Adam Silver says NBA had AI, experts looking at Achilles injuries before Haliburton tear
The NBA is using artificial intelligence and has convened a panel of sports medicine experts to study the uptick of Achilles tears happening in the league, Commissioner Adam Silver said in an ESPN interview before the NBA Draft Wednesday night.
The study of Achilles injuries in the league was already taking place when Tyrese Haliburton went down in Game 7 of the NBA Finals Sunday, Silver said.
Before Haliburton, six other NBA players had suffered Achilles tears this season -- Pacers centers James Wiseman and Isaiah Jackson, New Orleans guard Dejounte Murray and Miami guard Dru Smith in the regular season. Boston's Jayson Tatum and Milwaukee's Damian Lillard were injured in the playoffs.
"So, we had seven this year. We had zero last year under the exact same circumstances, and the most we've ever had (previously) in a season is four," Silver said. "The NFL has had a rash of Achilles issues as well. So the purpose of convening those experts is to try to figure out what's going on."
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The NBA is also using AI to study what's happened this season.
"This is one area where AI, people are talking about how that's going to transform so many areas, the ability with AI to ingest all video (of) every game a player has played in to see if you can detect there's some pattern that we didn't realize that leads to an Achilles injury," Silver said, "whether it's associated with calf injuries, we really don't know.
"But, we're taking it very seriously."
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