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re: This season is a waste and this draft class is loaded with potential all stars.

Posted on 1/27/22 at 6:38 am to
Posted by brmark70816
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 1/27/22 at 6:38 am to
I live in Georgia now, but regardless. If he is sore or if he is in danger of re-injury, then he should not be playing. It's that simple. It might be different if he was rehabbing or in recovery and there was a slow build up. But minutes restrictions are not tenable for the long term.

If it helps, I mostly agree with you. I just believe if you are healthy to play, you play as much as you can, that it benefits the team. Every player has their limits. I trust the coach and trainers to maximize that. I just don't believe in a redline, where he will break down if he passes it.

Let me just say this. If load management is real and something we should adhere to, then the league has got to massively overhaul everything. Less games, longer season, eliminate travel, shorter practices, everything.. if it is really that serious. A team cannot contend when you have to sit starters every tenth game or bumps/bruises are DNPs. That's just not going to work.

I know you want to lose right now, I get it. But with Val last game, we have a shot at a huge upset. We need every player available to be competitive. That is what I want. So we are going be at odds every game on this from here on out, until we are truly done for the season..
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
61635 posts
Posted on 1/27/22 at 6:44 am to
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If load management is real and something we should adhere to, then the league has got to massively overhaul everything. Less games, longer season, eliminate travel, shorter practices, everything.


The league has made a lot of changes to do exactly that since Silver took over. COVID happened right after they implemented some of these changes so you might have missed it, but preseason is shorter and it and the regular season start earlier. They did that to have fewer back to backs and give more days of rest around the All Star Break.

Before Griff/Nelson took over, one of the last things the Pels did to improve the health/training situation was give AD and Jrue wearable devices to monitor their rest and recovery. If they weren't getting enough they'd skip practice. Load management is definitely a thing.
This post was edited on 1/27/22 at 7:11 am
Posted by Bronc
Member since Sep 2018
12646 posts
Posted on 1/27/22 at 8:22 am to
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Let me just say this. If load management is real and something we should adhere to, then the league has got to massively overhaul everything. Less games, longer season, eliminate travel, shorter practices, everything..


Sure, that would be ideal, but the NBA is a capitalistic enterprise. And the machine of capitalism is not well equipped to prioritize human well being and health above profits and human safety unless the former is harming the other....and even then corporate inertia and bureaucracy can still prevent that sort of large systemic change.

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We need every player available to be competitive


Then you simply arent a good enough team.

attrition is the name of the game in the NBA and with Zion down, if you literally need your whole remaining roster to just be competitive, you simply dont have a good enough roster. The solution is not to run players into the ground to maximize this season, it's to recognize your reality and take a longer term view.
This post was edited on 1/27/22 at 8:30 am
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