The Golden State Warriors have already had an eventful offseason, having brought back head coach Steve Kerr on a new deal. The Warriors are looking to add some more veteran pieces around Stephen Curry this summer in hopes of making one final push to revive their dynasty.
Kerr routinely put the NBA on blast throughout last season for the slate of games his team had to face, with the Warriors seeing a front-loaded schedule featuring heavy travel and little rest. Kerr and other proponents of the NBA shortening its 82-game schedule will not be thrilled with Commissioner Adam Silver's latest comments on the debate.
“On so-called load management, I think that the only place where we see an uptick in injuries is not towards the end of the season when guys have played more games,” Silver said, per Sam Amick of The Athletic. “The only place we see upticks is after the All-Star break. … Whether it’s just correlation, or it turns out there’s causation, it may be because (players) are not getting appropriate load during those days they take off.”
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Clearly, Silver and Kerr do not see eye-to-eye on the issue of the NBA schedule and whether or not the league is overworking its players.
Kerr has previously pointed to the increased pace in the game today as rationale for cutting down the schedule, with players having to cover much more ground overall due to the current “pace and space” movement, which Kerr and the Warriors ironically helped engineer during the mid-2010s, when their dynasty was at its peak.
However, it doesn't appear that Silver and the league front office are planning to change things up anytime soon.
The Golden State Warriors have already had an eventful offseason, having brought back head coach Steve Kerr on a new deal. The Warriors are looking to add some more veteran pieces around Stephen Curry this summer in hopes of making one final push to revive their dynasty.