In total, the NBA saw seven players tear their Achilles over the course of the season. "When we look back at the last 10 years, the majority of the Achilles injuries have happened before the All-Star break," Silver said. And as you know, modern NBA players, even when they're not playing games sometimes in the summer they're working harder than they are during the season when they're playing three games a week." According to Silver, the league has been using artificial intelligence in its search for clues about why Achilles injuries happened so often this season. Presti said he hopes the NBA will be less "defensive" in trying to find solutions to the injury issue.