PD28 wrote:bballsparkin wrote:douggood wrote:Halliburton is still hurt, he is only playing because of the 65 game rule and since he has $40 mil on the line.
back to back 22 min game.
and guess what, minimum minutes to count as game played 20.
plus pacers fans coming to grip with Siakam's game.
"Need to stop giving Siakam the ball to initiate his own offense in crunch time. "
the rule seems stupid. A young player jeopardizing his health for the million$. They need to revise this.
It's his choice to play or not. I don't think 65/82 is a crazy demand to meet for a player to get a superstar extension. Part of being a superstar is being available to play.
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Remember the days of 20 and 40 second time outs? Then revenue needs to pay for increased salaries resulted in the 20 being at least 30 and the 40 being at least a minute. What are timeouts now? A minimum of 90 seconds. If a coach's challenge happens, or LeFlop is rolling on the floor faking a career ending injury and the refs are seeing if they can manufacture a flagrant call, the time out of play can be up to 3 minutes. The players get plenty of rest during the actual game.
Players of the past didn't have to put up with this rule because players of the past had integrity. They didn't load manage, they didn't let a minor injury keep them out of a game. Load management is fine for players with chronic injury history, but those players shouldn't whine about not being eligible. You don't hear Kawhi Leonard whining.
The NBA doesn't, nor the fans of the game, owe players a long career. They are paid big money to perform at 100% of their ability every night, and if that means their career only lasts 10 years, well 10 years of NBA money is a hell of a lot of money. If they choose to load manage, well then there are consequences for that. Less money over a greater number of years.
Also think of it this way.
Premier Team is visiting your city. Because Premier Team has Premier Star, you have to pay for an inflated ticket price. Premier Star then decides to sit. Do you get a refund on the inflated part of your ticket price? No. That means the money collected to help pay that player his All-NBA bonus money has been collected from you, and Premier Star expects to receive it, but you don't get the enjoyment of seeing if your team can contain Premier Star.
Yah, no sympathy at all for the greed of players. The line should be 70 games with no more than 5 being away games.
