原标题：NBA ‘load management’ no longer supported by scientific data, league
says
(联盟说“负载管理”不再受到科学证据的支持)
来源：https://theathletic.com/4954304/
作者：Joe Vardon, Sam Amick
原文＋翻译：（节录）
In a stunning development, a top NBA official said teams’ general practice
of resting players to prevent future injury and extend careers — commonly
known as “load management,” a term ingrained into the lexicon of the sport
over the past several years as some of the biggest stars missed huge amounts
of games — is no longer supported by scientific data held by the league.
一位高层人员出人意表地表示，球队让球员休战以避免未来受伤及延续职业生涯的普遍性
作法——也就是在过去数年以来，因为许多球星错过大量比赛的关系而深深扎根于体育界
的“负载管理”——已不再受到联盟所掌握的科学证据之支持。
“Before, it was a given conclusion that the data showed that you had to rest
players a certain amount, and that justified them sitting out,” Joe Dumars,
executive vice president of basketball operations for the NBA, said.
“We’ve gotten more data, and it just doesn’t show that resting, sitting
guys out correlates with lack of injuries, or fatigue, or anything like that,
” Dumars said. “What it does show is maybe guys aren’t as efficient on the
second night of a back-to-back.”
NBA 篮球营运执行副总裁 Joe Dumars 说：“过去的结论是，数据显示你必须让球员休息
一定期间，这证明了他们缺赛的缘由。我们如今获得更多的数据，但这些并未表明让球员
缺赛的作法，与伤病、疲劳或类似的状况有密切相关，相反的在背靠背比赛的第二晚，球
员的效率可能会有所下降。”
The phrase, “load management,” was most infamously used to explain the
occasional games Kawhi Leonard sat out during his lone season with the
Toronto Raptors in 2018-19 to manage the wear and tear of a leg injury that
had caused him to miss all but nine games of the previous year with the San
Antonio Spurs.
“负载管理”一词过去常被用于解释可爱在2018-19 赛季期间，在暴龙队的唯一一个赛季
中频繁缺席比赛的原因，以控制导致他于前一个赛季在马刺队期间，导致他缺席七十多场
比赛的磨损性腿伤。
The practice of resting players who are not obviously injured predates
Leonard, but it (along with the actual phrase of “load management”) spread
like wildfire throughout the NBA over the last two seasons, with numerous
stars being held out of the same games, often when they were broadcast on
national TV, even though they were not obviously injured.
让没有明显伤病的球员休战的作法在可爱之前已经出现过了，但这种“负载管理”的作法
在过去两个赛季间像野火一样在整个联盟蔓延开来，无数球星即使没有明显伤病、且有全
美电视转播，但也会选择缺席比赛。
短评：
所以这巩固了联盟先前设定“禁止多位球星同时轮休”的立场了...