NBA set to impose new rules on resting star players

The NBA is expected to approve new guidelines this week involving rest for star players, tweets ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Competition Committee has endorsed a stricter policy on sitting out players in nationally televised games and resting more than one star on the same night, according to Wojnarowski, who adds that the Board of Governors will vote on the measure Wednesday.

If approved, the league will be able to impose larger fines on teams that violate the new rule, sources tell Wojnarowski (X, fromerly known as Twitter link). The fines would be $100K for a first violation, $250K for a second violation and $1M more than the last penalty for each additional violation, according to Woj’s sources.

A star will be defined as anyone who has made an All-Star or All-NBA team over the past three seasons, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Load management has become a more common practice in recent years, and the NBA has been searching for ways to get its best players on the court more often, especially in marquee games. One provision of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement requires players to participate in at least 65 games to be eligible for All-NBA or All-Defensive honors as well as major postseason awards.