NBA season just started and players are load managing 

devin bookers official reasoning for not playing was period cramps

"Full-Time dollars, overtime included, for part-time performance." Is hilarious and can apply to so many players lmao. That's quality meme material right there.

“Zion is basically working from home.” 😂😂😂

It's honestly sad man Remember back in the day players used to play every game almost now players are out left and right not wanting to play and its all the NBA's fault they allowed this to happen now there paying the consequences

The funny thing about this: Even though the NHL has the same number of games as the NBA, most of the star players will play on an average of 60 to 82 games a year for each regular season; unless, they are injured.

Calling Zion a part time player is giving him too much credit. He's more like a seasonal employee. 😅

What is crazy is the NBA is not a grueling league physically. Contact is basically against the rules, and the time outs, fouls, out of bounds and commercials stop the game every 2-3 minutes at most. They “play” 36 minutes but with 10-12 breaks in those minutes, the game goes on for two hours and they only travel on average 2.5 miles in that time.

It is almost the same with any athletic activity if you don't consistently do it, take time off, and then try to ramp up to 100%...you are going to hurt yourself. Load managing really isn't prolonging anything. Kawhi has played 264 less games than bad back Larry Bird and Larry was only in the NBA for 2 more season than Kawhi currently and only played 6 games in 88-89. It is just prolonging that check cause they ain't playing more games.

The NBA also said they weren’t going to call fouls when players intentionally jump into defenders but we see that was also a lie🤣

Jimmy butler's photo got me dying "because tonight will be the night that i will break for you"💀

I wish Zach,Demar,and Vooch would Load manage for the rest of the season!!

Tbf we’d all perform better if supplied with baddies

Kobe and MJ understood people came for them and wanted to put on a show. Hopefully Wemby will be following those footsteps.

Even with Damian Lilliard coming to my team, even with my NFL team the Packers absolutely sh*tting the bed this season I am still just not that interested in watching the NBA until much closer to the end of the season. Which is weird because when I was growing up I couldn't stand football and only watched the NBA. Load management, open and accepted season long tanking and players that just don't seem to care are the reasons for me losing interest, I can see more intensity at a 5 on 5 pick up game at the park.

You should make a video praising star players who actually do have good conditioning and actually play games throughout the season. Players like Jayson Tatum and Nikola Jokic who play 70+ games in all but like 1 season. We gotta show some love to the stars who actually give a shit about showing up

it’s easy to not want to show up for work when they’ve paid you already lol

Bro I know you’re going through a lot, but your content is amazing. The fact that you already have 20k subs… you going places my guy keep it up

When this stipulation was initially instituted I was already incredulous on if Silver would possess the fortitude to enforce this policy. As much as I despised David Stern for not giving Kobe Chris Paul for "basketball reasons" he would have never allowed the nonsense we see transpiring today. Jordan played all 82 games including playoffs a staggering 9 times whilst being the best player in the league for most of them. That's just something I don't believe we'll see again.

why are they so lazy bro? they get paid millions of dollars to not even play the sport they get paid for. i understand serious injuries but a majority of “load management” injuries are not worthy of a sit. enough with the tomfoolery nba

At this point, just shorten the damn season to about 50 games. Really, it’s better than this load management BS. “Ow, I stubbed my toe, so I’m out for the entire season!” 🤕

So happy you made this video all that talk in the off-season about actually making these guys earn a paycheck and nothing has changed it wont change take away guaranteed contracts and it will change

Regarding the issues on Load Management, I wanted to give Adam Silver the benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately, it's another case of "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice; shame on me."

Sorry for the paragraph below and I'm not looking to spark a debate, and thank you Commissioner for another amazing vid. Here goes: This is why the NBA should shorten the season. It would compensate for the games that aren't played. They should find a rough estimate of the average amount of games played by all players and modify the number of games towards that number. An in season tournament isn't going to change the players perspective on regular season importance. Lowering the number of games may not lower the intensity of the season, but would make load management not look as bad and could lower the rate in which it occurs.

NBA should have an official medical staff that would tell how the players were doing. They really need to investigate some shady injury time and have a punishment, and I mean a REAL punishment for all teams that fakes injuries. I don't believe they are injured most of the time. This x player drops 40 and then is injured the next game. Like frickin how?

Like i said before KD + Brooker + Beal wont play more than 40 games together. During playoffs only 1 of them will be fully healthy.

Most players nowadays aren’t injured, they’re sore.

Feels good to be a Nikola Jokic fan

I totally totally agree with everything you said bro 💯

This why Jokić the best in the league

If they shorten the season wouldn't they have to shorten salaries? I don't think the players would like that....

Beyond the rants, one of my favorite aspects of your content is how you'll interrupt your ranting to comment on some amazing moment in the b-roll. It's too funny. Keep it up.

Players pre 1990's weren't as bad a missing time like these players.

Considering the NBA is comprised of 30 teams, why not let let teams play each other twice(at home and away). If that's too little, that's where the NBA in season cup comes in to add to it.

The more money they make, the less games they play. They acting like politicians and Congress. I knew those _new_ rules were just cap. We haven't even hit a month yet and these clowns already load managing. I don't care so Imma keep it a buck...THIS ERA OF NBA BASKETBALL IS PURE GARBAGE. And these folks clowned the 2000s? LOL

Coaches need to be allowed to strategically manage their lineups..that's an important part of the game. The steps they took to combat load management are a step in the right direction, but what they need to do is make thw regular season mean more. When 2/3 of the conference get into the playoffs, there isnt a fight all season long to get in.

'Street Clothes' is becoming an NBA player's fav side-hustle now. They all learning from the best in AD 🤣

Nah, I kinda agree. When a season is 82 games, any given game loses all meaning. A shorter season would put more value on each specific game played. Do NOT think this is me supporting load management. I just think the NBA season is too drawn out. They sometimes have 10+ games on a night. Drop that to 4-6 and I can actually watch them all and they’ll mean more for standings.

I completely agree with you. These guys have to get into the rhythm of the season and then they will get used to it. Also! Just play less minutes. At least show up.

Then real issue is the organisations enabling the softness, not an easy fix. 😬 The only viable fix maybe to introduce a contractural reduced pay per amount of missed games/minutes clause for the [all-]star players. Basically salary vs hourly or commission.

The part of the video where you said "you don't want players to play themselves into early retirementlike Kobe" lol Kobe played 17-18 years before that injury... in the terms that kobe would say: players today are just too soft!

I think it’s also the younger guys played so many AAU / High school games on their way up

It's amazing how, with all the advancments in medicine, nutrition, and training, that these professionals can't even start the season healthy enough to play every day. Wtf are they doing all off-season? Unless you had major surgery you should be able tobstart the year healthy and play every day.

Congrats on the 20K Comish, you deserve it! 🙏🏻

How can the NBA actually prove if a player doesn’t need load management? Accusing a guy of malingering might look bad. There are many types of injuries for which there is no test to prove or disprove it. Soft tissue injuries and concussion, for example.

Agree with everything said in this. Subscribed

The NHL and NBA swap players. I would expect the hockey players to complete an entire NBA season playing full minutes, with virtually no injuries. On the other hand, we'd see half of all basketball players injured less than a dozen games into the NHL season. With the other half expecting to take the week off to rest.

If you want to look into injuries I would look for information about osteoblasts and osteocytes and how the more active you are the more productive they are and help in recovery.

Sitting out causes injuries anyone who has played sports knows about being in game shape. Load management is laziness and counter productive.

I think the In-Season Tournament is a way the NBA is trying to prevent load management

Load management became a thing around the Tail end of Tim Duncan's career around 34. This helped his game and pushed him to play until 40. Also he won one more chip. Both Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili. It works with an aging star but load management on a young guy in their prime years will actually shorten their career or not love the game as much for a pay check. It the NBA did shorten the season would players also take a cut on their pay? 😂 These young guys have it great right now.

Almost every team makes the playoffs. There's no need to play in the regular season.

Love the videos, bud. Congrats on 20,600. Go Pistons.

You can tell the players have no respect for Adam Silver and Silver just bends over and take from these players. As i've always said..."Stern would never."

2:33 thanks for giving my guy shaedon sharpe some props. I coached him in a say team in his hometown London Ontario get guy ❤

Beal with that mysterious back injury, I wonder if Dwight Howard's back in DC.

I will never get used to teams wearing whatever uniform, whenever. I have to look at the logo at center court. Then find that name on a colorful jersey to tell who the "home" team is. For seventy (70)+ years, home teams in White worked just fine. A sloppy, confusing mess.

*"but the game is so fast today players need to rest"* Wilt Chamberlain meanwhile averaging 48.5 minutes per game in Chuck Taylor shoes ahahaha

I do wonder if high salary players and players just making a lot of money has exacerbated the load management. The more expensive a player salary gets, the more teams want to manage their minutes in order to keep them healthy.

I mean Jimmy and the Heat have already proved all you have to do is get into the playoffs

If you can’t play 85% of the time, you should be eligible for a max contract. They can only get a MAX of 85 percent of a max contract:

update the contract so they get paid based on the games/min played

Kawhi and Pg been playing every game no excuses for everybody else

Happy 20k subs!!!

When a player actually shows up for all 82 games, it's a subject for amazement. Looney has done that, for Golden State. No, he isn't an all-star, but fans love the guy. It's particularly noteworthy in his case because much of his early career was spent in a wheelchair. Hip surgeries. He still has an awkward gait, but he suits up and gets out there and puts in the work. The two things I can't stand in a player are drama and load management. Oh, add a third: lack of effort. (I'm looking at you, LeBron.) There is a popular belief among NBA players that when the playoffs come around, they can find a 'second gear' and win, that all of that regular season rest will pay off when it counts. Does it work? Jimmy Butler thinks so. He can't be bothered to carry his team in the regular season. Playoff P thinks so. Paul George is a second gear player. So is his silent sidekick Kawhi Leonard, though we have to suspect some awful physical ailment torments that guy. We don't know what it costs him to suit up. Might not be easy at all. Well, retire, then. Fans paying hundreds of dollars to see stars play, and they don't? That's cheating fans. Too many games. We all know that's true. But money drives that decision, and all of the fallout from it. It's just greed. When fans stop rewarding it, it'll change. Not until then. As for the rule change disqualifying players from awards who miss too many games? Window dressing. Somebody will get awards and will be lionized for them. It hardly matters who.

Can every single player do “load management“ or is it only famous ones? How famous does one have to be? Do the European players load manage as well? I never hear about them so I’m just wondering or maybe people are only complaining about American players doing it? I’m not trying to be controversial. I’m just trying to understand what’s going on because I don’t know if any other sports league in which this happens. Thank you for the video!

Happy to see you reach your goals big dawg 20k let's get it

The players union should be calling all these guys up about missing games. Salaries cant keep going up if viewership and attendence starts going down. And ill take it a step further, tv networks are gonna look to drop games or request to pay less for access rights.

Playing 65/82 games for an NBA player is the equivalent of 13.6/17 games in the NFL. Imagine Pat Mahomes sitting out 3 games of the season due to 'Load Management'

Just start paying these guys on a per game basis. They want the full contract, play the full schedule, every game off reduces their pay. Will fix this 'load management' shit overnight

I like the jordan/kobe random clip 🙏🐍⛹️‍♂️

Don’t play, don’t get paid. Just do that

It was tough seeing those last years of Kobe because he was so beat up and old. Also because Lakers were rebuilding at that point.

Ja caught a stray n he aint even a player to sit out smh

Joe Smith was a beast at Maryland but I know what you mean ha. Baseball is the same way. Pitchers used to pitch even mediocre ones and they lasted 162. Guys throw half the time and blow their arms out yearly. It's a different era for sure.

This shit frustrates me to no end because I watch NHL and UFC, where atheletes get paid less, and continue to play/fight through some of the most debilitating injuries. Meanwhile in the NBA one can sit out half the season because of hurt feelings.

Load Management was UNHEARD OF !!! Back in the days. Don't ever tell me that the athletes are stronger and better today than before. These Players are weak minded.

Bashing AD, bro game 6 and he might already be out for a min ... 😢.

First of all congratulations on the BIG 20k my boy! 🎉I have been here since 5k subs! Congratulations on your growth and success

i agree with 99% of what you say and how you approach things about the NBA.

"The season needs to be shortened! It's a slog! It drags on!" Baseball fans, everywhere: "Look at these _children."_

I don’t think the expansion of the playoffs has helped the load management problem, but I don’t watch basketball, maybe one of you can correct me

The current generation (including older players) simply don't want to put in the xtra work to maintain fitness/health/logevity. As the saying goes - the older you get, the more work you have to put into your body to maintain the same results. That's why I respect LeBron so much in that sense.

having the GSW lineup change just because klays balls itch is starting to piss me off

Nah mamba mentality got him 5 rings that's what Kobe lived for, it was basketball RIP Kobe and Gigi

This ESPECIALLY sucks if you happen to live in a town like I don’t know…Detroit? The best players won’t show up because why try against a young rebuilding team when it’s also not a massive market? Like even if you aren’t a fan of whatever small market team you live by it still hurts you since your favorite players will likely be “injured” just about every time they come to your city.

Just shorten it to 72 games a season. 10 games less without back to backs would be fine. They can try it for a season or two and always go back. Another intresting idea thats probably gunna ruffle some feathers. Allstar nominees MUST met a certain games played requirement to be considered an Allstar. Example if there is 52 games played and a player didn't atleast play in 38 games; they can't be eligible. Seems kinda harsh and risky but hey what else is it going to take to make these guys actually play and care about the regular season. Allstars help players make a legacy and if they don't wanna play then fine. Don't expect to be an Allstar if you can't show up to play. Just like any job, you can't be rewarded for not showing up consistently.

I dove how so many nfl players manage to play 17 games but nba players cant seem to play a few games in a row of a non contact sport.

Congratulations on 20k, Dynamo!

Remember when Curry had to take a small deal cause of the ankle injuries?? why teams dont that anymore with fragile players like Zion and AD...

Shaedon Sharpe #17 can sky.

Guaranteed pay is what caused all of this. If they weren’t paid for every game they missed then, you'd see them show up religiously. BTW... Injured players should be looked at by the league doctor, not the team physician.

As a Suns fan, this just continues to piss me off. Are any of these guys gonna play 70 games? Considering the prices for Suns games these days, I’m obviously not going to a game this year. This is just the first stanza to yet another symphonic failure. Fml

Load management became a thing once Kobe retired. He was the last of the old guard who believed that sitting out of a game was cheating the fans. Todays players are entitled and don’t care about the fans, consequently, NBA viewership is down as a result.

You know I'll be managing my load this month.

So embarrassing for the league. Bron out here playing every game so far but Beal, Irving, Jimmy and others already missed multiple games. Sad asl man

Dudes in the NBA be softer than than the WNBA

Bro I always look forward to your uploads, congrats on 20k too homie🥳🥳 love and appreciate the grind, you be making my ass laugh so fucking hard every damn video lmao, keep up the vids commissioner🫡

Despite less and less physicality, advances in medicine and exercise science, and individuals making more money than the entire league did in the past (adjusted for inflation, the NBA's revenue was 244$ million in 1970-71), younger players are complaining about an 82-game season. It's not like it was adopted last year; it's been 82 since 1967, and before that, it was 80 (and briefly 81.)

They should tie appearance fees to contracts. It's what Europe does with pretty much all its sports.

"When supplied with baddies" lmao