“Rest” is not in Bridges vocabulary and that makes the policy requirements, in his case, moot. Assuming he plays the Nets first eight games, he will extend his NBA-high consecutive game streak to 400. Not at Villanova, not with the Suns, not with the Nets and most recently not with Team USA. The 27-year-old hasn’t missed a game since his junior year in high school. Of course, if Bridges does become an All-Star, one reason will doubtlessly be his durability. The NBA does differentiate between load management - rest - and unavailability - injuries, illness and “personal reasons.” (There are also exemptions for “rare and unusual circumstances roster management of unavailable star players and end-of-season flexibility.” per ESPN.) The policy doesn’t prevent injured, sick or otherwise indisposed “stars” from sitting. (Simmons already qualifies as a “star” because he has been an All-Star in the past the three years and if Nic Claxton makes the All-Star team this season, it would also apply to him.) So, from the All-Star Break till the end of the 2023-24 season, the Nets wouldn’t be able to rest both of their two stars - Bridges and former All-Star Ben Simmons - in a game without making a good argument to the league office.
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It’s part of its Player Participation Policy which among other things aims to ensure that 49 said “stars” show up for national TV games. It would also mean that Mikal Bridges is officially a “star” under the NBA’s new terminology. and will help justify the trade of Kevin Durant to the Suns last February. If Mikal Bridges is named an NBA All-Star in February, it will be celebrated by everyone: him, his family, his teammates, Jacque Vaughn, Sean Marks, Joe Tsai and the fans.
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