Side note for comedy and our distaste for the Lakers. Last night they won for the 3rd time in 4 games all against fellow lottery teams. There are 5 teams between 30 and 35 wins. This stretch theoretically could have moved their pick from the 5th or 6th worst odds to the 10th worst spot (where it is now). Worse for them, last night they played Rondo 35 minutes, Lebron 32, Lance 29, and KCP 33 as 4 of their top 5 players. They played their young guy Wagner 11 minutes.
This is pretty crazy management of their team in my opinion and I am wondering what is going on with it. Despite playing on an injury Lebron's physical therapist should have sidelined him 6 months Lebron is running out an average of 35 minutes a game the last 4 games. is this about him trying to get stats for all times? I haven't really seen something like this in the last few years since teams wised up about minutes management.
I will add, I think there are some negatives of season long tanking or benching healthy players too much early in the season. However, running a 35 year old player that isn't in perfect health into the ground with 35 minutes a game when your team has been eliminated is crazy.