In recent weeks, the issue of the NBA resting players when healthy to preserve them for the whole of a long, 82-game season (better known by most as “load management”) has become notably more controversial with high-profile analysts like former NBAer Charles Barkley making a point of vilifying it.
Is the NBA abusing scheduled rest for star players to the point where it has become a problem the league needs to find a solution for or is it simply a byproduct of a regular season that is likely too long for players to be in their best form over such a long stretch of tilts?
