The team playing in the NBA must take a bath in humility: the decision to go against the rules cost the team dearly.
The NBA is one of the most followed sporting realities in the world, not just in the USA where the most important championship in the basketball world comes to life year after year. NBA athletes are among the best paid and best trained in the world and in our country, there are quite a few fans who, regardless of the time zone, are ready to spend sleepless nights just to follow the games live. Maybe some of you do it too!
Life of the Michael Jordan or the Lebron James of the moment it may seem like a daydream – and perhaps in some respects it is – but the side that we “profane” never see is hidden behind the scenes. Sweat, discipline and rules, many strict rules that an ordinary person would struggle to respect, mark the lives of NBA players.
Even the teams that field these players, despite invoicing millions if not billions, face very stringent regulations, a bit like what happens in Serie A, in the UFC and in general, wherever there are athletes worth so much money. A team he decided to break the most important norm of the federation and paid for his choice. They got a sound beating.
An undue rest
The Cleveland Cavaliers team is one of the 30 historic teams that are part of the National Basketball Association and is based in Ohio where millions of fans follow the team’s exploits. This year the American team also features among its talents theamericano Darius Garlandperhaps one of the most important additions to the American team who, however, made it big. And it’s not even the first time.
The team has indeed violated again the so-called Player Participation Policya rule imposed by the NBA to limit the phenomenon of “forced rest” of players. For reasons purely related to sport and entertainment, the league wants to prevent teams from resting the most talented players without there being a real injury. A rule which, combined with the fact that at least 65 appearances out of 82 national matches are needed to aspire to the MVP award, seeks to stem the phenomenon of turnover made “at the table” by the federations to spare the best players.
The controversial PPP rule was violated for basketball player Darius Garland, who was rested on November 24 against the Toronto Raptors in a national game. The choice, perhaps even a little forced given that Darius is returning from a serious injury even though the doctors consider him capable of taking to the field, led to a mega fine of $250,000 which risks increasing in the event of a “recidivism”. After 5 defeats in a row, the Cleveland Cavaliers are trying to save their ace. But the way the NBA works, this could be a terrible idea.
