The L.A. DAILY NEWS goes with, "Hate it or not, load management stinks for NBA fans." There’s a whole cottage industry that’s sprouted up around the idea of "work smarter, not harder." Prioritization in the spirit of productivity. The NBA has "bought in," which is why load management -- or "'rest,' or sometimes 'injury management,' or whatever it is when uninjured players are inactive" -- has become "such a ubiquitous part of the league’s ethos." But I know "who’s losing: You, the fan." While the NBA "goes about its business of trying to predict and limit" injury risk, your risk "is rising." It’s "more likely now" that you’ll purchase a ticket to "see one of the load-bearing stars around which the league has been built up only to wind up watching his understudy."
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