There are a number of phrases that have been pounded into the ground so much, they now elicit a sigh and an eye roll. In the NBA, “Load Management” is right there with “Jordan or LeBron” as a phrase many of us would happily pay to make go away. It just so happens that the NBA is trying to oblige us with a new rule — one that has been talked about plenty, on The Ringer, ESPN, The Athletic, and even here at Pounding the Rock. In reference to teams putting “rest” as why a player was sitting out, The Mismatch’s Chris Vernon said, “So number one, you won’t see that happening, where teams are saying out for rest.
What if the NBA had Injury Lists
