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LeBron James: Kawhi Leonard’s “Load Management” a double standard?

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 22: Kawhi Leonard #2 of the LA Clippers controls possession of the ball in front of LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers late in the fourth quarter in a 112-102 Clipper win during the LA Clippers season home opener at Staples Center on October 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 22: Kawhi Leonard #2 of the LA Clippers controls possession of the ball in front of LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers late in the fourth quarter in a 112-102 Clipper win during the LA Clippers season home opener at Staples Center on October 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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The NBA fans had better get used to this because the Toronto Raptors started a trend that works!

Everyone in the NBA copies what the NBA champion does to get an edge on the competition. Now that Golden State no longer has 25 superstars on their roster, it’s time to find out the new thing to copy. Well, the Toronto Raptors have perfected load management.

As strange as it is to figure out why the Los Angeles Lakers let Jerry West walk out the door. It’s crazier to think that they would let a guy named Alex McKechnie walk out too. The question coming is probably this one.

Who’s Alex McKechnie? What his link to all of this?

Well, it seems that he is the Toronto Raptors’ vice president of player health and performance. After the Raptors won the title with Kawhi Leonard, he has this nickname called the “Lord of Load Management” after coming up with a system that Kawhi Leonard actually trusted his quad with last year.

McKechnie was around for five title-winning Lakers teams in the ’90s working out ways around Shaquille O’Neal’s abdominal injuries and Kobe Bryant’s knee injuries. In short, the dude knows how to keep stars healthy enough to last an NBA season.

The math equation that Kawhi Leonard, Doc Rivers, Jerry West and Steve Ballmer will be using is 60 games to get ready for a playoff run. That is all and that is it.

It’s not like it’s not working.

Kawhi Leonard is playing great with the Clippers. He is load managing near career highs across the board with 26.9 points on 47.4 percent shooting from the field, 8.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 2.3 steals and a block in 31.4 minutes per outing.

The bottom line, let the FanSided’s NBA Division Director close this discussion out.

Now if we can get the Los Angeles Lakers to do the same with Anthony Davis, everything will even out for Lakers fans everywhere.

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