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NBA load management is a TERRIBLE PROBLEM for the league – Mad Dog | First Take
The First Take crew discuss whether the NBA has a load management problem. ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN+: 📱Get the ESPN App: 🏀 Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: ☑️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: ☑️Watch ESPN on YouTube TV:
Goku
July 16, 2022 at 12:48 am
Defiantly is a lower management problem. Players talks time off because they’re tired. They don’t t play back to back games anymore. Plus hole sleep staff
Truth Brotha
July 16, 2022 at 1:37 am
Dominique thinks he understands what is happening, but he doesn’t. The NBA is losing fans in the US. They’ve been able to sort of make up for it by expanding globally, but the real reason the money keeps increasing is because the oligarchs who actually run the world view the NBA, like all forms of entertainment, as a distraction worth investing in as they accelerate toward complete control over the “masses.” State Street, Black Rock, and Vanguard own the majority share in every single Fortune 500 company (look it up), and they cross pollinate ownership amongst each other (with Vanguard being private, allowing for total obfuscation). So don’t act like the fans are cool with what the NBA players are doing – they’re not. It’s just that the fans are irrelevant at this point. NBA players are simply taking part in a power game to distract the masses, and they are the proverbial dancing monkeys for the so called elite. The truth is that the competitive spirit of the NBA as a sport has diminished significantly, save a few players like Curry and Doncic who still love competition at the highest levels. That’s very obvious.
Readyman
July 16, 2022 at 2:38 am
If they don’t wanna pay them for sitting regular season games when resting are they paying them for the extra games in the post season?
Dnero518
July 16, 2022 at 5:51 pm
They should, should go both ways.
Matthew Moscotto
July 16, 2022 at 6:14 am
These analysts have no idea what it means to be an athlete. Load management is needed for sustainability. These athletes are stronger and faster than ever and they’re wearing sneakers with no true ankle support. Let them play less games and make less money then. Simple as that.
Vichinsky Elien
July 17, 2022 at 3:00 pm
These athletes also play too many games at the aau level.
Randy Lall
July 16, 2022 at 9:52 am
Man Dominique stop it.
Malon Holmes
July 16, 2022 at 11:00 am
The NBA doesn’t have a load management problem. Besides Kyrie and Ben Simmons, who else has really taken significant time just sitting on the bench or whatever over the last few years? The real issue is players not fulfilling their contracts with one team and constantly moving around the league. It doesn’t allow for a culture to be built around the franchise, and culture is what builds and sustains fanbases. Just look at Golden State. Their fans are LOYAL, because their main stars were built through the draft, also winning championships helps a lot too lolll
Lordmegatron 84
July 16, 2022 at 2:27 pm
The league needs defensive rules to be brought back. Playing defense will extinguish 2/3rds of these “stars”. Once that happens everything from super team bs to load management will be solved.
Too Sweet
July 16, 2022 at 2:48 pm
We have poor mans Stephan A and poor mans skip on first take today
Mao Dong
July 16, 2022 at 5:07 pm
Why do the darks always blame the system? It’s always the system system with them. Show up to work… how hard is that.
Brandon Maryland
July 16, 2022 at 5:18 pm
Russo: Mr.Foxworthy this for you.
Fox worth: Close enough 🤦🏾♂️😂😂 they are comedy
Dnero518
July 16, 2022 at 5:59 pm
The league is fine. It’s just players and people in general getting softer and softer. If your injured or at risk of serious injury than sit til your 100%. If your healthy go do your job at maximum effort and try to dominate the competition. Keep the season and playoffs the way its always been. 82 games, 7 game series. The contracts should be re structured so these weak players stop getting away with sitting out when they feel like it and all this team hopping demanding trades if everything doesn’t go there way. It needs to be fair both ways. Can’t let the owners get over on the players but with all the benefits they’ve earned and been given and the millions they make the players need to stop being divas, do the right thing.
I LOVE GOD AND JESUS JOHN 3:16 REVELATION 21:4
July 16, 2022 at 9:08 pm
Matthew 15:25
King James Version
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Matthew 15:26
King James Version
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
Silver Gold
July 16, 2022 at 9:28 pm
The Dog, Is Right, The Players Are Cheating The Fans. Period, Dominque, Is Just Flat Wrong, Same Number Of Games with Charles Barkley, Dr. j. Bird, Jordan, so Just Come Out And Say today’s NBA Players Are Just Not As Good, And As Durable..
WhosThatGuy
July 16, 2022 at 9:33 pm
This argument sounds like rich greedy people arguing how to divided the billions. As a spurs fan I never had a problem with pop resting players. I got a lot more years of enjoyment watching them cos they had longer than average careers…
DJ Degala
July 16, 2022 at 11:00 pm
Adding the Play-In Tourney was great but it’s still not enough. They should have another incentive for top-seeded teams, not just home-court advantage. I suggest having an iteration of the “Twice-to-Beat” advantage, or something alike. That should prompt teams to not just avoid the Play-In, but also strive for a top seed in their respective conferences…
J Y
July 17, 2022 at 1:27 am
Domink sounds so stupid~ his arguments are clearly flawed.
Rod Santista
July 17, 2022 at 8:29 am
The NBA became a joke under this new management
BF golf
July 17, 2022 at 9:18 am
These games that they miss may not mean anything to dom but they mean something to the fans that show up to watch them. The media has forgotten about the fans, the people that really pay the bills
DMic Best
July 17, 2022 at 11:02 am
I agree with mad doll so much I hate load management
Everett Harper
July 17, 2022 at 11:48 am
The players need to play. It’s disgraceful for people to pay hundreds to see Lakers play in Toronto once a year and then Lebron decides to sit out.
javathehut
July 17, 2022 at 12:07 pm
People will care when Lebron James sits out games for load management there already doing it now this clown doesn’t know what he’s talking about
dixon rivera
July 17, 2022 at 1:51 pm
Why does Brian blink so much?
Atrain973 main4life386
July 17, 2022 at 3:45 pm
Load management was never a problem in the 90s 80s 00s .
Atrain973 main4life386
July 17, 2022 at 3:46 pm
It’s really the back to back games that hurt them.
Dave S
July 17, 2022 at 5:19 pm
The nba is just weak starting from adam silver all the way to the bottom. These players take off when they want don’t care about the fans always getting injured and not respecting their contracts. If something doesn’t go their way they demand a trade. Nba is just plain terrible!!!