WEBVTT - Silver Has Had Enough Of Load Management

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<v Speaker 1>Breaks breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines. So the

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<v Speaker 1>covering all the trauma around the association. Moving on.

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<v Speaker 2>It has been a long six weeks of nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>Happening except for James Harden and Damian Lillard holding their

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<v Speaker 1>team's hosts trying to jump shit.

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<v Speaker 2>But we finally have about a little bit of.

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<v Speaker 1>Actual news to discuss. I'm not talking about PJ Washington

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<v Speaker 1>returning to the board. I am not talking about the.

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<v Speaker 2>San Antonio Spurs continuing to build up goodwill by giving.

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<v Speaker 1>Campaign an outright release so that you can go with

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<v Speaker 1>a contending team. I am talking about structural NBA news

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<v Speaker 1>that we are breaking down. Thank you to Adam Silver

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<v Speaker 1>because our fearless commissioner has now decided to take on

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<v Speaker 1>the subject of loads management and tanking head on becaues.

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<v Speaker 2>It's face, it has been terrible.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been kind of killing the league's vibe for at

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<v Speaker 1>least in terms of in person paying customers for a decade.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one thing to look forward to watching a February

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<v Speaker 1>Clippers versus Sixers game on TV only to find out

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<v Speaker 1>Kawhi and Embiid are sitting there in street clothes.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's another thing to check the calendar for months.

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<v Speaker 1>Take your kid and promise that kid that they are

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<v Speaker 1>going to see Joel Embi. You get nose lead seats

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<v Speaker 1>to see your hero, and then you show up to

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<v Speaker 1>find the guy that you.

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<v Speaker 2>See and you paid the seed.

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<v Speaker 1>Take the day off until you can't even find out,

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<v Speaker 1>until you got your first hot dog.

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<v Speaker 2>In your mouth. That's why Kobe is beloved.

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<v Speaker 1>The dude is going to play through anything when he

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<v Speaker 1>was playing through a broken hand, through broken anything, just

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<v Speaker 1>to keep the fans happy.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's not happening anymore. So Adam Silver had to

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<v Speaker 2>step in.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, quick aside, This happened to me last

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<v Speaker 1>year when I wanted to see Jaw and Desmond Baine

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<v Speaker 1>play against the Washington Wizards.

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<v Speaker 2>I hate Capitol One Arena. It fucking sucks. It's like

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<v Speaker 2>a best buy in there. But for Jaw and for

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<v Speaker 2>Desmond Bane, I would do it.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what I paid for floor seats just

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<v Speaker 1>to watch David fucking Roddy.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know how bad David Roddy is? Do you

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<v Speaker 2>know how slow David Roddy is? This is not a

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<v Speaker 2>ricochet shot to David Roddy, but for few hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 2>per seat.

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<v Speaker 1>I did not want to watch David Roddy and Steven

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<v Speaker 1>Adams in the block disgusting.

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<v Speaker 2>And I didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like going to Momofuku and then you go to

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<v Speaker 1>the bathroom and you find out it's actually a panda express.

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<v Speaker 2>So yes, I get that this is a problem. Enter

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Silver, who came up with this.

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<v Speaker 1>According to WOJ, the NBA's Competition Committee recommended a plan

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<v Speaker 1>that the league's Board of Governors is expected to approved Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 1>It would ultimately give the league office authority for greater

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<v Speaker 1>oversight over disciplined for miss games, and an ability to

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<v Speaker 1>find teams over one million dollars for each instance of

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<v Speaker 1>violating resting rules. This has got to be aimed, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way what the league is calling star players? What

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<v Speaker 1>is a star player? The MBA is defining a star

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<v Speaker 1>player as someone who's made the All Star or All

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<v Speaker 1>NBA teams in three any of the three previous seasons.

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<v Speaker 1>God damn Bradley Beal, you are fucked. Here are adams five.

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<v Speaker 2>Rules for fixing tanking. Teams must manage their roster to

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<v Speaker 2>ensure that no more than one star player is unavailable

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<v Speaker 2>for the same game. How is that gonna work?

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<v Speaker 1>Because Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are injured all the

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<v Speaker 1>time simultaneously.

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<v Speaker 2>Bron and ad more like Kawhi and.

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<v Speaker 1>PG or m Bidenharden, teams must ensure that star players

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<v Speaker 1>are available for nationally televised games and in season tournament games.

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Silver loves that n season tournament.

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<v Speaker 1>Boy, before it even gets started, He's making sure guys

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<v Speaker 1>don't dog it. We saw this, everybody thought it was

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<v Speaker 1>going to be an off day for star players. In

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<v Speaker 1>the same way that Man United and Arsenal and Premier

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<v Speaker 1>League team send their B teams to compete in the

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<v Speaker 1>FA Cup for English soccer. But the difference is between

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<v Speaker 1>that and the NBA. The NBA has much larger rosters

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<v Speaker 1>that soccer teams control. Next point, teams must maintain a

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<v Speaker 1>balance between the number of one game absences for a

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<v Speaker 1>star player.

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<v Speaker 2>In home games and road games, with the preference for

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<v Speaker 2>those absences to happen in home games. So I believe

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<v Speaker 2>one of the examples.

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<v Speaker 1>Of this was that Steph Clay and Draymond all played

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<v Speaker 1>on like a Tuesday in Golden State and then one

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<v Speaker 1>day later they all rested in Denver.

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<v Speaker 2>YEP. Can't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to rest them all in San Francisco. Penalize

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<v Speaker 1>the home fans and not the road fans. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>hate that, especially if you're living in a suburb and

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<v Speaker 1>you're driving you and your whole family to see your

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<v Speaker 1>favorite player on Golden State and then he doesn't show up.

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<v Speaker 2>That's just bad for business.

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<v Speaker 1>Next point, teams must refrain from any long term.

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<v Speaker 2>Shutdown or near shutdown when a.

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<v Speaker 1>Star player starts participating in games or plays in a

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<v Speaker 1>material materially reduced role in circumstances affecting the integrity of

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<v Speaker 1>the game. This is what we call a direct shot

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<v Speaker 1>at the Portland Trailblazers who ended up shutting down Damian

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<v Speaker 1>Lillard and pretty much every player on their team except

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<v Speaker 1>for consecutive ten day contract guys like Drew got ten

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<v Speaker 1>day God you banks to get Shaden.

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<v Speaker 2>Sharp and Scoot Henderson. That's what we call the Dame

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<v Speaker 2>Lollard tank rule.

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<v Speaker 1>No more shutting down superstars to lose games at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>If I am Portland would be.

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<v Speaker 1>Fine with paying ten million dollars for the rights of

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<v Speaker 1>Scoot Anderson or Victor Wambayama.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's going to change the damn thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Next point from Adam Silver in his league office, teams

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<v Speaker 1>must ensure that healthy players resting for a game are

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<v Speaker 1>present and visible to fans. No more James Harden hooka parties.

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<v Speaker 1>No more if you're not there, you're sitting on the bench.

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<v Speaker 1>No more Kawhi going dark when he's out of a game.

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<v Speaker 1>What is the penalty for violating these tanking slash load

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<v Speaker 1>management rules? First defense one hundred K, second offense two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty K, Third offense one million dollars for

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<v Speaker 1>each individual violation. Interestingly, Adam Silver also instituted what I

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<v Speaker 1>call the Lebron exception. The MBA will allow pre approved

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<v Speaker 1>designated back to back allowances for players who are thirty

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<v Speaker 1>five years old on opening night or have career workloads

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<v Speaker 1>of thirty four thousand regular season minutes or one thousand

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<v Speaker 1>regular season playoff game minutes combined. That exception impacts Lebron

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<v Speaker 1>and Stuff, but not Kawhi or ad Fyi.

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<v Speaker 2>Here are the only seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Players who can rest on the back end of a

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<v Speaker 1>back to back with no penalty. Lebron, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry,

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Paul DeMar DeRozan, Mike Conley, and James Harden. That

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<v Speaker 1>is it, and like clockwork, the league approve what it's

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<v Speaker 1>calling the Player Participation Policy on Wednesday. It's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>interesting to see how teams try to evade this rule,

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<v Speaker 1>because we know that they will. I suspect that we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna see a lot of Kawhi Leonard getting five to

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<v Speaker 1>seven minutes of the play and then sitting out, which

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't technically violate the league rules, but kind of fucking

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<v Speaker 1>sucks and fucks the vibe up from a betting standpoint

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<v Speaker 1>as well, which might actually help you if you know

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<v Speaker 1>that this is a possibility, and this is a big

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<v Speaker 1>thing considering the league is fully in bed with sportsbooks

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<v Speaker 1>right now, I'm not sure how this is gonna play out,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is going to be fascinating to see. Nonetheless,

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<v Speaker 1>one thing that it won't do is make it more

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<v Speaker 1>likely for me to throw a paycheck six weeks out

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<v Speaker 1>in advance to see a player.

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<v Speaker 2>There's probably a fifty to fifty chance that you will see.

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<v Speaker 2>Gonna be fun. Gonna be fun to see how this

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<v Speaker 2>plays out.