NBA players will need to appear in 65 games in order to qualify for postseason awards such as MVP and All-NBA team.
, will address load management and scenarios where star players continue to miss games with a “rest” label attached to their name on the injury report.
They detailed how it occasionally “stems from teams wanting to have players sit either to preserve them, to manage the schedule of games or to satisfy potential organizational goals for the season,” The Athletic wrote, and there was reportedly a shared agreement that the concept could be addressed in the collective bargaining agreement.
Four players from that 2021-22 list wouldn’t qualify under the new rule, as Steph Curry , Ja Morant , LeBron James and Kevin Durant didn’t meet the 65-game threshold. — though that could change depending on how many 76ers and Bucks games, respectively, they play in to close the regular season.Knicks star Julius Randle has rejected the theory of load management and said hewhile the Nets’ Mikal Bridges — who arrived from Phoenix at the trade deadline in the Durant deal — hasn’t missed a game throughout his entire NBA career.
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