During the Spurs’ road trip, Gregg Popovich shared few of his thoughts on the rest rule that seem to resemble some concerns we raised on this site earlier this summer. Specifically, how is a coach supposed to know which players the league requires him to play on “no-rest” games?
"Frankly, it's a little bit cloudy... Some of the stuff is in stone and should not be negotiable. Obviously ... if Kawhi is healthy ... I need to play him tonight even though it's a back-to-back [because] we're on the road and he only plays in Boston once.