The 23-year-old's torrid time on the injury front is no secret, something most put down to pure bad luck.

He's certainly had his share of that but, after narrowly dodging what appeared to be a fourth ACL tear in January, the Wollongong Boomers product thought there had to be more to it.

Sydney Kings medical staff agreed and sent their newest of recruits to Canberra to go through a thorough movement analysis, complete with motion detectors and video screening.

It's a process people would associate with behind the scenes footage of NBA 2K, given it's the same technology that creates true-to-life simulations of the game's biggest stars.

In this instance, its function is advanced sports medicine, with a pre-injury focus to prevent injuries before they occur. It leaves Glover more confident than ever that his injury woes are behind him.

"I had an ACL sprain but [the ligament] was all there and healthy," Glover said.

"I was potentially going to be back before the end of the season but then we found some new things we wanted to look at.

"There's this thing called Pitch Ready and they put all the dots on you like they do on 2K for the animations. They analyse how you squat, how you jump, land, how you change direction.

"It turned out I do things a little bit different to a lot of people and that kind of ended my season because we wanted to focus on [fixing] that.

"I did another test six weeks later and the difference between the first and the second test was really good.

"As much as it sucked having to do it twice and not play, it's something that's very beneficial and something that will carry me through the rest of my career now."

Glover admits he thought it might finally be over following a seemingly innocuous collision with Taipans big-man Nat Jawai.

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The NBL community held its collective breath awaiting the outcome of scans. Having rarely received anything but bad news in such situations, Glover was shocked to hear all was not lost.

"It was a roller coaster 48 hours," Glover said.

"Until I went into the change rooms at halftime I thought I was OK. We did the tests at halftime and that right knee has naturally got a loose feel to it.

"All the focus has been on the left knee the last couple of years and everyone seems to forget the other leg.

"We flew to Brisbane and I got scans done. I got a phone call from our physios to come down to the team meeting area.

"They said 'look, you haven't ruptured your ACL but we still need to take precautions with other things'. I was lost for words to be honest.

"When you do the tests you fear the worst. It went from 'I'm OK' to 'oh shit I'm done' to 'OK it's not that bad'. There were a lot of emotions.

"There was little fracture in my leg and nine times out of 10 when you fracture that bone you tear your ACL, so I was pretty lucky."

And about bloody time too. It still made for a frustrating first campaign with the Kings after making a well-publicised switch from Illawarra at the end of the previous season.

His first season up the highway wasn't what he envisioned, but the club going above and beyond to ensure his return to health left him certain he made the right call.

"They had to fork out the money for those tests and they didn't have to do that," Glover said.

"I can't thank the Kings organisation enough for allowing me to do that. Who knows, I could have not done that and come back and hurt myself again.

"It was frustrating because, for the second half of the [previous] year, I think I'd finally started to show some consistency and put some things behind me.

"I thought I played well with the Boomers and I was training really well in the off-season and primed for a pretty big year. At the end of the day, it's the risk we take as athletes at the elite level.

"Paul (Smith) and Paul (Kind), Bogues (Andrew Bogut), Chris (Pongrass), the support staff, everyone in the office from head to toe was so supportive of me through that time.

"I definitely think it was the right decision."

Glover wasn't lonely in a crowded rehab ward at the Kings, with fellow Wollongong product Xavier Cooks missing a bulk of the season after suffering a foot injury in a preseason outing against the Hawks.

Rookie of the Year candidate Dejan Vasiljevic also had his year cut short amid a host of other injuries that contributed to the Kings missing the finals.

"It was tough but it showed the resilience the guys had last year," Glover said.

"They kept competing. For a fair chunk of last year we sat in third or fourth and, in the end, we just missed out."

With marquee international coach Chase Buford now at the helm, the club has also added former NBA guard Jaylen Adams and bigs Matur and Makur Maker.

Glover said he's learned quick enough that he's not part of an organisation that accepts consecutive years without post-season action.

"At the end of the day, every single team in the league goes out every single year with the intention to win championships and compete at the highest level," Glover said.

"If you're not playing for those reasons you probably shouldn't be playing. I think we're in for a good year this year, we've just got to keep our heads down and focus on what we want to accomplish as a team.

"In my short time with Chase here and getting in contact when he was still in the States I know it's going to be a super-fun year.

"Hopefully we can all stay healthy, that's all I see on social media 'please stay healthy' but we're all ready to go. Everyone'e invested in winning a championship and we're going to be exciting to watch."

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