‘Why have technology if we’re going to ignore it?’ Load management remains divisive in NBA

It might just be the most despised phrase in the NBA today: load management.

It’s certainly the most misunderstood.

It is a catch-all phrase to describe when an otherwise healthy player sits out a game, a player coming back from injury is limited in how much he can play, or it is announced at the start of a season that certain players will not play on back-to-back nights. 

All in the name of load…