch should really be concerning for the league. DeMarcus Cousins (ruptured Left Achilles), John Wall (Left Knee), Kevin Love (Left Hand), Kristaps Porzingis (Left ACL) - all big-name players being forced to sit out of the All-Star Game due to their respective injuries.

A couple of these players would be out for quite a while, whereas, Wall and Love will return before the start of the Playoffs but it still begs the questions - Why are there still so many injuries? Wasn't starting to the regular season a couple of weeks before the scheduled start supposed to reduce the toll on the player's bodies, allowing them to play as many games as possible?

And these are only the big names that have gone down. Then there are the mid-tier Playoff teams that are missing key players- Paul Millsap (Denver Nuggets - Left Wrist), Andre Roberson (Oklahoma City Thunder - ruptured left patellar tendon) and Reggie Jackson (Detroit Pistons - Grade 3 right ankle sprain).

Will the progressive Commissioner Adam Silver consider reducing the number of games in the regular season? If the aim was to reduce the physical strain on players' bodies, wouldn't that be the eventual and right step?