In an era where teams and players are defined almost entirely by whether or not they win rings, I'm not gonna hate on a team giving themselves the best shot possible to be fresh in the playoffs. It worked for Kawhi last year, it worked for Pop in the past.
Who knows, maybe if the Heat had load-managed Wade more he would have remained elite for a longer portion of his career, might have made them competitive in the 2014 Finals but they would have had to start that shyt in 2010 or earlier cause that kind of knee damage is cumulative.
If the Blazers had load-managed Brandon Roy from the beginning could they have gotten a lot more out of his career?
Did Thibs fail in Chicago because he ran guys like Rose and Deng and Noah into the ground and cut short all of their primes when load management might have been the smarter way to go?
I know if I had an asset like Embiid or Zion I'd be load managing the fukk out of his playing time, who cares how young he is. Let those knees last.