NBA poised to curb teams resting star players — report

The NBA Board of Governors is ready to vote on a brand new coverage this week that may stop groups from resting a couple of star participant per recreation, The Athletic reported Monday.

A “star” participant is outlined as somebody who made an All-Star crew or All-NBA crew prior to now three seasons, per the report.

The coverage is a end result of talks over the previous couple of years about reducing down on groups utilizing “load management” to the detriment of followers and the audiences for nationwide TV video games, per the report.

For instance, the Los Angeles Clippers would not be capable to relaxation Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in the identical recreation, if the brand new coverage is moved alongside and finally handed.

The NBA has minimize down on scheduling back-to-backs in numerous cities, rising situations of enjoying consecutive highway video games in opposition to the identical opponent. — Field Level Media/Reuters

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