"Load management" has slowly been accepted and recognized, and has become the norm! Stars can play if they want to, don't play if they don't want to, and even the head coach doesn't know whether a player will play or not before the game, such a situation, it is no wonder that some NBA celebrities say: load management is a funny farce!
Load management originally refers to the use of economic, technical and administrative means to control the growth rate of the load of the power system. The purpose is to give full play to the utilization rate of power generation equipment and power supply equipment. And now the load management of the NBA is just a high-sounding excuse to rest, not to be confused!
Speaking of load management, the early days are called rotation breaks. Its inventor is unknown, but the Spurs' rotation was indeed famous throughout the league. In fact, the Spurs at that time also had to rotate off. It's not just because the "GDP" combination is getting older, but also because of the pressure of continuous high-intensity competition. The fundamental reason is that because the Spurs have been in the championship for many years, fans have developed aesthetic fatigue with the Spurs, and the Spurs have a simple style, resulting in extremely poor ratings. The league can be described as "hateful" for the Spurs, suppressing the Spurs in all aspects. And Popovich has never been a stoic manager, and the rotation has become a means for Popovich to protest the league, and for good reason. It can be said that the earliest load management of the Spurs was forced out by the league! Load management in today's alliances is not a concept at all.
Let's talk about the league twenty years ago, when NBA stars were all labeled "tough guys" and "iron men", of course, these stars did it. They pride themselves on high attendance and long playing time! In addition to the season reimbursement for such serious injuries. Injuries were commonplace, and the atmosphere in the league at the time made fans identify and admire the stars they supported. Fans at the time would complain about the poor play of the players, but no one would question their work ethic.
Today's alliance has completely changed its ethos. Rotational breaks have become commonplace, and not playing "back-to-back" matches has become an unspoken rule. Such behavior not only hurt the interests of the league, but also deeply hurt the enthusiasm of fans. Many veteran players have expressed the view that fans may have saved a long time to come and play once, and I can't let them down! This kind of style is indeed more impressive than the style of today's league stars.
Indeed, nowadays, it is really disgusting that stars take various rotations, called load management, and even write rotations in contracts. However, the rotation of stars cannot be separated from the tacit approval of the league. Regarding rotation breaks, the league has issued regulations: national live broadcasts cannot be rotated, and multiple players cannot be rotated in a game. This implies that except for the games broadcast live in the United States, you can take turns! As long as a game is not rotated, the multiplayer league will not interfere! This acquiescence is also one of the reasons why stars are able to take turns as they please.
In fact, the fundamental reason for the rotation break is not the so-called faster pace and too much player load. There are three real reasons for the rotation break:
First, the commercialization of the league is becoming more and more serious, and the first pursuit of players is no longer championships but data. Because the data is the most intuitive, it can lead to larger contracts. And if you want to play good data, you must have a good state, and to maintain a good state, you must have a full rest.
Second, the alliance's control over superstars is gradually declining. Stern made the NBA qualitatively developed and received all the praise, but Stern was called a "tyrant" that year. Why? Because Stern can control the alliance with one hand, turn his hands over the clouds and rain! No one can challenge Stern's authority. Today's Xiao Hua is called a "joke", not for nothing. Such "rotation regulations" that harm the interests of the alliance can be passed, and Xiao Hua's control over the alliance can be seen.
Third, the league is young and yellow, compared with the league with talents in the 90s and 00s, the NBA in the past decade has few talents. There are also some stars of the previous generation to support the façade, and these stars are older, how to maintain their form? It can only be a rotational break.
Former NBA player Richard Jefferson has said that load management was invented by trainers, with coaches and teams involved. In fact, from the invention, development, implementation, beneficiaries and victims of rotation, it is not difficult to see who is behind the promotion of rotation. Such a statement can only be used to cover up.
Load management is just one of the actions of stars that harm the interests of fans and make their own profits. When a player is questioned about his lack of work ethic, think about whether he or she has done his duty as a professional player, rather than finding reasons to quibble. When a player is not respected, think about whether as a professional player has respected the fans and did not do to others what you do not want!