On Wednesday, the NBA steering committee will validate, or not, the proposals made by the NBA on the management of “load management”. We recall the main points: ban on resting two stars in the same match; ban on resting a star in a televised match on the national network.
The penalties will be severe (up to $1.250 million from the 3rd offense), and the NBA defined the term “star”. This is a player who has been an All-Star or selected to an All-NBA Team in the last three years. On paper, the Warriors and the Wolves, with four “stars”, will be the most affected by this rule. And more particularly Golden State since Stephen Curry’s teammates are among the most broadcast teams on the national network.
Here is the list:
- Atlanta: Trae Young, Dejounte Murray
- Brooklyn: Ben Simmons
- Boston: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown
- Charlotte: LaMelo Ball
- Chicago: DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Nikola Vucevic
- Cleveland: Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Jarrett Allen
- Dallas: Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving
- Denver: Nikola Jokic
- Golden State: Stephen Curry, Chris Paul, Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins
- Houston: Fred VanVleet
- Indiana: Tyrese Haliburton
- LA Clippers: Kawhi Leonard, Paul George
- LA Lakers: LeBron James, Anthony Davis
- Memphis: Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr.
- Miami: Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo
- Milwaukee: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, Jrue Holiday
- Minnesota: Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley
- New Orleans: Zion Williamson
- New York: Julius Randle
- OKC: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- Philadelphia: Joel Embiid, James Harden
- Phoenix: Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Bradley Beal
- Portland: Damian Lillard
- Sacramento: Domantas Sabonis, De’Aaron Fox
- Toronto: Pascal Siakam
- Utah: Lauri Markkanen
Among the players not affected by this “load management”, there are Jamal Murray, Klay Thompson, Mikal Bridges, Russell Westbrook, Kristaps Porzingis, Jalen Brunson, CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram and Victor Wembanyama…
