Ant Edwards, Player Pain, & Covid Surges w/Dr. Robby Sikka
The Crossover NBA Show
SI NBA
4.6 • 641 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
On the Friday edition, Howard Beck welcomes Dr. Robby Sikka, former VP of basketball ops and player wellness for the Timberwolves, to discuss all the latest injury and health issues impacting the playoffs. Will Covid infections warp this postseason? Plus, Sikka shares his experiences working with breakout star Anthony Edwards.
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| 0:45.6 | What up? |
| 0:46.4 | It's the crossover pod Friday edition. |
| 0:49.3 | I'm Howard Beck, Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated. |
| 0:52.3 | My guest today is one of the smartest people I know, not just in sports, not just in the NBA, |
| 0:57.9 | but one of the smartest people I know, period, and especially in the area of player health, |
| 1:02.7 | which is kind of important right now during the NBA playoffs. |
| 1:05.5 | He is Dr. Robbie Sica, formerly a VP with the Minnesota Timberwolves, overseeing player wellness there for a couple of years. |
| 1:13.4 | He's now the team doctor for the Yankees. |
| 1:15.7 | He's a senior consultant to the Denver Broncos. |
| 1:18.1 | He's chair of the COVID Sports and Society work group. |
| 1:21.5 | He is founder and CEO of the sports medicine analytics research team and a bunch of other stuff that I won't go into. |
| 1:28.1 | Point being, he's very smart, very in demand, and very busy. |
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