Make shyt up. This trend started around 2010 when Pop started doing it for his old three.
Duncan used to play 40 MPG too early on his career so no one better try spinning this shyt as something that's been happening a long time.
Its a day off tho...the team rests guys because they need it....prime time dont factor into those decisions....
Why do they suddenly need it? I don't recall anyone needing rest days before and now of all sudden players need it multiple times per season? Suddenly it's impossible to play too many back to backs or road games are too much of an effort?
This how I know you a new nicca...Mike was trying to play all 82 whether he was 23, 33 or 40. All these niccas used to take pride in playing as many games as they could, not just Jordan. Wasn't no such thing as a "maintenance day". This discussion has been beat to death though so I'm not bout to waste finger energy on it.
Rigby is like 17 or 18 and he's white.
A lot of 2000's stars like Kobe, T-Mac, Wade, A.I. had their careers shortened because they insisted on playing all 82 at 40 minutes a night. I really thought Kobe could play till 40.
Kobe had his career shortened due to a freak achilles injury. His minute workload leading up to the injury was insane, but I find it hard to believe minutes contributes to these freak injuries. Paul George didn't break his leg because he was playing too many minutes, it was just unlucky. Unlucky shyt happens all the time.
Wade got his meniscus removed which always shortens your career.
TMac had injuries throughout his career and AI's size just caught up to him as he aged. AI also never had the greatest of work ethics.
by 34 he hadn't played any defense in years and hadn't been a good three point shooter in years either. He was a long way from the best by 2012-13.
