The nba to change its Load Management rules. NBA teams are no longer allowed to rest two star players at the same time. 1 million dollar plus fines

[Rakpo98]

You didn't pay to see Giannis play. You paid to see the Bucks vs. whoever the opponent was. The NBA isn't interested in what your why is.

Many teams either know they're going to the playoffs and don't give a fukk how they get there or know they're tanking.

The handful of teams in that middle area almost never load manage, but those are also some of those teams that nobody wants to watch

It's amazing that we have people here on The Coli defending these soft players and these bytch ass organizations that pull this shyt during the regular season, expecting people to pay these outrageous prices to attend games, spend money on expensive ass food, and watch the low level play across most of the league, with the kicker being that if your favorite player (or your kid's favorite player if you take them to a game) might not even play, not because he's injured, but because he played the game before, or he needs "rest". What an absolute joke. The people defending this shyt are even bigger jokes, and it makes me wonder why you would defend such bytch ass antics, when you're not seeing a dime off of these players' enormous contracts? Are y'all on these players' payroll or something? It's pathetic. The NBA regular season is a joke, and there's literally no good reason to pay attention to it until playoff time according to y'all. Where they do that at?

No wonder regular season ratings for the NBA are at an all-time low. What's worse is that these teams and players keep their star players out of NATIONALLY televised games. There has to be repercussions for this bullshyt.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Fine compromise imo

Some of these teams were being way too blatant with it. If you want to load manage it makes way more sense for the fans to spread it out than sit your entire starting 5 at once (I.e Golden State)

 

[FTBS]

It's amazing that we have people here on The Coli defending these soft players and these bytch ass organizations that pull this shyt during the regular season, expecting people to pay these outrageous prices to attend games, spend money on expensive ass food, and watch the low level play across most of the league, with the kicker being that if your favorite player (or your kid's favorite player if you take them to a game) might not even play, not because he's injured, but because he played the game before, or he needs "rest". What an absolute joke. The people defending this shyt are even bigger jokes, and it makes me wonder why you would defend such bytch ass antics, when you're not seeing a dime off of these players' enormous contracts? Are y'all on these players' payroll or something? It's pathetic. The NBA regular season is a joke, and there's literally no good reason to pay attention to it until playoff time according to y'all. Where they do that at?

No wonder regular season ratings for the NBA are at an all-time low. What's worse is that these teams and players keep their star players out of NATIONALLY televised games. There has to be repercussions for this bullshyt.

The repercussion is not buying the ticket, not buying it after seeing whats been going on for a decade then complaining about it. There are guys I want to see that I know load manage. I dont take the risk with my time or money .

 

[KFBF]

the Clippers (Kawhi & P.G)

Taylor made for us

I think they'll be fine (well not fine but you know what I mean) cause theyre always actually hurt/injured.

 

[tremonthustler1]

It's amazing that we have people here on The Coli defending these soft players and these bytch ass organizations that pull this shyt during the regular season, expecting people to pay these outrageous prices to attend games, spend money on expensive ass food, and watch the low level play across most of the league, with the kicker being that if your favorite player (or your favorite kid's player if you take them to a game) might not even play, not because he's injured, but because he played the game before, or he needs "rest". What an absolute joke. The people defending this shyt are even bigger jokes, and it makes me wonder why you would defend such bytch ass antics, when you're not seeing a dime off of these players' enormous contracts? Are y'all on these players' payroll or something? It's pathetic. The NBA regular season is a joke, and there's literally no good reason to pay attention to it until playoff time according to y'all. Where they do that at?

No wonder regular season ratings for the NBA are at an all-time low. What's worse is that these teams and players keep their star players out of NATIONALLY televised games. There has to be repercussions for this bullshyt.

I don't defend the players because most players don't mind playing. I've seen KD hoop in sweltering heat where all he could inhale is weed smoke. There's players who work out and the games become intense and it's supposed to just be fun and a way to stay in shape. The reality of the situation is that gone are the days of appreciating what players do during regular seasons because fans think regular seasons take too long and are meaningless, especially when you don't win. Add to the fact that it feels like players are more physically fragile than ever and you get a major group of fans who get hyped for opening night, hyped for Christmas and then wanna fast forward to April. If load management/tanking/whatever is your best route to one day win an NBA title, that's your business. If my reaction to that is to tune you out, that's also my business, but the Knicks can put out you, me, and three others in this thread and Knicks fans will still pay obscene prices to watch us hoop.


The people who cry about load management are the same ones who think we need expansion because the talent pool is so deep. Teams do this stuff because they're trying to avoid those same fans wondering why some injury prone star was out in the 4th quarter of an otherwise meaningless game and heard a pop in his knee. Same fans who could watch a player play a bunch of time and then when he's gassed in the playoffs, get mad at the player. When everything but the title is disincentivized, the glory of doing regular season type stuff wears off. The only major reason why anyone should be pissed if a player sits out is if that costs your team a chance to win that game, but that's usually not the case.

I can almost sympathize with the fan that came all the way from India and paid all this money only to go to the arena and someone they wanted to see isn't there. It sucks, but it also sucks if that player was hurt or was trying to play hurt and made the situation worse and now cost your team a chance at a title. Jokic missed 13 games last year. I'm sure every Nugget fan who was present for the games he missed got over it when he held up the LOB Trophy. I'm sure all the Keldon Johnson stans in San Antonio said to themselves "I get it now" when they won the lottery. If your team clinched a playoff spot or top seed, bytching about why a team rested their players at the very end of the season to gear up for the playoffs is just selfish. Now, if you're tuning in and you're bytching about why a player ain't playing on a Thursday night in January, change the fukking channel. If @CHICAGO can watch The Big 3 every week to see what Royce White wrote on his head, an actual NBA fan can tune in and see whether someone takes advantage of the opportunity to play and see if he's worth a damn.

 

[tremonthustler1]

I think they'll be fine (well not fine but you know what I mean) cause theyre always actually hurt/injured.

But that's just it. They're hurt all the time because especially in Kawhi's case, he's not built to play 82+ games in a season anymore. He physically can't do it, so he tries to pick his spots, but ultimately, that comes down to paying attention to how your body feels. Meanwhile fans want them to figure out which games they'll miss well in advance and it's not based on reality.

 

[Legal]

Gonna have all kind of ailments listed on injury reports now. “DNP: Sore bicep, dry eyes”

DNP: Old about to make a comeback.

 

[s@n]

This is sad lowkey

 

[Rakpo98]

I don't defend the players because most players don't mind playing. I've seen KD hoop in sweltering heat where all he could inhale is weed smoke. There's players who work out and the games become intense and it's supposed to just be fun and a way to stay in shape. The reality of the situation is that gone are the days of appreciating what players do during regular seasons because fans think regular seasons take too long and are meaningless, especially when you don't win. Add to the fact that it feels like players are more physically fragile than ever and you get a major group of fans who get hyped for opening night, hyped for Christmas and then wanna fast forward to April. If load management/tanking/whatever is your best route to one day win an NBA title, that's your business. If my reaction to that is to tune you out, that's also my business, but the Knicks can put out you, me, and three others in this thread and Knicks fans will still pay obscene prices to watch us hoop.


The people who cry about load management are the same ones who think we need expansion because the talent pool is so deep. Teams do this stuff because they're trying to avoid those same fans wondering why some injury prone star was out in the 4th quarter of an otherwise meaningless game and heard a pop in his knee. Same fans who could watch a player play a bunch of time and then when he's gassed in the playoffs, get mad at the player. When everything but the title is disincentivized, the glory of doing regular season type stuff wears off. The only major reason why anyone should be pissed if a player sits out is if that costs your team a chance to win that game, but that's usually not the case.

I can almost sympathize with the fan that came all the way from India and paid all this money only to go to the arena and someone they wanted to see isn't there. It sucks, but it also sucks if that player was hurt or was trying to play hurt and made the situation worse and now cost your team a chance at a title. Jokic missed 13 games last year. I'm sure every Nugget fan who was present for the games he missed got over it when he held up the LOB Trophy. I'm sure all the Keldon Johnson stans in San Antonio said to themselves "I get it now" when they won the lottery. If your team clinched a playoff spot or top seed, bytching about why a team rested their players at the very end of the season to gear up for the playoffs is just selfish. Now, if you're tuning in and you're bytching about why a player ain't playing on a Thursday night in January, change the fukking channel. If @CHICAGO can watch The Big 3 every week to see what Royce White wrote on his head, an actual NBA fan can tune in and see whether someone takes advantage of the opportunity to play and see if he's worth a damn.

Shorten the regular season then. What’s the point in players resting for 15-20 games per season for load management? The NBA is a business at the end of the day. They hear all the complaints from fans and pundits alike. It’s not a coincidence that the NBA is looking at measures to curb this ASAP. If you continue to devalue the regular season with load management, then you’re affecting ticket sales and viewership even further going forward. Shortening the regular season to 50-60 games might curb load management. It won’t happen of course, because losing games played lessens revenue, but you’ve got to explore all options to quell this if you’re the NBA.

 

[KFBF]

But that's just it. They're hurt all the time because especially in Kawhi's case, he's not built to play 82+ games in a season anymore. He physically can't do it, so he tries to pick his spots, but ultimately, that comes down to paying attention to how your body feels. Meanwhile fans want them to figure out which games they'll miss well in advance and it's not based on reality.

I agree. The NBA has a scheduling problem, not a load management problem.

Clippers also get fukked more on the schedule because we're the least prioritized tenant at Staples. So every year, we got more back-to-backs, more three games in five days, more five games in seven days.

Have every team play every out-of-division team twice and every in-division team three times. That's what, 65 games? That's a good number.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Shorten the regular season then. What’s the point in players resting for 15-20 games per season for load management? The NBA is a business at the end of the day. They hear all the complaints from fans and pundits alike. It’s not a coincidence that the NBA is looking at measures to curb this ASAP. If you continue to devalue the regular season with load management, then you’re affecting ticket sales and viewership even further going forward. Shortening the regular season to 50-60 games might curb load management. It won’t happen of course, because losing games played lessens revenue, but you’ve got to explore all options to quell this if you’re the NBA.

So the solution to remove the games altogether? That doesn't help anyone. Now you're taking 11-12 home games away that you otherwise woulda went to in favor of games that if you had an issue with the prices before, it'll be unaffordable now. That's dismissing the fan who just wants to take his kid to a game, any NBA game. Load management or not, there's something to be learned and enjoyed even if the big time superstar didn't suit up (truth is, there's never a good time for a player to miss games because we want players to treat every game like Thibodeau does)


The NBA is going hard after load management because they're linked up with gambling companies everywhere and the NBA more than ever, a result is predicated upon which stars are playing. Nuggets vs. Suns could be Nuggets -2.5, but if Jokic is resting, now I gotta change the odds to Suns -8.5. Depending on who's out, you might not be able to place a bet at all.

 

[Rakpo98]

Just to clarify, I actually think that the fines and penalties for load management should be less for players who miss home games. There’s 41 home games for all NBA teams, so if you’re going to your team’s home game for example, and Steph or Luka are out (if you live in Dallas or the Bay Area), you can buy can just catch them later by going to another home game. However, the fines/penalties for players who miss road games should be higher in my opinion. For people wanting to see Steph, Luka or any other player once a year if they come to your town, it’s bullshyt that a player will sit out a road game. I remember last year, where Steph & Klay say out BOTH Pelicans games in New Orleans due to load management. That’s pathetic, and it there should be consequences for that decision.

 

[FTBS]

So the solution to remove the games altogether? That doesn't help anyone. Now you're taking 11-12 home games away that you otherwise woulda went to in favor of games that if you had an issue with the prices before, it'll be unaffordable now. That's dismissing the fan who just wants to take his kid to a game, any NBA game. Load management or not, there's something to be learned and enjoyed even if the big time superstar didn't suit up (truth is, there's never a good time for a player to miss games because we want players to treat every game like Thibodeau does)


The NBA is going hard after load management because they're linked up with gambling companies everywhere and the NBA more than ever, a result is predicated upon which stars are playing. Nuggets vs. Suns could be Nuggets -2.5, but if Jokic is resting, now I gotta change the odds to Suns -8.5. Depending on who's out, you might not be able to place a bet at all.

Thats all this is about .

 

[tremonthustler1]

Just to clarify, I actually think that the fines and penalties for load management should be less for players who miss home games. There’s 41 home games for all NBA teams, so if you’re going to your team’s home game for example, and Steph or Luka are out (if you live in Dallas or the Bay Area), you can buy can just catch them later by going to another home game. However, the fines/penalties for players who miss road games should be higher in my opinion. For people wanting to see Steph, Luka or any other player once a year if they come to your town, it’s bullshyt that a player will sit out a road game. I remember last year, where Steph & Klay say out BOTH Pelicans games in New Orleans due to load management. That’s pathetic, and it there should be consequences for that decision.

There's never a good time in a fan's mind for when a player can miss a game, because like Kobe and others have said, that might be the first or only time someone comes to see you play, even if you live there. Missing games for whatever reason is a L no matter what


Could you imagine going to a game, you get there late, whether it be the line, traffic, picking up your kid, whatever, you get to the game it's already started, but before you sit, you're getting your kid food, by the time you're settled, there's 6 minutes left in the first, your player subs out. He comes back for the last 5 minutes of the 2nd quarter and then doesn't play again. Do you feel you got your money's worth? If not, that might be the next step in tryna keep players away from the risk on injury. Basically treating load management games like preseason games.

 

[Silky Johnson]

The NBA stay misreading the assignment. It's not the players or the teams, it's the schedule that's the problem.

After the goofy in season tourney, each team should have a minimum of 2days rest between games. Two to three games per game so you can have the best possible product.