There seems to be a rising trend of injuries in the NBA, but there aren't many clear answers as to why that's the case. 

Nearly every day, there are reports of a new player coming down with an injury, ranging from role players to stars. Soft tissue injuries seem to be the main culprit with ACL tears, Achilles tears, and strains to calves, groin, and hamstrings among the worst offenders. 

The Milwaukee Bucks are among the many teams suffering from injuries at the moment. Kevin Porter Jr. and Taurean Prince have both had surgeries on various injuries that will sideline them for an indefinite amount of time, and star power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo will be out for one to two weeks with a groin strain he suffered after the Bucks' Nov. 17 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. 

Milwaukee head coach Doc Rivers has had to manage his team amidst these injuries, and with a professional basketball career of playing and coaching that goes all the way back to 1983, he's seen the influx of injuries with his own eyes.

"There's just a lot more injuries over the last 10 years, to me, that's how it feels. We brought all these people from all over the world, and I don't think anything has changed. You know, rest was one of the things, and I think a lot of people believe that hurt us too... We're doing something different and something wrong, and I don't have the answer," Rivers said (via Bucks). 

Load management has become the key term when it comes to teams' approach to limiting injuries, putting rest over constant, breakneck training. Most teams have state-of-the-art recovery technology at their disposal and whole teams of medical and physical training staff, yet injuries have paradoxically increased.

Rivers has also been a vocal critic of NBA scheduling that puts even more strain on players with factors like back-to-back games and constant travel. Rivers recently expressed how thankful he was for his team to have two days off after a brutal stretch of seven games in 11 days. 

"There are a lot of games at this stretch, and I don't know if it's due to the in-season tournament or whatever... What did we play, six games in nine days or something like that? That's a lot of games. So that made the condensed scheduling in that aspect, I think it's something we have to look at for sure," Rivers said. 

Another looming factor is the increase in skill and physical capability that NBA players of the modern day possess. It becomes a double-edged sword in the sense that players now can do more with their bodies in terms of the physical aspects of the game, but that same physical performance puts a heavier strain on the body until a breaking point is reached. 

Rivers doesn't believe that a change of play styles in the NBA is to blame for an increase in physical strain, but he hasn't been able to deny the impact that overall increased physicality has had on the increase in injuries. 

"I don't know if I agree with that because you can back in the 70's and 80's, every team averaged over 100 shots a game and it was all movement," Rivers said. "Guys are stronger, bigger faster; they're more athletic and maybe tighter, and so maybe that is true with this group. I just don't know."

Rivers may not have the answers for this injury epidemic, but it doesn't seem that anyone else in the basketball world has either.