13-Man Active Roster

[BlackOutBuzz]

So, I can't track it down now, but the Salt Lake Tribune ran an article a few months ago in regard to the expanded rosters this season. All I could find is a discussion about it from a Kings forum.

http://www.kingsfans.com/forums/showthr ... -who-is-in

RULE CHANGE: The new CBA states teams can carry between 13-15 players on their active roster. But the new collective bargaining agreement comes with a wrinkle. Thirteen players (previously 12) can dress and play through Feb. 6. From then on, the NBA introduces a weird change as teams will still be allowed to dress 13 guys but only 12 can play.

So essentially, 13 of the 15 men are allowed to dress, but once the 12th man steps onto the court then the 13th becomes inactive. With the return of D.J., and the Feb. 6 date behind us, I thought that the nepotism experiment would be put on hold. However, when Cory Higgins entered the game tonight, he became our 13th player on the court. I looked at all the other games tonight, and we were the only team to play more than 12 players...and this is the first time we've played more than 12 since the Feb. 6 deadline. So, does anyone have knew/better info on this rule? Or did we somehow get away with playing too many guys? I was really looking forward to having a healthy 'Cats team with only a 12-man active roster...

PG: DJ, Kemba
SG: Hendo, Reggie, Hammer
SF: Mags, UPS
PF: Boris, Tyrus, DJW
C: Biz, Mully

In: Eddie, Nepo, Diop

[fatlever]

interesting. i think we could make najera and higgins in active and have diop, white and carroll fight it out for that 13th spot. i like having diop active for nights like last night when huge centers like pekovic need to be slowed down for a few minutes (didnt do much good last night, but in theory...) i think as long as dj, kemba, and reggie are healthy that higgins should never see the floor for any reason.