James Harden out, Kevin Durant out, Blake Griffen out, LaMarcus Aldridge out, Kyrie Irving undecided. In this episode, we discuss the growing trend of "load managing". The unfortunately effective strategy is threatening the excitement and profitability of the NBA by rendering the regular season meaningless. Why is preserving the regular season important? Just because it represents a minimum of 96% of the NBA's games in a given season.