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Adam Silver and JJ Redick on load management

While load management may have some legitimacy in preventing injuries and improving performance, the data is inconclusive per Silver.

In a recent conversation between NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and former NBA player JJ Redick on the latter’s podcast, the two discuss the influence of load management on the league and player participation. Silver acknowledges that social media, particularly NBA Twitter, has had a significant impact on decision-making regarding load management and resting players.

While load management may have some legitimacy in preventing injuries and improving performance, the data is inconclusive per Silver. The league has seen a decline in player participation, which affects fan interest, ticket sales, and ratings. He emphasizes the importance of star players being on the floor unless injured. Redick raises the issue of load management culture, suggesting that it is not driven by the players themselves but by training staff and external pressures.

To hear more of this intriguing conversation on load management, check out the clip embedded below from the “Old Man and the 3” pod.

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How the new load management rules will change the NBA

The central goal of these rules is to ensure the best players are available to play, but achieving this balance proves to be a complex challenge.

The new load management rules in the NBA that the league is calling its “player participation policy” or PPP have sparked discussions and debates among fans, players and experts.

The Athletic’s “NBA Show” podcast recently featured an interview with Jeff Stotts, a certified athletic trainer and sports injury expert, who shares his insights on how these rules might affect the league. The central goal of these rules is to ensure the best players are available to play, but achieving this balance proves to be a complex challenge.

Stotts highlights the four key stakeholders in this issue: the league, teams, players and fans. Each group has its own interests and concerns. The league is trying to provide the best product. Teams want to manage player health and performance. Players seek to stay competitive while minimizing injury risk. Fans desire to see their favorite players in action.

Can something that makes all four stakeholder groups happy end up being the outcome?

Check out the clip embedded above to hear Stotts’ point of view.

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What’s the story behind the NBA’s new load management rules?

Teams that violate these rules will face fines, with escalating penalties for repeat offenses, but fans and analysts are already questioning whether these new rules are even truly enforceable.

The NBA Board of Governors has recently implemented new load management rules it is calling the league’s Player Participation Policy (PPP), designed to address player resting during the regular season. These rules are intended to ensure star players’ availability for key games, including those on national television and in-season tournaments.

The rules also aim to strike a balance between player rest in home and away games while discouraging long-term shutdowns. Teams that violate these rules will face fines, with escalating penalties for repeat offenses, but fans and analysts are already questioning whether these new rules are even truly enforceable.

The hosts of the “True Hoop TV” podcast, hosts Jarod Hector and David Thorpe took a deep dive into the PPP rule change and what it might look like next season onward.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to get up to speed on the PPP.

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Why the NBA’s new player participation policy will not work

Quite a few league analysts have their doubts.

The NBA has undergone significant changes since its inception, including a decrease in the number of games players play. In past decades, playing all 82 games in a season was common, even for stars such as Michael Jordan. However, recent seasons have seen a decline in the number of players completing a full season.

The league has implemented a new player participation policy to address this issue, primarily targeting star players’ resting practices. Star players, defined as those who have made an All-Star game or All-NBA team in the last three seasons, face restrictions on when they can rest.

Will the policy work? Quite a few league analysts have their doubts, including the folks behind the And One Hoops YouTube channel.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say about the player participation policy’s prospects.

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Will the NBA’s plan to crack down on load management work?

Wiill this new rule coupled with the limits on 65 games played for full season awards be enough to finally solve excessive load management in the league?

Will the NBA’s plan to crack down on load management by imposing hefty fines for star players who sit out nationally televised games work? Depending on your definition of work, it could — but the devil is in the details.

The term star players is defined as those who have made an All-NBA or All-Star team in the last three seasons. Fewer than 50 players in the league meet that criteria. For the Boston Celtics, the rules apply to just Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

So will this new rule and the 65-game requirement for full season award consideration be enough to finally solve excessive load management moves in the league?

The hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast got together on a recent episode to discuss it — check the video above to hear what they think ahead of a comprehensive look at the West for 2023-24.

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on the league’s new player participation policy

The new policy, developed collaboratively with input from various stakeholders including team owners, management, coaches, the National Basketball Players Association, and players, focuses on ensuring that healthy star players are available to play and that teams do not engage in prolonged player shutdowns.

The NBA is implementing a new player participation policy to start with the 2023-24 season. The goal is to address the spread of load management moves around the league.

Speaking to the media soon after the formal adoption of the policy, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver emphasized this change is driven by a desire to prioritize the fans’ experience and maintain the integrity of the league’s 82-game schedule.

The new policy, developed collaboratively with team owners, management, coaches, the National Basketball Players Association and players, focuses on ensuring healthy stars play and teams do not engage in prolonged player shutdowns.

To hear more about the new policy and what went into it yourself, take a look at the clip embedded below courtesy of the folks at the Bleacher Report YouTube channel.

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Explaining the NBA’s new player participation policy

Confused about the NBA’s new player participation policy? You are not alone.

Confused about the NBA’s new player participation policy, what it entails, who will be affected on which teams, and what will be done when clubs run afoul of the new regulatory regime created by the league’s board of governors to curb excessive load management?

You are not alone. Many fans of the Boston Celtics and the game, along with analysts, are working to learn how this new wrinkle to the league season will function.

ESPN cap guru Bobby Marks sat down to give us a primer on what the player participation policy truly entails.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what ESPN’s collective bargaining agreement expert had to say about what the player participation policy means on a more granular level.

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NBA institutes new player participation policy for 2023-24

The push for this policy is to help ensure that no more than one star player is unavailable for any high-profile, national television games, and with rest split evenly between home and away contests.

The NBA‘s board of governors approved a new player participation policy that takes effect ahead of the 2023-24 regular season per a release from the league. This policy aims to increase player participation in the NBA’s regular season and will replace the previous player resting policy, which was put in place before the 2017-18 season.

The primary focus of the player participation policy is on star players, who are defined by the league as those who have been selected to an All-NBA team or an NBA All-Star team in any of the prior three seasons. This definition also applies to players named All-Stars during the current season after the All-Star Game.

Under this new policy, teams are required to ensure star players participate in games unless they can provide an approved reason for a player’s absence.

The push for this policy is to ensure that no more than one star player is unavailable for any high-profile, national television games, and rest games are split evenly between home and away contests. It was also created to encourage teams resting a healthy player to ensure the player is present at the games and visible to fans.

Exceptions to these requirements are made for injuries, personal reasons and pre-approved restrictions on back-to-back games based on a player’s age, career workload or serious injury history.

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The NBA’s new star player participation rules, explained

The NBA’s new player participation policy is weird. Here’s a rundown on how it works.

Over the last few years, the NBA has set out to find solutions to the league’s load management problem.

The league installed a player rest policy that limited when teams would be able to rest their players on certain nights but, apparently, that didn’t go far enough for the NBA.

Now the league is taking things even further.

The NBA’s board of governors approved new rules further strengthening the policies already set in place, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.

The league’s rules add new policies in place that prevent star players from sitting out of national TV games and in-season tournament games moving forward. They also block teams from resting more than one star player at one time.

These rules are a bit confusing, but don’t you worry. We’ve got you covered here on how they work. Here’s a quick rundown.

Will the new rules on load management impact the Boston Celtics?

If adopted by the league after a board of governors’ vote, the rules will ban more than one star from resting on any given night.

The NBA will vote on new fines to prevent load management among the Boston Celtics and the other 29 teams in the league. Targeting excessive rest by NBA teams during the regular season, the goal is to keep high-profile players on the court for high-profile games.

If adopted by the league after a board of governors’ vote, the rules will ban more than one star from resting on any given night, which is now defined by the league as players who made an All-Star or All-NBA teams within the past three years. For the Celtics, that only impacts Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum in the season to come — but is it an issue Boston could need to worry about further in the future, though?

CLNS Media “Garden Report” podcast host Bobby Manning recently sat down to talk about the rule change.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what he had to say about Boston and this anti-load management rule change.

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