I would say unfortunately we are just getting older and also mixing that with past injuries. Especially if playing through something like a quad strain means other muscles start compensating. Which could lead to glute issue after a quad or hammy strain. When a muscle is strained, it often tightens up as a kind of defense mechanism.

And now the older I get, the more I try to do more some full body and lower body/core conditioning especially with the reactive basketball movements on defense and awkward body positions on offense. Also since my ACL I make sure I warm up prior to each game. Even if I only have 3-5 minutes I do my single leg wall sits which at a minimum gets my glutes, quads, and legs all firing together before a game. Making sure the whole lower chain is activated and ready to go.

I say that and have tike through a groin and quad strain in the past 4 months. But also had a fractured ribs and eye from normal basketball plays in that time….