Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr shares candid take on NBA's load management debate echoing wisdom from past

Recently Steve Kerr, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors , made headlines for his comment on load management of the athletes. He could understand his former Chicago Bulls colleague Michael Jordan's point of view when he criticized teams for using load management.

However, he was unable to agree with the Hall of Fame guard. Kerr recently weighed in on the "load management" controversy on Wednesday, which was sparked by remarks made by his former colleague and six-time NBA champion Jordan in an interview with NBA on NBC host Mike Tirico.
Steve Kerr defends the strategy of the athletes as he eyes another championship run
Recently, Kerr implied that the Warriors' most valuable players are getting older and will inevitably miss a number of games during the regular season. He further said:

“For us (Warriors), four of our top guys are 35-39,” Kerr told the Athletic’s Nick Friedell Thursday. “We now have performance teams. When I played with the Bulls, we had one trainer and one weight coach. And now we have reams of data (from) our performance team, which is 10 people or so.”

He then added:

“They’re advising me when our guys are more vulnerable to injury. I believe in this stuff. I believe in science, and I believe in having players healthy for the playoffs. And if you can try to get there, and it means resting guys along the way, then I’m all for doing so because that’s what counts come playoff time.”

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He continued:

“I don’t think there’s any exact data that can predict every injury, but I do think that there are patterns that we can see, that the experts can see, that can help us navigate through the season.”

Given that winning a championship is the Warriors' long-term objective, it would be ideal for the team to give its top players plenty of rest so they are ready for the postseason. However, in the case of Jimmy Butler, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Al Horford, they played most of their respective teams' games when they were still in their prime.

Nevertheless, NBA players usually take a little longer to recover from injuries as they get older, and the management seemed like they don't want a game-changing starter to have a late-season setback that could hurt their chances of making the playoffs.
Michael Jordan delivers a blunt message to today’s NBA stars amid ongoing load management debate
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and other NBA players who allegedly employ load management received a stern warning from NBA veteran Michael Jordan recently. He felt that it "shouldn't be needed."

In the second episode of "MJ: Insights to Excellence," Jordan talked about the problem of NBA players missing games. When Mike Tirico, the interviewer, asked him what he thought of the idea of load management, he didn't hold back.




When questioned about the concept, Jordan stated:

"Well, it shouldn't be needed, first and foremost.. You know, I never wanted to miss a game because it was an opportunity to prove. It was something that I felt like the fans were there to watch me play. I want to impress that guy way up on top who probably worked his [b**t] off to get a ticket or to get money to buy the ticket."

Meanwhile, after Steve Kerr’s comment on load management, Jordan hasn’t said anything as of yet.


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