The NBA's new star player participation rules, explained

Over the last few years, the NBA has set out to find solutions to the league’s load management problem.

The league installed a player rest policy that limited when teams would be able to rest their players on certain nights but, apparently, that didn’t go far enough for the NBA.

Now the league is taking things even further.

The NBA’s board of governors approved new rules further strengthening the policies already set in place, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.

The league’s rules add new policies in place that prevent star players from sitting out of national TV games and in-season tournament games moving forward. They also block teams from resting more than one star player at one time.

Breaking: The NBA Board of Governors approved new rules strengthening resting policy rules and punishments for star players that include national TV games, in-season tournament games and sitting out multiple All-Stars together in regular season games, sources told @wojespn. pic.twitter.com/8EpTfegxGO

— ESPN (@espn) September 13, 2023

These rules are a bit confusing, but don’t you worry. We’ve got you covered here on how they work. Here’s a quick rundown.