With the team's star player nursing a groin injury for more than three weeks, it would have been helpful to provide readers and fans with some details of the injury.
  You know, stuff like the degree to which it limits him, the amount of pain he is in, how difficult is it to rehabilitate, some details on his treatment regimen. Anything, really, to give you a better idea of what Jerry Stackhouse has been going through and accurate progress reports.
  But that kind of information is mostly out of reach for us. The best we could do was keep printing the team's official medical report, which was: day-to-day, left groin strain.
The person best equipped to fill in all of the blanks is Pistons strength and conditioning coach Arnie Kander. He would be more than happy to explain the situation, but he is off limits to us.
  The reason? The NBA has an extremely rigid policy for the release of any and all medical information. Simply stated, information regarding an injury or illness to a player has to come through the team's public relations department. That includes follow-up information and status updates.
  There are special allowances for major, season-ending type injuries, where the league will allow the team's medical people to hold a press conference.
  But that's it. When I requested an interview with Kander last week, I was told it was against league policy.