The NBA has taken steps to ensure its star players appear in more games, particularly nationally televised matchups and the in-season tournament that is being added this year
The NBA also wants teams to maintain a balance between the number of one-game absences a star player has at home and on the road, as well as refrain from any long-term shutdowns where a star player stops playing games.LeBron James posted a video on his social media of his son Bronny showing off his musical skills as he continues to recover from a cardiac arrest
The league will allow teams to submit written requests in advance for older players for back-to-back games. This is for a small pool of stars who are either 35 or older at the start of the season or have played in over 34,000 regular-season minutes or 1,000 games in their careers. LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry all fit in that category.
Teams will be able to make other requests to have players miss games that include personal reasons, player's prior injury history and end-of-season flexibility. "The Players Association was very much a part of it," Silver said of discussions on the new policy."We had extensive discussions with them and then with individual groups of players, particularly the veterans in the league, about how they thought we should be approaching it."
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