Memphis (462)
Portland (371)
OKC (369)
Indiana (366)
Dallas (328)
Chicago (299)
Washington (276)
Golden State (274)
Utah (267)
Sacramento (247)

They also happen to be the #1 team in the league.

Notable injuries:

Jalen Williams (J-Dub): 45 games missed
Isaiah Hartenstein: 32 games missed
Ajay Mitchell: 23 games missed
Alex Caruso: 23 games missed
Aaron Wiggins: 16 games missed
Jaylin Williams: 15 games missed
Lu Dort: 13 games missed
SGA: 12 games missed
Chet: 10 games missed

Why isn’t this a larger part of the narrative of SGA’s MVP bid? He’s leading the #1 team in the NBA despite being without multiple starters for long stretches of the season.

For comparison:

San Antonio: 28th in the league in man games lost (131)
Lakers: 21st in the league in man games lost (183)
Denver: 14th in the league in man games lost (220)

Traditional_Emu3598

25 | 41 minutes ago

OKC’s 6-10 guys are better than most teams 3-8 guys

And Shai is an MVP candidate year after year

dholmestar | Thunder

22 | 44 minutes ago

I’ve seen enough: Cason Wallace for MVP

nowhathappenedwas | NBA

1 | 29 minutes ago

Why isn’t this a larger part of the narrative of SGA’s MVP bid? He’s leading the #1 team in the NBA despite being without multiple starters for long stretches of the season.

OKC is still excellent. They have a +5.8 net rating without Shai on the court.
There are much better ways of measuring individual impact (which also point to SGA deserving MVP).
A metric that equates Thomas Sorber or Nikola Topic missing the season as equally important as Tatum missing most of the season is silly.

Midichlorian_counter | OKC

1 | 10 minutes ago

Okc has been really hurt by injuries this year clearly, but yeah Sorber being out is like midly annoying for future development, not a hit to our championship odds

Sad-Eggplant-8320 | Lakers

1 | 30 minutes ago

Damn that’s a rough few years for Memphis.

37sms | Grizzlies

5 | 43 minutes ago

We told you all it’d be a dynasty

CompellingTaxidriver | Grizzlies

6 | 33 minutes ago

1,371 games missed by injured players over 3 seasons.

We have Wilt like injury numbers

ConorOblast | Thunder

1 | 25 minutes ago

Let’s wait and see if we defend our title.

trybeingcurious | NBA

6 | 42 minutes ago

The injuries have been a part of the discussion, but you’re not going to get real discussion here.

Ok-Assumption9636 | Trail Blazers

2 | 34 minutes ago

Man. Such a miserable year for it. Wish my team could just play lol

MrFishAndLoaves | Pelicans

1 | an hour ago

Where are the Pelicans?

Parallel-Quality

3 | an hour ago

19th (191).

Personal_End9975 | Warriors

3 | 35 minutes ago

yes they’ve been injured yes it is impressive, but the list isn’t factoring how impactful these players are. i do not mean it in offense and j dub is borderline all nba when healthy but this isn’t a great metric overall

Zeeron1 | Thunder

6 | 34 minutes ago

There’s another one I’ve seen called expected value lost or something like that, and we have been near or at the top of that one as well the past 2 years. It’s been rough lol

Personal_End9975 | Warriors

1 | 19 minutes ago

I’m not Thunder hater, and although I think you are top 3 this year and have had a decent share of injuries, you were not really injured last year, outside Chet and Isiah deciding to flip flop their games. Honestly I don’t think the Thunder should be hated as much as they do, although Shai flops, it’s not as egregious as it’s made out to be, and sometimes he gets lucky with the calls. But I also think Curry sacrificed his chance to get freethrows to the basketball when they got KD, because damn this shi is not fair, and it’s not really any team’s fault, it’s just inconsistent referees. Although they all collectively hate on curry. Their fine with any other Warrior (They hated poole when we had him) too

FormalDisastrous2467 | Thunder

1 | 20 minutes ago

As of about a month ago someone calculated the teams most impacted by injury using epm. Okc was second on that list only surpassed by memphis. The only contenders remotely close was Denver.

LouieBarlo24

1 | 20 minutes ago

Because OKC’s bench unit has more talent than the Lakers or the nuggets starters.

imArsenals | Slovenia

1 | 11 minutes ago

OKC is just that good. Their 2-14 is easily the best in the league. Their 8, 9, 10 could be starters on other teams. Shai is having an MVP season, but you don’t have to lie and discredit the rest of the team like he’s carrying a bunch of bums. If healthy they’d damn near win 50 games without him.

Gracchus_15

0 | 43 minutes ago

blazers and warriors are technically in a playoff spot.

Randvek | Trail Blazers

5 | 41 minutes ago

In position to play for one, anyway.

reptheevt | SEA

1 | 23 minutes ago

Portland might be a problem next year with a healthy Deni, Jrue, and Dame.

bobkemp | Knicks

1 | 21 minutes ago

Many of these for OKC have clearly been rest and/or extremely cautious injury management.

Of the top 10 teams in the league with the most man games lost this season, only one currently sits in a playoff spot