Popovich does this all the time, I don't know why the fukk people care. It's the 4th game in 5 nights, it's a tough road game they have a good chance of losing anyway, why not just use it as a chance to rest the guys?
People say he should do it against shytty teams but why lose a game they could easily win? People say he should alternate who he sits but why should he play 4 games shorthanded instead of just 1? It's a smart move and people are just
Stern can go ahead and promise to punish this kind of thing but what is he going to do late in the year when everyone else is doing it too? All teams do this, Popovich is just ahead of his time.