”He convinced them to move to the new Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, and they were renamed the Oakland Clippers that June. This would appear to refute those that have pushed for fewer back-to-back games as a means to reduce injuries in the NBA. t will be fascinating to see how long he can ‘maintain the rage’,” says Penfold, “what you also find is that players develop a fitness capacity over each season, so that the effort required to get through a season becomes less and less as they become accustomed to the physical demands needed and their body develops both an adaptation and resilience to these stresses. elop and not felt to be put under pressure to act on behalf of all rookies and their contributions to the league,” Billiard said.