{"id":20693,"date":"2023-10-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?post_type=podcast&p=20693"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:36:09","slug":"the-people-behind-the-tech-podcast-joe-rogowski-nba-retired-players-association","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/the-people-behind-the-tech-podcast-joe-rogowski-nba-retired-players-association\/","title":{"rendered":"The People Behind the Tech Podcast: Joe Rogowski \u2013 NBA Retired Players Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Joe Rogowski has seen the NBA from all sides.<\/h6>\n

He spent two years as an S&C at the Orlando Magic, a further six years as Director of Science & Research at the Houston Rockets, before spending almost nine years at the National Basketball Players Association [NBPA].<\/p>\n

Since 2022, he has served as Chief Medical Director of the National Basketball Retired Players Association [NBRPA], a non-profit organization comprised of former professional basketball players of the NBA, ABA, Harlem Globetrotters, and WNBA.<\/p>\n

Rogowski was at the NBPA in 2015, the year the league introduced its wearables committee and his views were informed by his time in Orlando and Houston.<\/p>\n

As he tells Joe Lemire and John Portch, he worked with players wary of wearables as well as those mor willing \u201cguinea pigs\u201d, as they refers to them, such as retired Magic point guard Jameer Nelson.<\/p>\n

Rogowski would ask himself of the latest devices: \u201cIs it practical? Is it something that you can wear in a practice? Is this something that I can consistently do? Or is this a one-time thing and you collect the data and move on?<\/p>\n

\u201cI had plenty of those devices that actually changed how I think about training these guys or how I\u2019d help them with recovery. But it is a sale because, with the players, you only have so many asks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rogowski recalls those moments working with players as well as:<\/p>\n

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  • The holistic management of load in the NBA [13:30];<\/li>\n
  • Knowing what to say \u2013 and what not to say \u2013 to players [21:20];<\/li>\n
  • His interest in cardiology and its importance for athletes, both current and retired [27:00];<\/li>\n
  • His role at the Sports Tech Research Network [31:20]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n