NBA approves new Player resting rules

Along with the new draft lottery rule changes coming in 2019-2020, there will also be changes in the rules regarding resting players. Player rest became a hot-button issue last season when top teams rested their best players in nationally televised games. This frustrated many NBA fans including myself. When I go to the Knicks/Warriors games in New York, regardless of how much I love the Knicks, a huge part of me is at that game to watch the greatest shooter of my

lifetime put on a show. If I got to the game and discovered that Curry won’t be playing because he is "RESTING"!! I would feel angry and like I've been cheated. And I think that how a lot of the NBA fans feel. These are professional athletes being trained to do what they do; being PAID to do what they do. There is no reason that a star player should just sit out of a game that a stadium full of people paid to come watch. Teams can't sit healthy players for high-profile, nationally televised games, and fines for violating that can be for at least $100,000. The new rules state that teams can't sit healthy players for high-profile, nationally televised games, and fines for violating that can be for at least $100,000. They also say that unless there are unusual circumstances, teams should not rest multiple healthy players for the same game or rest healthy players when playing on the road and that resting star players are expected to be on the bench during games and accessible to fans before the game. The NBA has done their part by adjusting the schedule so that each team will have about 2 less back-to-back games.