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- Floyd Mayweather blasted NBA players who took games off to rest during the season.
- NBA fans had mixed reactions to Mayweather’s comments
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Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is not a fan of the “load management” phenomena that has taken over the NBA.
For the past few years, players like Kawhi Leonard have decided to play fewer regular-season games to stay fresh and injury-free during the playoffs.
During a recent Q&A Mayweather blasted players who took games off to rest because he felt they were ripping off fans who paid a lot of money to watch NBA players entertain them.
“They will play a couple games and take a couple games off,” “That’s not cool. With that type of money, if you’re not hurt, you need to be out there playing ’cause these people pay a lot of money for the NBA players to entertain.”
Mayweather’s comments received mixed reactions from NBA Twitter with some people agreeing with him and others ripping him for his opinion on load management.
Translation: I’m losing thousands upon thousands of dollars weekly betting on the NBA without knowledge of who’s playing or not https://t.co/iRozZkqbJg
— Nach (@NACHO2813) March 31, 2022
Lol dude was in a sport where you only go to work 1 or 2 times a year https://t.co/R9JlGdnvLs
— Lord Rev. Young (@BryanIsTheKing) March 31, 2022
This is exactly why the @NBA has taken such a step back in the last 15 years. It’s anywhere from $70-300+ per seat to go to a game. Why the hell would I pay that if the stars were buying the jerseys of aren’t playing? This has been Lebron’s NBA. Kobe, MJ, Payton would never. https://t.co/yl9XlzyoQm
— RedNGold (@devil_red_deity) March 31, 2022
https://twitter.com/wotermalone/status/1509578540315992067
He's 100% right. Kobe lived by this. If 82 games is too much for athletes body's, shorten the season. Whatever makes it so there's no more "load management". That's unacceptable.
You're either too hurt to play or you're playing. https://t.co/j9OwtvoaIR
— That one Nets fan (@Typical__Tom) March 31, 2022
https://twitter.com/kevin23_o7/status/1509557778293137412