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PODCAST: What's behind the new rules

Sep 14, 2023

On today's TrueHoop podcast Jarod Hector and David Thorpe discuss:

The truth about the NBA's new load management rules.
The ugly situation with the Houston Rockets' Kevin Porter Jr.
Burning questions for the Bulls, Cavaliers, Pistons, Pacers, and Bucks ahead of training camp

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George H.

Sep 14

I usually love listening to your pods, but this one didn’t land well with me.

While the NBA’s new policy for dealing with load management is not great, your arguments against it were rather tone deaf in the context of fans who buy tickets to NBA and your several references to racist & gamblers were unwarranted. This is an issue which resonates with me as a huge NBA fan and in my opinion, has really hurt the league with casual fans.

Also, to suggest that the NBA follow the lead of soccer/football in areas showed a true lack of knowledge of the current problems of that sport. They are killing their players with their over scheduling.

I know that my feedback will likely not be received well, but I felt like it needed to be delivered.

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