Sixers coach Nick Nurse talks NBA’s new resting policy, managing Joel Embiid

New rules approved by the NBA next week will limit the amount of rest stars such as Joel Embiid and James Harden will get throughout the season.

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  Erin Grugan
  
• on September 19, 2023 10:26 am

Last week, the NBA approved new rules to crack down on teams resting star players.

To summarize quickly, the association decided on a new ruleset forbidding resting more than one star at once, resting stars for nationally televised games, and more under the threat of increasingly expensive fines for violators. For a full breakdown of the new rules, check out our story from last week’s decision.

For reference, the NBA is defining a “star” as a player who’s made an All-Star or All-NBA team in any…