NBPA Calls to Abolish 65-Game Rule... and Giannis Needs to Make a Choice

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers · Mar 25, 2026 · 18m

A few of the NBA's chronic headaches have been on fuller display this season than is typical. Starting with the problems associated with tanking, and now with the 65-game rule instituted in the last CBA to encourage players and teams to manage load management. Too many players were missing important games, went the logic, so tie games played to eligibility for postseason honors.

It was a bad policy targeting the wrong source of the problem, and this year, with seemingly half the league's best players ineligible, things have finally come to a head. The last straw seemed to be the injury to…