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NBPA head Tamika Tremaglio on load management and the new collective bargaining agreement

In an interview with Evan Turner NBPA chief Tamika Tremaglio revealed how the Players Association looks at load management in the league of today.

We have heard about the practice known as load management that has entrenched itself in the modern NBA, but we seldom hear about this strategy of resting players to preserve their best play for the postseason from the point of view of the organization representing the interests of the players themselves.

In an interview with former Boston Celtics assistant and player Evan Turner and Warriors wing Andre Iguodala for their “Point Forward” podcast, National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) chief Tamika Tremaglio revealed how the NBPA looks at its use and advocates for load management in the league of today.

To hear their conversation on the phenomenon, the new collective bargaining agreement, and more, take a look at the clip embedded below.

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Shams: NBA, NBPA ‘in serious conversations’ over key points for next CBA

The next CBA could lower the draft eligibility age, provide team equity for players, and change the luxury tax penalties among other issues.

Per The Athletic’s NBA insider Shams Charania, the league is considering a number of changes of note to the next collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that will be voted on by the NBA’s Board of Governors sometime after the December 15 mutual opt-out date coming at the end of this year.

Perhaps the most interesting and impactful of them is an idea being advocated for by the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) of “building lasting equity for its players beyond their playing days.” In the eyes of the NBPA, the partnership between the players and the league “should create financial staying power for its constituents beyond their playing days in the form of equity.”

“Creating generational wealth is critically important in this next chapter of the Union,” related NBPA executive director Tamika Tremaglio.

NBPA executive Tamika Tremaglio director supporting NBA expansion

Tamika Tremaglio, the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association, said she is in favor of the NBA expanding beyond the league’s current 30 teams. Her comments came Tuesday during SportTechie’s State Of The Industry conference at One World Trade Center in New York City. “We do want more teams, I think it’s good for the business,’’ Tremaglio said during her opening keynote conversation with SBJ executive editor Abraham Madkour. “Ideally, we hope that there will be more teams popping up in the U.S.’’

She also acknowledged some “privacy …

She also acknowledged some “privacy concerns” regarding player-tracking data collected through wearable devices or the league’s Second Spectrum optical camera system. “It’s something that is used so that [players] can hone in on their skills, recognize when they are exhausted and when they can do things better,” Tremaglio said. But there are still some privacy concerns. We have to look at what that will mean going forward. It is certainly something that we are exploring.”

NBPA not opting out of current CBA

The league and union each have the ability to opt out of the current CBA at the end of this year. Tremaglio’s intent is to operate in a way that is least disruptive to everyone involved. “There is no benefit for any of us to opt out,” she said. “There is always the opportunity for us to work together. I do think Michele has been able to build a really great relationship with the league and I cannot see that not continuing. I think Adam has been incredibly welcoming. Michele helped to set up a really great transition for me. I think I’m coming in at a time that is needed, for certain, but I also feel I am coming in at a time that we can continue the path that we have already been on. Which is the path certainly of least resistance and much more partnership in terms of what we can accomplish.