I don’t ignore it, but there is evidence that time off is not enough to overcome fatigue caused by high minutes and high stress minutes. For a more intuitive example, that’s like saying it’s ok to have a guy pitch 12 innings as long as you give him a week and a half off in return.
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No, frankly I don’t have all night to get into the numbers but it is not simply about aggregate minutes. Playing high minutes and a bucketload of high leverage minutes in particular has shown to be very wearing even with additional time off.
It’s about the minutes he logged in the games he did play. There’s been quite a bit of research on this topic and it’s deeply concerning for ball handlers in particular.