Sources: NBA to pass strict load management rules for star players

The NBA is expected to “pass more stringent rules and punishments to limit the resting of star players for nationally televised and in-season tournament games and instances of multiple All-Stars sitting out individual regular-season games,” according to sources cited by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com. The league's BOG is “expected to approve" the plan tomorrow. Sources said that the plan would “ultimately give the league office authority for greater oversight over discipline for missed games” and an ability to fine teams over $1M for "each instance of violating resting rules.” Sources said that the NBA is defining a star player as someone who has “made the All-Star or All-NBA teams in any of the three previous seasons.” Sources added that enforcement of these policies “will be based on league office investigations,” which will "include independent medical reviews” (ESPN.com, 9/11).