Fifteen teams have several players who were named All-NBA or All-Star Game in the previous three seasons. On paper, the new PPP rules seem strict, but the NBA has detailed several exceptions to the effect that a team can request approval for a star player to miss a consecutive game (including appearances on national television or tournament games during the season). Michael Wilbon explains why he doesn't trust the new NBA rules to solve cargo management problems. As an interesting fact, the longest game in the NBA took place on January 6, 1951 between the Indianapolis Olympians and the Rochester Royals at the Edgerton Park Arena from Rochester, New York.
All 15 NBA selections made this list, along with seven of the 10 defensive team selections and four of the 10 rookie team selections. The NBA continues to have the discretionary power to fine a team for conduct harmful to the league when it comes to players' rest. When the NBA board of directors met on Wednesday, it adopted new rules on resting healthy players in an attempt to curb load management problems that have become frequent in the league in recent years, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Under the new rule, Washington would have been investigated by the NBA for potentially violating the rest policy.
According to the memorandum obtained by ESPN, a star player is defined as a player who has been part of the All-Star or the NBA in any of the previous three seasons. In addition to the PRP, the NBA recently introduced a minimum requirement for games played so that players are eligible for certain league honors. While the NBA admitted that during the PRP there has been a significant decrease in the number of games lost for health reasons, there has been a significant increase in the number of players who do not play due to load management, injuries, pain, or other single-game injury absences that are likely to rest. Teams must maintain a balance between the number of absences from a game for a star player in home games and away games, with the preference that those absences occur in home games. The league has also said that a team can request approval so that a star player is unavailable during one end of a consecutive game based on the player's history of previous or unusual injuries.
Under the policy that will be approved on Wednesday, teams must comply with the following rules when they decide to give a star player (defined as one who was a member of the All-Star Game or an NBA team in any of the previous three seasons). In short, an NBA game lasts an average of 2.5 hours, although in some cases, mainly due to overtime, they can last up to three hours. The main concern stems from what happens when a team determines that a star player is healthy enough to play a consecutive game, but that player determines that he is in pain and needs rest.
