I can’t help but think Darwinism is going to take hold at some point in this league, and load management will become an effective and pervasive strategy.
For teams solidly in playoff positions, playing top players for 82 games in the regular season is counterproductive, for all the reasons previously stated.
They can add games to the regular season, but it won’t mean those games will be of equal value to what we have now (which is clearly diminishing as it is).
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