NBA Board of Governors Approves New Rule Fining Teams for Resting Star Players

The NBA Board of Governors approved a new policy Wednesday that will fine teams that rest their star players during games,according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski,nationally televised games,

the policy is also intended to prevent teams from resting players or using reduced roles when the "integrity of the game" is at stake, The number jumps to $250,000 for a second violation and increases by $1 million for each subsequent violation. 17]

Teams will reportedly only be penalized for resting "star players," defined as players who have made All-Star or been named All-Pro in the past three seasons, [22] by Charania [11 and,

to keep players fresh for the playoffs, NBA teams have worked to manage the load of some of the sport's biggest names. Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James and Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard are among the players who received semi-regular rest days during the recent regular season. Under the new policy, both the Clippers and the Lakers

have been working to keep their players fresh for the playoffs, and NBA teams have been working to manage the load of the sport's biggest names, if both the Clippers and Lakers continue to follow such a strategy, Dallas Mavericks still have a shot at the playoffs,resting Kyrie Irving late in the season and limiting Luka Doncic's playing time,which resulted in a $750,000 fine for the Mavericks, which the Mavericks investigation resulted in a $750,000 fine, the Mavericks were fined $750,000.

The league attempted to crack down on load management in 2020, fining teams $100,000for allowing healthy players to play during nationally televised games. However, the guidelines left room for teams to rest players for "unusual circumstances," including player age, whether the player was coming off an injury, and whether the player participated in consecutive games

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