2021 NBA regular season thread

[Pastafazul]

Load management is an organizational decision in the vast majority of cases. NOT the player.

lol , and the players today with the mindset of prolonging their careers, because of the money, not taking advantage of that ridiculous organizational decision?

 

[Pastafazul]

Lol, again, you cannot predict injury!

just like timing the market...

players play!

they have enough time for rest off season.

today’s players do not come into season in game shape, they suffer injury throughout season because of this, and like the lakers, if they slow play bringing these guys back, and they take too long to gel come PS? Mgmt will never hear the end of it if they lose the season.

ahhh who cares!

 

[Pastafazul]

Now, if the Knicks go PS, and they do it on the back of Julius, and you know he ain’t gettin no rest , what do you say to that?

 

[tlance]

lol , and the players today with the mindset of prolonging their careers, because of the money, not taking advantage of that ridiculous organizational decision?

It isn’t a ridiculous decision though.

It is actually pretty stupid for a team to encourage their star to play through injuries during regular season games.

Organizations have correctly figured out that for the top teams at least, a handful of extra regular season wins are worthless if your guys aren’t healthy for the start of the playoffs.

 

[tlance]

Now, if the Knicks go PS, and they do it on the back of Julius, and you know he ain’t gettin no rest , what do you say to that?

Pretty simple.

Rest makes sense for contenders. It also makes sense for tanking teams.

It doesn’t make sense for lower tier teams battling for playoff position.

 

[Wamu]

Now, if the Knicks go PS, and they do it on the back of Julius, and you know he ain’t gettin no rest , what do you say to that?

You think Randle plays every regular season game this season?

 

[Wamu]

Pretty simple.

Rest makes sense for contenders. It also makes sense for tanking teams.

It doesn’t make sense for lower tier teams battling for playoff position.

Using logic will just confuse pasta.

 

[Pastafazul]

My comment was dedicated to the Warriors. Don't bring me into your shitshow you got going on here.

That ain’t no dedication to the warriors , that’s an abomination of Kerr !!!

wahhhhhhhhh

 

[Pastafazul]

You think Randle plays every regular season game this season?

I believe he decides this...

I doubt very seriously if he asked thibs for day off it wouldn’t be granted.

 

[Pastafazul]

Using logic will just confuse pasta.

Lol..

only thing that confuses me is that uze have no understanding that a professional athlete is supposed to be a fine tuned machine, prepared to play everyday. With injury, not serious of course, after all, that is what separated you from all the rest to get to show. Now, in your prime you need rest?

that makes no sense.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

I'd be willing to bet the average games played by superstars aren't all that much different now to then.

The trade off is less serious injuries that last longer and take guys out longer as to the guys who sit out for load mgmt

 

[dtgold88]

It isn’t a ridiculous decision though.

It is actually pretty stupid for a team to encourage their star to play through injuries during regular season games.

Organizations have correctly figured out that for the top teams at least, a handful of extra regular season wins are worthless if your guys aren’t healthy for the start of the playoffs.

Right. You also have a guy like Lebron who doesn't really care about playoff seeding so why rush it?

 

[trojanfan12]

Pretty simple.

Rest makes sense for contenders. It also makes sense for tanking teams.

It doesn’t make sense for lower tier teams battling for playoff position.

Kobe managed to play 20 years. I've often wondered how many more years he could have played (or how much better his final years could have been) if he had at least not tried to play through injuries when he really didn't need to, let alone did some load management.

 

[tlance]

I believe he decides this...

I doubt very seriously if he asked thibs for day off it wouldn’t be granted.

Well, Thibs is actually known for pushing his core players to play heavy minutes. He definitely isn’t a load management proponent either.

So, I am sure nobody with the Knicks is encouraging healthy players to rest.

That is not that case in every organization.

 

[Pastafazul]

Lol, you dudes are funny.

Now you be trying to predict how long a player’s career could have lasted if load mgmt was applied then...

ever see movie Time Machine?

Y’all Bunch a HG Wells...

 

[Wamu]

I believe he decides this...

I doubt very seriously if he asked thibs for day off it wouldn’t be granted.

So you can't even answer a simple question. Figures.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Lol, you dudes are funny.

Now you be trying to predict how long a player’s career could have lasted if load mgmt was applied then...

ever see movie Time Machine?

Y’all Bunch a HG Wells...

Just for clarification what era are we talking is the golden age of players playing the absolute most games over the course of a career

 

[Stakesarehigh]

And ftr Kawhi takes it too far imo. But to his credit it has been successful.

 

[Wamu]

Lol..

only thing that confuses me is that uze have no understanding that a professional athlete is supposed to be a fine tuned machine, prepared to play everyday. With injury, not serious of course, after all, that is what separated you from all the rest to get to show. Now, in your prime you need rest?

that makes no sense.

You think you have an understanding of all professional athletes? That's a good one. You were never a professional athlete. Yet you're preaching about how NBAers should take care of themselves. Of all the gibberish you've spewed how many times has anyone agreed with you? Anyway I look forward to more of your bizarre opinions.

 

[Pastafazul]

Just for clarification what era are we talking is the golden age of players playing the absolute most games over the course of a career

That’s a great question..