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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 3179138, member: 767"]
I see that to an extent, but a lot of it is just the research that seems to say these guys are putting too many miles on themselves with all these games.  I do think if the season was say, 65 games, you wouldn't see Kawhi sitting out nearly as large a % of games as he has last year and this year.

Probably because we just didn't have any idea the effect the pounding these guys were taking? (Especially if you read the Baxter Holmes story from a few months back, the AAU circuit and all the games these guys are playing as kids really is taking a toll it seems).

Additionally, Bird played one season of more than 60 games after age 31, maybe he could've played for longer if he was managed differently.  (maybe not, maybe the back was just gonna go)  Jordan effectively took a season and a half off.

Another interesting point I've seen I think Zach Lowe bring up, is the media narrative of so many people now is that titles are the only thing that matter, if you don't win a title you're a loser/choker etc, so really, treating the regular season this way is just a natural extension of that.
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