A Brutally Honest Conversation About Load Management | Adam Silver and JJ Redick

In this clip, JJ Redick and NBA commissioner Adam Silver talk about the problem with load management and how to fix it.

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[OLDMANANDTHETHREE]

And as always, check out the full ep when you can.

[CherokeeMaxx]

Props to Silver for actually coming onto long form media and having an unedited discussion about controversial issues. It's very rare to see an executive be willing to promote transparency such as this.

[chaunceyhampton]

I appreciate the commissioner being transparent.

[DoJoStan]

JJ challenging Adam Silver and calling him out on going back on what he said is what makes this podcast so great.

[Rozwell]

It's crazy that you got Adam Silver on your podcast. Great work!

[micahbanks]

must say i respect adam silver a lot because he didnt have to do this. hes always been about improving the game and trying his hardest to listen to others opinions no matter the side. imagine goodell or manfred doing this..they wouldnt.

[FantusyFailure]

Mad respect for Adam Silver being so open and clear with his thoughts on this stuff. This definitely a case of "David Stern would never. .."

[bigbox]

It is so strange hearing someone talk for longer than 8 seconds without being interrupted. This is awesome.

[ProfHoff]

THIS IS THE CONTENT WE NEED! JJ does such a good job of not being just another PR rep for the NBA. He has thoughtful takes that are well reasoned and very objective.

[TheOwensillars]

What i love most about JJ as an interviewer, is that he asks a question, AND ACTUALLY LETS THE PERSON ANSWER !!

[jayleon]

How about ask why he is allowing refs to have so much sway and calling egregious calls, especially ones against stars who people pay big money to say and some only get too once in their lives. Case in point tossing Giannis last night

[markmittens]

I think that's what's missing Jordan wasn't the highest paid player for the majority of his career he lived the competition of it. I love Shai as a player but when he said the all star game needed some type of financial incentive and Utah wasn't a good place to have it. I'm like the reason you get paid what you get paid is because players before you

[kevink]

I love real conversations about sports. JJ continues to pump out great content.

[jakel]

I'm not an NBA fan but I absolutely loved this conversation and the candor of both JJ and Adam

[roxy_hernandez]

Glad you got Adam Silver on the pod. Enormous responsibility. Great questions!

[Art_Vandelay_Industries]

All these negative comments lol. I love that you guys got Silver on the Pod and I actually think his answers seemed very sincere and transparent. Great listen.

[BGeezysheezy]

Load management will never go away as long as you have a play off system where the regular season really doesn’t matter. Even If you made the regular season 30 games, stars would still take nights off in order to be as fresh as possible for the playoffs, the only games that truly matter.

[planetceremony]

The most hilarious part of load management is that people blame it on Pop. If you look at the number of ACTUAL games taht Tim / Tony / Manu rested (not including games where they were actually injured), it was very few. Duncan was still playing 70+ games lol.

[antonioleon]

The respect JJ has shows in the comissioner trusting him with an interview

[tylervalentino]

Expecting an unbiased take from JJ and THE COMISSIONER is wild😂