Quote Originally Posted by RotoWorld
Brian Roberts said Sunday that he's been playing through a hamstring injury for "maybe two weeks."
Roberts leads the league with 19 steals, but has zero over the past six games. "I haven't been running all that much lately," Roberts said. "Just trying to protect it a little bit. Just don't want it to get worse. I just really haven't pushed it, I guess."
Why do players do this? Why risk making the injury even worse. I see that they want to play and help the team but you won't help the team by being on the DL longer because he was playing through the injury.