Load management is real, so plan your roster around it
Stars miss games in today's game, even when they are healthy enough to play. Here is how to adapt.
By Dana Whitfield · · 1 min read
Veteran stars sit out more games than they used to, and fantasy managers need to plan for that. Kawhi Leonard is listed as out on the current report, and his career has long shown managers why they should value games played when they make a trade.
Age is the clearest clue. Stars such as LeBron James and Stephen Curry remain excellent, but it would be unwise to expect them to play every night of a long season, especially on the second half of a back-to-back.
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Flo Hermann · 1 week ago
This cleared up a lot for me. I am still pretty new to fantasy.
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Yasmeen Koepp · 5 days ago
Honest question: how much does the schedule really matter here?