09-27-2019, 11:48 PM
(09-27-2019, 02:43 PM)Kammrath Wrote: https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1177610575158960129
Cuban:
Quote:"KP coming back from an injury ... we're gonna certainly load manage him. We saw what Kawhi [Leonard] did, and Kawhi was still banged up in the Finals after all of that. You could see him limping.
"And you can argue about the injuries with Golden State. The length of the season and all those playoff runs. How it cumulatively impacted their health, we don't know. But, yeah, you're going to see load management more and more and more."
First time trying to quote/reply on this forum so hope it looks alright.
I don’t mind “load management” for teams in line for home court advantage. If we want to be conservative with KP for the early part of the season that’s fine as he works his way back into form, but if we are fighting for the 8th seed I don’t want him taking healthy games off in February/March. Just keep him to 30ish minutes/game.
If this goes the way we all hope it does we’ll be playing in late April/early May this season, and next season be competing to be playing in June. The time for load management will come but beyond injuries/rehab, it’s too early to be talking like we’re the Raptors with Kawhi, IMO.