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Should players have to play 65 games to qualify for major NBA awards?

With load management becoming such a prominent part of how the NBA conducts business these days, a push to make season-long accolades require a minimum number of games played resulted in the standard getting put into the league’s new collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

The intent was to properly honor players who put in the effort to play as much of the season as they could. As with all tweaks to the CBA, however, unintended consequences — and not always for the better — can arise. Will we see players checking into a game until the first foul is called? What else might change because of this new rule? Most importantly, should it exist to begin with?

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The host of the Athletic “Game Theory” podcast, Sam Vecenie, and his guest, Mike Vorkunov, talked it over on a recent episode. Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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