Current Events > NBA approves new rule for load management against All-Star Players

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Rules are kinda complex

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38392750/source-nba-board-governors-approve-tougher-rest-rule

• Teams must manage their roster to ensure that no more than one star player is unavailable for the same game. For example, the Boston Celtics would not be allowed to rest both Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum in the same game unless they are both injured.
• Teams must ensure that star players are available for nationally televised and in-season tournament games.
• Teams must refrain from any long-term shutdown -- or near shutdown -- when a star player stops participating in games or plays in a materially reduced role in circumstances affecting the integrity of the game. Under that scenario, the Washington Wizards and Portland Trail Blazers would've been investigated by the league after shutting down Bradley Beal (10 games) and Damian Lillard (11), respectively, at the end of last season.
• Teams must maintain a balance between the number of one-game absences for a star player in home games and road games -- with a preference for those absences to happen in home games.
• Teams must ensure that healthy players resting for a game are present and visible to fans.

this man actually said load management with a serious face

Kawhi Leonard in shambles

Or.... give more days off throughout the season by extension of the calendar or removal of a few games.

No, instead lets have the league tell it's players that they can't have a day off, as if they should be making that decision.

With that said, I look forward to seeing players now coming into a game until the first whistle and then sitting the rest of the game.

aarrgus posted...

With that said, I look forward to seeing players now coming into a game until the first whistle and then sitting the rest of the game.

Or simply not playing through the injuries like they do now.

Shorten the regular season

That's why they keep calling our current league the soft era. Players wanna play on their schedule. I believe it's more so the team management's fault more than anyone else's, though.

ironman2009 posted...

Kawhi Leonard in shambles

For real, though, this. This dude and the Clippers abused the fucking shit out of load management shamelessly.