The NBA Has a HUGE Problem…

[@TheFlightMike]

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[@joesescuzar61]

tf u mean a mistake? u mean soft af

[@paulpierre4895]

What I win bro 😎

[@Jesussaves852]

Jesus loves you and may God bless you ....

[@Goatlikeitornot]

It's not a mistake because there will be no load managment. Players are getting paid to play not to sit out 20+ games each year.

[@GeorgeD559]

Yup. Plus they get payed because fans pay a lot of $$$ to see them play.

[@VoxTheOne]

Bruh its paid

[@Goatlikeitornot]

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[@dclan2592]

I mean Evan fournier is lol

[@Navvye]

The rule is a good rule. People should be rewarded for playing games. If you’re injured, too bad - life’s unfair. But you shouldn’t get a free award.

[@subzerofromny735]

Yeah. It’s entirely the players fault that they get injured. Like it’s not so hard to stay healthy and play 40+ minutes in all 82 games as well as 20 back to backs on top of that. It’s not their league it’s the fans league. Our entertainment is more important than the athletes. They’re rich and famous therefore they don’t deserve any rights like us regular people

[@ewjiml]

@@subzerofromny735ya know….i don’t know whether you are being facetious or not but the OP had a very rational and pragmatic view while being fair to players who dont load- manage .

[@00ruva00]

@@subzerofromny735😂 it don't even make any sense

[@ryanprosser7286]

​@@subzerofromny735 Don't get any rights? But they have to work like the rest of us because of this rule

[@maxdimes5719]

​@@subzerofromny735😮I was going to say something, but it looks like others beat me to it

[@kingstonshacklebolt1431]

Dude those are the breaks man. Grant Hill could've been Top 10 All Time if he did not have serious injuries in his career. Joel Embiid getting injured and becoming ineligible for an award is just part of the game man. You're durability is as much an attribute and ability as anything else.

[@michaelpaullang4401]

Also rushed back and he admitted instead of letting himself heal why cause he had the mentality, could seen longer version of good grant hill

[@jimmyjohnsfan7775]

hence why lebrons career overall availability is impressive

[@Forever_Fornever]

Can't be MVP if you miss 20+ games. This "mistake" as you call it is actually a remedy.

[@brunogamer777]

FAX

[@danielodom9305]

Agreed! Can’t be that valuable missing that many games.

[@p2pirate534]

It’s crazy how many KZbinrs I see calling this rule a mistake or unreasonable. Like somehow the knee injury Joel embiid almost assuredly already had before kuminga fell on his knee somehow never would have happened without this rule. It’s ridiculous.

[@carlozcabrera]

💯💯

[@jammylee9840]

@@p2pirate534 They also failed to acknowledge if MVP is so fucking important to Embiid, why the fuck did he sit out so many games when the season was only halfway through? Last time I remember the math was he could only miss 5 games of the remaining season, so that means he used 12 of his "sick leaves" already? For what?

[@r.j.hadden8646]

Better athletes than 20 to 30 years ago, but barely play defense and a less physical style of offense or defense...and still can't play a full season... really?

[@Austin-l1j]

With medical advancements too.

[@cloudwalker9572]

With a lot more and better roids

[@ghostflame9211]

I was just thinking that. Suddenly the “plumbers and firemen” of previous eras seem way more athletic if their availability was better than that of todays stars.

[@nolramnosrettap7363]

​@@ghostflame9211When you put it that way, these modern players look even worse. Those guys from the past held down 9 to 5's and still played 82 games.

[@hueyfreeman503]

Realest statement I’ve heard

[@muaythaicoachnimo]

Mike. All due respect. If you did 75% of a job, you shouldn’t get paid full salary. They have better medicine and a less physical game. But can’t stay healthy? Wrong. Dudes made less in a rougher game and played 80 games. You really need to stop babying these entitled players

[@panoszach6929]

I agree with most of what you said, but in my opinion I think the game nowadays might be more tiring because the spacing is ridiculous and both the offense and the defense have to keep running to get an open look in offense or to contest in defense, so the players get more tired than the old days,where the game was played a lot closer to the rim and people were just fighting to get better positioning( not that fighting and pushing isn't exhausting but I dont think it is as much as running all the time). But I fully agree that 65 games is the correct threshold so you can get an individual award, maybe the rule can be changed to like 50 games in order to make 2nd or 3rd team all-NBA (1st team all-NBA should stay at 65) but besides that it's fine.

[@smartguy360]

it's the steroids that is killing their bodies

[@jaman2159]

@@panoszach6929Fair. In a general sense the rule is fine. I agree.

[@jammylee9840]

@@panoszach6929 Fair. On the contrary used to be players who play one-way get benched or play as role players, whereas one-way player "superstars" are common nowadays, so the lack of defensive effort could very well offset the spacing and velocity you referred to.

[@danieltozzi6655]

And you're upset because the billionaire owners could be trillionaires? Why are you this upset? Do you know the owners? If someone is hurt they shouldn't have to force it. You want them to end up like mick Foley? The dude wrestled injured and has horrible back problems

[@Likwitswordz]

Nikola should have 4 mvps in a row. Don't bitch cause your 2nd round and out favorite player is always hurt.

[@Likwitswordz]

Availability matters.

[@hddh3221]

Fr🤣🤣 always hurt

[@Likwitswordz]

Facts. I'm so sick of Gilbert talking shit. Dude, you were a borderline All star. Talking trash about the Joker? Plz....lol. EVERYBODY who is on Tatum dick, k.d., Kylrie, ...all of yall!!! Compare the last 6 years to Jokic.

[@danielleparra4800]

😂 sick burn

[@Likwitswordz]

@@danielleparra4800 you know

[@rawness19]

What mistake? Making players play the games they get paid to play was never something the league needed to do before. These dudes are coddled to the max. Joel gets hurt every single year, why are we going to blame the league now? He’s made of paper, live with it.

[@chanendlerbong]

Idk why would anyone hate this new rule this is probably one of the better rules or even the best in the last few seasons we can see it with Kawhi who missed like what 5 games out of 47 and he is premier face of the load management its not anyone fault that Embiid wanted to play through the injuries to win MVP he knew the consequences and he took the risk and it didn't paid off

[@jacobcage8633]

Well there's no perfect solution to this.

[@Kasciukaitis]

17 game it's literally 1/5 of a season, it's like you work 4 days from 9 to 5 not 5 days and still want to get an award for best employee of a year...

[@jammylee9840]

Hit the nail on the head

[@tsl0073]

Maybe Rudy gobert should get an exception since the French have a 4 day work week…🥖

[@yangsong2334]

@@tsl0073well he can go play for PSG but this is America

[@titomon]

For such a “stronger”, “faster”, and more “skilled” generation; this rule should be a cake walk for these players. They are after all better than the plumbers of the 80’s and 90’s. 😂😂😂

[@ghostflame9211]

Well that’s what the media wants us to believe anyway. Someone else said it in a different comment: how with all the medical advancements of the time is everyone constantly getting injured, especially if they’re supposed to be athletically more gifted than those who came before? And on top of that, are we, the paying fans, supposed to feel bad because Halliburton only gets $200M instead of $240M?

[@crosswiz6]

No they didn't make a mistake. Fk outta here. Embiid is just *VERY* injury prone and came back sooner then he should've from his last injury.

[@Aneeshtheraveyank]

He came back because of that shitty rule bro.

[@satoeradzafrin7646]

Is he going for the MVP, because istg that MF said he don't care about the MVP now after winning it last year. I understand if he is forcing himself to play if he wants to go for the all NBA team

[@Channelnamehere100]

@@Aneeshtheraveyankhe came back because he value individual awards and praise of the success of the team, good rule because it lets the weak athletes have no success which in 100% for

[@hddh3221]

@@AneeshtheraveyankNo he didnt😭😭he came back because it was against the warriors hes the reason why this rule came into play he litch ducked the smoke in denver 15 minutes before tip off🤣🤣🤣if a players injured you have to inform the nba hours or a day before…. stop making excuses for this cry baby midbiid

[@paryssneville1208]

@@Aneeshtheraveyankthat rule is no excuse bruh. Because players played 82 games for decades! When the league was EVEN TOUGHER! So no they can’t keep blaming everything except for themselves. There’s no excuse how about you spend the whole summer and days off making sure you’re good to go instead of worrying about partying

[@anubishun3299]

If you're not durable enough to play 65 games, then you don't deserve to be named MVP. You might have the most talent and the best stats, but what good it is for your team, if you miss half the season?

[@TheDanny23rivera]

This rule had nothing to do with Embid getting hurt, he's always has medical issues. If you can't play 80% of the games then you probably shouldn't be eligible for any awards. Health and availability is a big part of winning & value.

[@ewjiml]

NBA players get paid an absurd amount of money that all starts with one factor: Us fans. No fans = less endorsements. It’s not hard for players to just toilet the term “Load Management.”

[@jahbuckets1691]

It all starts with how u make the nba n get noticed AAU. 3-5 games a day tournaments year round takes a toll on your body. AAU was not a thing back than so all these players now have extra wear on their bodies.

[@madd.villain]

When did we go from accepting that an injured player won't be eligible for awards, to defending players who miss a quarter of the season? I get it, it's unfair, but that's not the league's fault the players get injured. They've done damn near everything in their power to protect players already, this crying needs to stop at some point.

[@PlanetOfTheApes999]

There's one thing the league hasn't done: getting rid of back-to-back games. This would help some players avoid being injured. But other than that, you're right.

[@madd.villain]

@@PlanetOfTheApes999 Agreed, I've been saying they should space out the games more to allow players to rest. They could stretch the season until July and most people wouldn't complain. It would just effect the Summer League, which most starting lineups don't even take part in anyway.

[@dabrab6324]

The sense of entitlment from these players that are making millions is absolutely mind boggling. They make outragious amounts and want us to feel bad for them because they have to play or do their job....

[@ForceOfWill100]

While I feel for the players who are legitimately injured, this is a good change. Kawhi acting like load management isn't even a thing and saying it "won't affect how many games we play" is bull, it's already been shown in this short time that more people are suiting up. The only thing it's "ruining" is players ability to get rewarded for not going to work.

[@pepsgaming2691]

Imagine being paid millions and having half a year off and still complaining about having to play 65 games when people have to work 5-7 days a week and cant call in when they want without having to worry about being fired or replaced

[@FuzzlePighting]

The game was 100x tougher in the 80s-90s yet today's players with all the technology and science on their side can't play as many games? Pls.. make this make sense...

[@halftime814]

That's what I'm saying and ppl saying these athletes are better but they complaining about being tired when they have like 4-7 months of off season..lol

[@jomarigaa3300]

They are playing slow pace lmao weak era

[@FuzzlePighting]

@@jomarigaa3300 tell me you're a child without telling me you're a child.

[@DragonFire-nh1ix]

As a Sixers fan myself I can say that mvp’s are made through availability and Embiid is not available

[@sheldonbeiler1028]

Players should be payed per game played. That would incentivize them to want to play more and they could then choose whether or not it’s worth it to them to rest or to make the money. This would also avoid Ben Simmons situations. They could also make a rule where you don’t get paid for load management games, but do get paid for injury games. At the end of the day, sometimes it becomes more about money than basketball, and people are incentivized to do less if they can still get the money

[@BoutabagEdits]

Yup kind of like nfl

[@halftime814]

Man the nba union would fight that to the very end that would probably never happen honestly..lol

[@rtj9430]

For me Ben won already the MVP from getting money w/o playing and can’t even shoot, the basic of his job. That’s the real MVP😜

[@RobustMustache]

Here is the thing. Teams could load manage players with a minutes restriction, but then their stats per game numbers would go down. Embiid, sat out quite a few games this year when he wasn't actually hurt, to load manage. And then he forces himself on the on the court when he isn't 100% to make up for the missed games earlier in the season.

[@CGFitness1]

I think they’re all acting very privileged your job is to play basketball shut up and play it’s never been a problem to play almost every game throughout most of the history of the nba but now it’s tough to ask for 65 games wtf

[@Channelnamehere100]

Imagine thinking you should win an award while missing 20% or more of games 😂 I love this rule as it will make stars that don’t play much less rewarded, being on the court is a value that is above everything else.

[@jjww8949]

Like most of us, if you’re not consistently showing up to work you can’t/ shouldn’t be rewarded

[@James-su7vq]

MVP candidates have always been judged for if they play a 75+ game season or not. Way to lower the standards with 65 games. They’re “bigger and stronger” in this era. They’re also more fragile and injury prone.

[@outforthecount7027]

WHEN YOU SAY MIC CHECK 1 2 N DO THAT CRINGEY MOVE WITH YOR AM IS HILARIOUS BRO LOL

[@DaleyGaming]

It’s almost like the solution is to play the game you’re paid to play… you are instantly in the 1% if you make the NBA. Earn the money and play so fans can watch. Otherwise what’s the point of the league?

[@enumapop-upbar]

The best suggestion I could think of is "NO WORK, NO PAY". A player must only be paid when he plays in a game. This encourages players not to sit out as they will miss a chunk of their pay every time they miss a game.

[@ScrumpyWingnuts201]

It's the same thing with Jamal Murray. He's a bonafide superstar but due to circumstances out of his control (mainly health), he has never been named an all-star, let alone all-NBA team

[@kenmakouzme2451]

The fact before the season everyone was so on board, now it's such a problem.

[@daltonburnett7181]

If 82 games is too much for these athletes then they are gonna have to lower the total amount of games which means they will have to negotiate lower salary contracts. Or just play 65+ games

[@TheNrat]

If nba lower max games to 65 dudes would say 41 too much

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

The rule is great for the league. Players need to be rewarded for playing more games. It is a matter of respect, respect towards the fans who are paying to see them play and respect towards the previous players who gave their effort and played most of the games

[@jakubkrivanek3112]

Players love their stats. They won't play just 20 minutes in blowout games to spare their knees. Sitting out entire games won't harm their averages, but resting out the 4th quarter would. That's the tragedy of today's game. Stars used to be benched in blowout games and bench players got their minutes. Everybody was happy.

[@ashhamrick12]

Embiid hasn’t played against Jokić IN DENVER in half a decade. It’s disingenuous to say that he hasn’t played against him in half a decade, especially when he just smoked him for 41 7 and 10 a few weeks ago

[@rjjohnson2]

Ever hear about a roll player needing to miss a game for “load management”? Seems like only stars can’t handle 82 games! They get paid the most but want to play the least.

[@RayrayTMP]

This is a good rule, but maybe they should discuss a slight change with injuries being taken into account. Load management used to be because there was literally no recovery time due to games being back to back to back in the 2010s (the Spurs example). Silver says load management became an issue due to healthy players choosing not to participate in certain games when there was nothing wrong with them, ESPECIALLY when those games are heavily televised. I feel like if a player gets injured and has to sit due to rehab or surgery, depending on the severity of the injury they shouldn't be penalized.

[@reillydougherty2166]

the media is blaming the fans and the media for joel’s injury. have we not figured out he literally can’t play more than 60 games. He’s not built for it. He sits out against any team that isn’t above .500%

[@jt_dolla_signs]

This rule is the best thing the NBA has done in history. The players are highly tone deaf when complaining about not being rewarded despite missing games

[@awesomereviews1561]

Did all the NBA KZbinr made a pact or something? They all have the same discourse. And they are all wrong. If you can’t play 75% of game you shouldn’t get paid 100% or get an award. Pretty basic common sense. And 65 games is too low. It should 70 or 72 games.

[@hykmantaffa]

This is the best rule, this make every play work their ass off to stay healthy

[@nichodemus10]

I like the rule and think it makes sense. The real question to ask the fans is 'Is it more important that your team wins, or that you get to see the players you want to play?' if winning is the most important thing, and resting improves player performance fans should be OK with load management. If your goal is to watch the best players even when they are not at their best, make them play all the games as winning and losing is not as important as entertaining.

[@timw.5030]

Kawhi is okay in saying the league shouldn't mock him, that's all good. But the league is just saying you're not getting Nba honors and other special tags if you sit your ass out for any reason. Any reason, it doesn't matter. It just is what it is and it should be that way.

[@ziogas2000]

I'd say the biggest problem was always 82 games per season. they took it from the wrong angle. They could have stayed with 72 games per season ( basically already helps with preventing injuries and players being more inclined to play - stops some of them from load management so often) And two , making the same rule but lets say a player must play at least 58 games out of 72 games season to be eligible would make total sense. 85% participation, most folks would be almost guaranteed they will see stars in their games and 58 games per 72 games season would also slightly take some pressure of players leading to most likely playing more harder, competitive as they do in the playoffs, whilst now most of them saving their bodies majority of the season games to prevent injuries and make sure they hit the games mark and reach playoffs healthy - and we have to enjoy multiple 50+ pts games at daily basis like its a league without zero to none defense. All of that comes to the simple fact NBA wants them billions of money and they wont cut -10 games per season and the players association obviously will abide the NBA with promises like - we will continuously increase players max salary caps etc.

[@ryanrowe1975]

This isn't going to be helping Embiid drive of traffic and the league to win a championship when they are struggling to played in the second round against the Celtics

[@isj896]

you wanna get paid, then show up to work its that simple. the 65 game rule still allows them to miss damn near 20% of the season😂

[@pauljoseph3081]

FYI There are players logging All Star caliber numbers, but weren't chosen as an All Star back then. They also play more games than these cry babies nowadays. If you wanna get incentives and bonuses, PLAY your damn part! Do your WORK!

[@wesleyweber8488]

I think it’s a good rule. I don’t recall it saying they had to play the whole game. Put them in for the top off then sub them out. The 80’s were supposed to be tougher but they didn’t have these problems. Either they’re mistaken or they’ve gotten soft.

[@Austin-l1j]

Best ability is availability. Doesn’t matter how good you are IF YOU DONT PLAY.

[@jammylee9840]

How is this a horrific mistake? If Jojo was injured due to being forced to play when he was not totally recovered (arguable), the question is why the fuck did he sit out 15 games already when the season was only half way through? 65/82 is not even 80% attendance. Mike, have you been having too much success of being your own boss and lost touch with reality? Try to start making only 80% videos of what you use to do and see what happened to your earnings. Oh and for normal working people like me, going to work 80% of the time would get me fired.

[@ViktorTheButcher]

Best ability is availability. Imagine missing 20% of an entire year's worth of work and still get the same bonus as if you don't miss a day. Imagine requiring professional basketball players to play basketball in order to get paid, shocker. Both the 65 games and 20 minutes thresholds are fine. Any major sport has one for their yearly awards (miss 4 games as a QB in the NFL and you can't win MVP anymore), but only the NBA is forced to make them in official rules due to people paying a butt load of money to see players to not show up for no good reason. And this rule doesn't even affect that many players. It's mainly like the top 20-25 guys in the league.

[@rentfreeinyourhead713]

To me , the best ability is availability. You can’t win if you don’t play

[@betterthanbruv]

Mike please bring back the BANG BANG BANG in your Prizepicks ad

[@Jaysondeez]

My thought is if Embiid is our 100% valuable marker but only there 55% of games versus a player who is 90% as valuable but there 90% of games... Who is more VALUABLE to the team overall? Like yeah you could have the best stats but if you aren't actually there to be an asset to your team how are you the most valuable in the league?

[@angriestbird3578]

I’m getting really tired of the doom and gloom titles you keep using. You always have to frame everything like it’s the end of someone’s career, a horrific mistake, etc. It’s getting old and hackey to be honest, and you’re better than that.

[@TTJJCC]

Its unbelievable that people ignore the fact that this rule was implemented for a reason. Superstar players missing games while healthy was becoming ridiculous and fans were getting fed up.

[@dugger07]

the root of all these is from players or teams wanting more money with less games, and nba wanting more games to get more money

[@smileynoreally]

No, each team scoring around 150 points per game and the lack of any defense being played is what's ruining the NBA.

[@alter6243]

65 games is under 80% of the total games in a season. Imagine getting paid hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars a year to not even show up to work 80% of the time. They have months of no work every year. What job or even school is going to keep up with someone who doesn’t show up 80% of the time?

[@jonasflores3863]

Just make sure that the nationally televised games isn't coming from back to back games. The players just don't want to play back back games and get injured. The most simple thing to do is just properly setup the schedule in a way that players wont like it.

[@pokeygravityryder]

Embiid is also averaging 34 minutes per game. If they actually wanted to rest, then they didn’t need to leave him in games when they were up 20+ points in the 4th quarter.

[@harleysjokeryt4347]

Love this rule more than any recently made. If you can play you don't deserve awards.

[@blessfootz7491]

Funny how Kahwi force the rule into effect and won a chip still and now its in full effect and KAHWI is at his best! 😂

[@Hello-sw3en]

Maybe if he stop falling on the floor everytime he makes contact with someone, he would have been healthy. Imagine falling on thee floor 5-7 times a game.

[@eltoro_ttv]

Simple, go back to the 90s format of 5 game 1st and 2nd round, 7 game conference and NBA finals, take out the play in tournament. Then shorten the regular season to 65 games.

[@MitchMitchellStories]

I thought there was a clause that didn't consider only 65 games if a player was injured. I remember the ruckus caused when Bill Walton won the MVP in '78 playing less than 60 games. Personally I like the rule; if I'm playing to go to a game, I want to see the best players physically available; injuries don't count.

[@MadLove0815]

There's nothing the league can do to fix their product... The most important goal for every team is to win a championship

[@stevenfosty]

Injuries are part of sports. Sh*t happens that you cant control. If you dont want to get injured, train better. Train for better flexibilty, train all the stabilizing muscles, train to play all 82 games and not just 50

[@BillyBiceps]

The only issue is tying awards to player pay. Im sure they'll disentangle those as time goes on. It's easy to keep them MVP numbers up for 17+ less games

[@Dawg476]

I really think the NBA needs to detach how much you can make from all star/ all nba appearances.

[@chaseadams5037]

I think the NBA should reduce the season to 72 games and add 4 expansion teams🤷

[@thatkidwiththefro5968]

“Giving other players an opportunity” sounds like awards being given out to players who don’t deserve them

[@justinb7805]

In contract negotiations you can go for more guaranteed money or less with insensitives that could pay you more if you hit certain stats/accolades so its basically betting on yourself or not.

[@grellah]

Well, I'm glad you're getting flamed for this poor take.

[@mlstrauss0589]

Just wanted to say that this was an excellent video Mike. There was a video a while back that I scorned because I thought that there was too much backstory at the beginning and it took too long to get to the point. This video was the exact opposite I was captivated From the moment, the video began. Good shit. keep it up and you’ll hit 1 million in no time.

[@ag_ronin4934]

The fact that people are trying to call the rule a mistake and to get fans (who do NOT make an NBA superstars salary) to Feel bad for them because they might not win awards that can potentially make them even more money, whenever Joel is make $580,487.80 PER GAME is fucking madness. If anyone at any job in the world missed 20%-30% of their work year, but was award employee of the year over someone who missed just a few days out of the year, people would be in an uproar. But we have worshipped these people for far too long. They don't exist I'm the real world anymore

[@blquasar]

I told my boss I couldn’t work today for load management, I got an interview for a new job tomorrow though

[@Mvfasalways]

Nope. Best rule in the nba

[@lamarkiuscox9016]

If you don't wanna play for whatever reason that's fine but you can't sit when you want and still get paid all that money and awards and only play 75 percent of the season. You still getting your money

[@aznpikachu215]

You're being PAID millions to go to work. If you're injured, rest. If you're willing to put yourself at more injured risk, that's all on the player. Enough trying to baby them. Asking to play 65 isn't a tall task. The players back then played a lot through injuries back then, and they don't get paid like $25-$50M like this.

[@CarapuceZehr]

That rule is good If you miss 20+ game that's too bad, but yes you shouldn't be eligible to awards Its not a mistake, its a way to keep the competitive integrity of the game

[@halftime814]

If Tyrese playing through a so call injury he's not really hurt then cause if u hurt why jeopardize yo career and health for some awards and more money it nothing in this world that's more important than yo health!! U cant predict injuries Adam's sliver right being tired has no proven fact it cause injury

[@serenadesilhout]

This rule has been the best thing to come out of the Adam Silver era so far. The rule would not have affected the MVP chances for an injury prone player. If the NBA season. is too hard, get rid of some games. But they still want the check to come.

[@jondoe4624]

Availability is the most important ability. Some people are born shorter and some are born fragile. Players should play

[@biggunsfortheotherside8061]

I’m loving the new rule. They gotta work for theirs just like us average folks 😊

[@George_1098]

Embiid’s body is just not used to playing so many games in such little time. He was really skinny when he started playing basketball as a teen. His first two seasons he spent injured and has had a history of injuries especially during the playoffs (where you’re playing every other day). His body just can’t keep up and he’s getting older. Not the NBA’s fault and not Embiid’s. There’s a soccer player named Eden Hazard who is reminding me a lot of Embiid’s situation, he wouldn’t take training serious when he played for Chelsea. He was the star player for the team and would occasionally show up late for practice and not try at all in practice according to former coaches and teammates. (Not saying Embiid does this but there’s a correlation). Eventually Real Madrid (The biggest soccer team in the world), signed him and he played there for 4 years before retiring at 32 which was quite early for him. He stated after retiring that the reason he became injury prone after signing for Madrid was because when he got there he decided to take training serious and started putting more effort in practice. Eventually he became injury prone when he was in Madrid. Getting injured in practices, the reason for this was his body was not used to him putting more effort in training and his body started to slow down because he was overworking himself. The two situations are not quite the same but there’s a correlation between the two. This is my interpretation of Embiid’s career/season. The NBA 65 game rule is fair. If players don’t like it, then reduce your minutes during the regular season and allow more rotation. The rule says 65 games, not a certain amount of minutes played, so if they only play a quarter or two that will count as a game played, but their egos won’t allow that because their stats will drop 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@neilfordan]

They should always declare beforehand if the player is not playing so people don’t have to watch the crap game.

[@Da1fostadomus]

Imp there should be a award for playing all 82!💯

[@safekeeping2923]

In Sumo the rikishi are expected to perform in the basho every other month. If you withdraw you lose rank and very quickly salary. So many wrestlers "play" through injury sometimes resulting in career ending complications. I think it is smart to protect your investment as an organization and as a player. I'd rather see players play for a long time and succeed rather than a short time and only get brought up as examples in broadcasts and "what ifs".

[@Nazkelu2k]

I think it’s different when your 7 ft and has had injuries in the past still trying to win so wouldn’t you try to make sure your body is at 100 percent before playoffs sure getting mvp or any other award would be great but if he’s at 100 before playoffs and dose t get injured in playoffs from load management I think it’s ok

[@JonnyChiasson]

Perhaps the league should refund the fans who pay tickets to stars that don’t play when they aren’t listed as injured. Considering you aren’t giving them the product advertised.

[@louisfranclouisson8398]

Imagine if announcers and commentators showed up for 75% of their games, or even the average person showing up for 75% of their shifts. Now if a player is legitimately injured that's one thing, but Jordan didn't need load management.

[@Crypto_Circus]

82 games is too many, I think 74 games is a perfect amount. If you watch the game live you realize how fast and hard NBA players play, it's not possible to play 82 games like in 80's or 90's when pace was slower.

[@anubishun3299]

The pace might have been slower, but the physicality was waaaay much higher. Today's NBA is soft as a fat granny.

[@FuzzlePighting]

Your youth is showing.

[@Riggzilla]

I don't think it's ruining the NBA. It's going to make it better because players will actually be on the court for the fans. It's always been about the fans. The NBA players have kinda made it about themselves over the past few years. Like imagine being a Nets fan during COVID. Absolute atrocity.

[@7e1ku]

Offensively, if you drive and intentionally bump into your defender and immediately try to shoot to sell a shooting foul, it should be a charging foul. Embiid is exploiting this with too many flops. He wraps his arms on his defender before catching the ball from a pass and immediately shoots to sell shooting foul. This helps him get 36 ppg in like 34-36 minutes a game and this is ridiculously not entertaining to watch.

[@headyhoops]

I worked in Corporate America for 20+ years. Anytime a bonus looks too achievabe the man alters to bonus structure. Welcome to the NBA Inc.

[@jrmop0965]

The problem is actually stars sitting outgames because they can and not motivated to play for their own selfish reasons.

[@Zorohudson]

Love how every KZbinr is trying to create the narrative its bad to require 65 games to get all that money that'll hold your team back or that they can't get these awards. You can tell how out of sync they are with the fans lol