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lostcitysaint t1_j0ljzhw wrote

Reply to comment by timothythefirst in Heat place literally every player on injury report after receiving NBA fine ahead of Mexico City game by XXmynameisNeganXX

Rest players at home. They get seen there all the time. Shouldn’t rest superstars on the road, especially a place you only go once a year. You’re resting on the luxury team plane. Just play.

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NubEnt t1_j0llr9e wrote

Not that I’m opposed to what you’re saying, but there’s probably a financial reason for resting players for road games over home games.

If you rest players during home games, people will catch on eventually that it’s not guaranteed that your home team’s players will be on the court all the time, and your team’s ownership loses ticket/concession sales. If you rest players during road games, the other team bears the brunt of any such losses.

And ideally, the other team’s home market is mostly there to see their home team’s players anyway, unless they suck that bad.

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cfranek t1_j0mdqn1 wrote

It has been shown that players get injured on the road more than at home.

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Malvania t1_j0lw1xh wrote

Balance to that would be for home teams to designate 2-3 players from each away team as "undroppable," (subject to the player being on IR or something) such that they're awarded some sort of financial compensation if the player doesn't play. That would balance the financial cost of resting players

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jtmj121 t1_j0lkvo4 wrote

Ya rest players against chump teams where you don't need them to win. Detroit has sucked for a while. Yes it sucks for fans but the players / coaches are competitors, they go out there to win.

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