Snake-Bitten????
Well I don't mean to rehash an old theme, but One thing has everything to do with the other.
I guess one could argue that we have been snake-bitten by the injury bug and just had a rash of bad luck. A wise woman once told me that "YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK". A good GM certainly does. INJURIES are a part of the sport. Unless a team is Very lucky, Injuries are unavoidable.
We had injury issues in 2005, Demya was injured, Kara was Injured for quite a bit of the season, Yo was nursing a ailing knee, and Ticha had a late season injury.
And yet we managed to win the title in 2005. Why???
Depth...
We had depth at every position, and we had close to starter quality depth at every position.
We don't have that type of depth anymore. So we are far more susceptible to injury. That is why The Draft choices are relevant. And why the personnel decisions are relevant.
Such as... assuming AWS's BIG and guaranteed contract for 2 year. Tying up roster and cap space. That is money you spend on STARTER material. Not someone you don't expect to start.
I could go on... but we have rehashed most of this at nausea.
The point is... we allowed alot of our depth and talent to walk out the door and got little to nothing in return. And before we argue that no deal could be made lets consider that LA got a first round draft pick for Sidney Spencer. Just something to consider.
At the end of the day, if we had the type of quality depth on our roster now that we had in 05-06 these injures wouldn't be that significant. And just because players were on the roster doesn't mean they are the same quality as they were during our Championship runs.