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Get a level 1 doctor. He reduces injuries to about 1-2 a year at most.

Seriously now, I've used a level 1 doctor for the past 3-4 seasons I seldom get injuries.

A lot of injuries seem to happen right before playoffs. Or maybe just a lot of angry people posting about their injuries right before playoffs!

Depending on the age of your players you might wish to get the best lvl doctor you can buy, to help minimize injuries.
I got struck VERY hard last season......made out to the finals but could not really pose a threat to the eventual champion due to 6 out of 7 of my top salaried players were not available due to injury!
6 guys injured, I did not do myself any favors with the very low rated doctor on staff (useless). And to the gent who recommended you to get a low lvl doctor because he has not suffered many injuries for a good period of time........that was me, and now being on the other side of things now..........don't be skimpy with your doctor, because the random rash of injuries will come, and Dougie Howser won't know what to do.

I think it mostly depends on at what level of the game your at. In D.V and D.IV leagues, i dont see the investment into a high level doctor being worth it. The majority of newer teams should be developing 18-21 year olds, and should be watching their minutes really close already. I only experienced one injury amongst my 3-4 trainees at C/PF in those few years. Meanwhile, i didn't care as much for the veterans i was plugging into PG/SG/SF, and consequently lost a few games while i was training my 18-19 year olds. Now that i've gotten to D.IV and am plugging along in the creation of a bigger arena, i've invested in a better doctor to ensure that these now 20-21 year olds who are responsible for keeping me in D.IV stay healthier. I just got hit with another 2 week injury to my backup PF, but other than that i've had a pretty run with health (just one other injury to my starting SG earlier in the year when i wasn't managing as closely as i am now).

At D.IV, it's just as easy to find a veteran 11th or 12th man for 4-5k salary and less than 10k cash, so the math suggests after severance fees that it's just cheaper to go that way. This would be even more true to D.V

No, with my old team my injuries occurred in the playoffs. Three times I lost a championship due to an injury. Two of those was because of an injury sustained in the game before the championship.