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[Charles Barkley] “If you’re making $30M, $40M, $50M to play basketball four days a week … Man, if you can play, shut the hell up and play.” (streamable.com)

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[–] TheAnon13@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Barkley literally said in the video “if you’re injured don’t play”. The nba has had 82 games for years and load management is only now becoming a problem

[–] Iceraptor17@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Because like anything else, new techniques are applied over time. Pro sports wasn't as gamed in the past as it is today.

The fact is simple, a game in April means a lot more than a game in January. So teams are load managing guys. Players could force the issue...but why would they? They also want to win a chip more than win a random game in Detroit in December.

It sucks for fans, but that's the incentive the NBA gives.