On the world’s largest scale, NBA teams all have very busy competition schedules. Statistics and visual reality show that if you have to play continuously for 2 days, the effectiveness of the players will decrease quite a lot. That’s why the game time management strategy was born and is fully utilized by many coaches. Although this is a quite effective solution, many people disagree with “Load Management” and boxer Floyd Mayweather is one of them.

The famous boxer agrees with many objections about time management strategies. Floyd Mayweather believes that NBA stars need to perform more worthy of the money they are given, because most of that money comes from the hands of the audience. In addition, NBA players need to be more devoted instead of being too cautious about playing continuously.

As a familiar spectator of major football teams in the West, Floyd Mayweather is often present in the courtside seats of the Lakers, Clippers or Warriors. Therefore, the fact that superstars sometimes refuse to play has somewhat affected the 45-year-old boxer’s peak experience. In an interview with Sports Icons, Mayweather frankly shared his views about his colleagues in the sports field.

“They (NBA players) will play a few matches and then rest a few matches. That’s not good,” Floyd Mayweather was upset. Of course, boxing’s single player only mentioned the “match, rest” strategy and did not criticize players who were injured and unable to play. “With such a large amount of money, if you are not injured, you need to play. Because the audience has spent a huge amount of money on the players just so they can watch and be entertained.”

The History of Load Management and Who Takes Advantage of It

It has been nearly 10 years since this personnel tactic was first applied by legendary strategist Gregg Popovich. In 2013, before the away match against the Miami Heat, Coach Gregg allowed stars Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobilli, Tony Parker and Danny Green to return to San Antonio to recuperate. As a result, the audience at the stadium and on national television had to “be surprised” as they had been waiting for the appearance of Spurs’ superstars, even though the match was quite dramatic with a score of 105-100. about Miami Heat.

This tactic, professionally, has proven effective. A strong team will field a second squad to compete against weaker opponents while still winning, preserving the strength of the superstars in the next important match. On the contrary, a mid-range team will field a 2nd squad to compete against a very strong opponent, accepting defeat to preserve the strength of the team’s superstar so they are ready to win against a more worthy opponent.

At the present time, Kawhi Leonard and LeBron James are the two players who most often use this strategy. As the top superstars in the tournament, they have all the objective and subjective reasons to rest even without injury. However, this affected the audience’s experience. They have to spend a huge amount of money and drive from a far away location just to see their superstar wearing an elegant suit and sitting on the bench.