How Kawhi Leonard Helped Ruin The NBA

Load Management is ruining the NBA. The NBA is facing a problem that could threaten its very existence in the future if it is not dealt with. As the years have gone on, more and more players have been taking games off. This is due to what is called load management. if you are unfamiliar with this concept, it is basically what it sounds like, it's when players take games off not because of injuries or personal problems at home, but because they want to reduce the amount of wear and tear they put on their bodies. this trend was first popularized by Kawhi Leonard when he first sustained a major injury playing for the San Antonio Spurs, Because he refused to play games even though he was given the green light to do so by team doctors he eventually got traded to the Toronto Raptors, where he continued to sit games out. The Toronto Raptors allowed this for two reasons first because they were glad to have landed a major star, remember Toronto doesn't get free agents so they have to get stars through the trade and two, Kawhi Leonard was a one-year rental and the Raptors were willing to do anything to entice him into resigning the following summer, including letting him sit. eventually, the Toronto Raptors won the championship in 2019, and to the analytics people that loved load management, this was proof that it worked. Kawhi signed with the Clippers and continued the trend. Other players jumped on to it like Paul George and Lebron James. But it is bad for the League. because it cheats on fans. Fans pay their hard-earned money in order to go watch star players the last thing they want to hear after they have purchased a ticket that is $500 is reading a headline that says so and so will not be playing tonight due to load management. And like I said this could threaten the existence of the league cause the Fans are the ones that make everything work ESPN First Take
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00:00 Intro
00:20 Load Management
00:50 Kawhi Leonard's Role In This
04:11 This Will Hurt The Players In The Long Run
05:34 The Fans Lose Out
06:01 Players Speaking Out
09:31 Outro