- Bam Adebayo isn’t a fan of the load management in the NBA
- Adebayo says it’s the one thing he likes the least about the players in the league
- Adebayo feels for the kids who miss out on seeing their favorite player first-hand just because they are load managing
Bam Adebayo really does not like how prevalent load management is in today’s NBA. During an episode of “To Inspire” on Playmaker, Adebayo expressed his disappointment at players for load managing as the 26-year-old feels for kids and parents who’d have come to the arena to watch them play.
“A lot of guys sitting, like load management,” Adebayo said. “That kind of bothers me in a sense because you have a lot of kids and parents who want to see you play. You have kids who probably come from the inner city and their parents make a way to put them all the way up in the stands and then for you to find out they’re not playing. And it’s because you feel like, ‘I gotta load manage it, to be ready for this, that, and the third.’
“Because I remember as a kid, I would have gave my last dollar and my foot to go see Kobe Bryant play,” Adebayo continued. “So, I know if I felt like that it’s a lot of other kids that feel like that. So, for me, I feel like that’s the least quality that I don’t like about players in this league.”
“A lot of guys sitting, like load management. That bothers me in a sense, because you have kids and parents who want to see you play” -Bam calling out players for load management 👀
Watch Bam Adebayo’s full “To Inspire” episode here: https://t.co/7l5WCyJUVt pic.twitter.com/KhpAbpXPd0
— Playmaker (@playmaker) August 18, 2023
You do feel for those kids whose parents might just be able to afford to take them to one game, only to find out the star player isn’t playing that night. Ticket prices have gone through the roof as well, and their disappointment would be immeasurable.
Adebayo isn’t a believer in sitting out, and he played 75 games in the 2022-23 season for the Miami Heat, averaging 20.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game. The two-time All-Star also averaged a career-high 34.6 minutes per game last season.
Load Management Divides Opinion Unlike Anything Else
Adebayo spoke about Kobe Bryant there, and the Los Angeles Lakers icon wasn’t a fan of the concept either. Bryant stated it was their job to be ready to perform every night when talking about load management.
On the flip side, Stephen Curry defended load management and explained how it extended his career. Curry is now 35 years old but is still going strong, and he credited the concept for helping him be as fresh as he has ever been now.
You really get both sides of the argument here. You feel like the fan gets cheated in a way when a player does this, but, on the other hand, it allows said player to extend their career. That, in turn, means the fan gets to enjoy watching them play for a bit longer as well.
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