NBA Today: 5 Most injury-prone players in the league right now

#3 Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn Nets)

Kyrie has an injury-prone past

While Kyrie Irving has joined his 3rd team this offseason, the Brooklyn Nets, the one thing he cannot seem to leave behind is his injury history. While his talent is unquestionable, injuries have played a major role in his career, forcing him to miss large parts of both the regular season as well as the playoffs.

Kyrie has not played a single full season in his 8 seasons in the NBA. He missed time due to injury at Duke and played only 11 games. He broke his hand in his second season with the Cleveland Cavaliers and has suffered numerous serious knee injuries that have kept him out for a long period of time.

Kyrie averaged a superb 23.8 points, 6.9 assists and 5 rebounds per game last season, easily making him one of the best point guards in the NBA, but played only 67 games. Even though the injuries he suffered has not changed his career trajectory, the volume of injuries he’s sustained makes him one of the most injury-prone players in the league.