Can Science Predict An Injury-Prone Future Draft Pick?
Andrew Wiggins will play in his first collegiate game for Kansas tonight. Odds are he'll be the first pick in next year's NBA draft as well. But for all the poking and prodding that a high draft pick undergoes, can science go even further and predict who the most durable—and most "injury-prone"—athletes are? Should it?
Here's Dr. Matt McCarthy taking a closer look.
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