It's November 13, 2025, 03:18:10 PM
i actually missed pregame just put it on once the game started anything in particular from the pregame that seemed off??
https://twitter.com/willmbetts/status/1980870596771869031
I hate load management but its the coaches and the front office who are making these decisions I agree with MJ that the 90's players would not go for it but the players today are so financially stable why rock the boat?
Interesting.. I didn't see this opening. Sorry, rant coming...I only saw the clip of Jordan talking about "load management" which I'd actually already heard him speak on before. I already knew how important it was for him to be there every night, for that fan in the last row that was getting to see Jordan for the first and only time. It really is a touching sentiment actually. Because I do remember when my step-father tried to get tickets to a Bulls game, and it wasn't going to be easy, and it would have even involved a flight to Chicago, and it would have been a one-off. For whatever reason it was a bit too complicated and we weren't able to go. But imagine how many families tried the same thing in the 90's and it would be like the only trip the family might take that whole year, just to see Jordan, a once in a lifetime chance---and then imagine if you found out the guy was sitting the game out because he was resting for the playoffs!! But yet, that never happened. You could always count on Jordan being there. The Bulls came to Kansas City only one time when I was a kid and it was for a preseason game. My step-father didn't get the ticket because he had the bigger plan to go to a regular season game because he thought Jordan wouldn't play much for a preseason game. It turns out, not only did Jordan play in that preseason game, but it was phenomenal his performance, and the few kids that were lucky enough to go were all talking about it at school the next day.It's a bit like my Hulk Hogan memory from being a kid. We begged and begged my step-father to go see WWF when we were kids. It was easier than seeing a Bulls game because they would actually come to Kansas City maybe about once a year. We got tickets to go see the Ultimate Warrior in the main event, because Ultimate Warrior at that time was starting to get as big as Hogan. When we got there, it was announced, "Ultimate Warrior will not be performing tonight due to scheduling issues." Years later, it was found out that this was Warriors character. He didn't really care about the fans in the way that Hogan did, and it wasn't uncommon for him to threaten Vince that he wouldn't show up, there's the famous incident where he held Vince up for like a 1 MILL bonus or something just to show up to Summer Slam. In contrast, just to wrap this up, Hulk Hogan was the one Vince and the fans could always count on. No matter if he was hurt, injured, or what craziness was happening in the background of his personal life. He loved his fans, and he cared about those kids in the back row with their first and only chance to see their hero live in action. Sure enough, the night we we to see Hogan in the main event against the Big Boss Man he showed up and showed out. He showed up and delivered all the key Hogan moments every 80's kid was counting on, he did the Hulk Up, the body slams, he worked the crowd, he did it all, and everyone went home happy that night.
I honestly understand it in baseball and football. Like the way pitchers get injured so often. They say you don't get paid as a pitcher for being a below average guy who can be counted on to make every start and relief appearances. But if you learn how to throw pitches with a lot of movement or burn out your arm throwing heat; you could sign like 40 Million Dollar contracts just off of a good seasons or even a solid few months to end the season. So they would rather have a good few months on tape and get injured than show themselves to be consistent. So they don't care if they get injured. Think about a guy like Kris Bubic. The Royals pitching coach taught him how to throw some junk that burnt out his arm halfway through the season. But before that, he was the top guy in the league and pitched in the All Star Game mid-season before getting injured the week after. If he had done that in the second half of the season instead of the first, he could probably sign a 40 Million dollar contract right now.Anyway, the point is, MLB pitchers and NFL players are so often injured that I totally understand load management for those guys. The 90's NBA Players were remarkably able to play 82 games plus the postseason without getting injured much. And still look as strong in the postseason as they did in the regular season.But for some reason modern NBA players can't do that and truly benefit from load management. So I can see both sides of the issue.
pitching is understandable as they play daily and the rest is physically required to maintain their performance in the nba and nfl there is zero reason to rest nfl is once a week and nba is 3-4 games a week, which ain't shit .. back in the day nba teams used to have games 3 days in a row, and everyone played all 3 games .... now even back to back games is far more sparse.
yea .. they're pushing the small teams a little too much spurs lakers shoulda been the one on nbc .. great game
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