Thunder under the NBA examination after he had set the entire start five against Trail Blazer according to the report

The NBA has opened an investigation whether the Oklahoma City Thunder violated or not during a 107-89 victory against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 7 or not.

During the game in question, the thunder against the lottery-bound blazers set their entire start and key reserve Cason Wallace. Here was the injury report for the game:

All except for Holmgren played on March 5th in the team's game, a victory over the Memphis Grizzlies and all six in the next game of the team, a victory against the Denver Nuggets on March 9.

Before the 2023-24 season, the league used a new PPP that aimed to combat load management and ensure that stars were more often available, especially for national television games. Here were the most important mandates:

• No more than a star player from a game. (For the purposes of the restrictions, a “star player” is in the last three seasons than someone who was an all-star or all-NBA selection.
• Make star players available for television games and tournament games nationwide in the season.
• Imagine the number of “rest” remote with a game that a star player corresponds to in home games compared to street games, with a recommendation that a player looks more common at home.
• Failure “shutdown” in the long term if a star stops participating in games or only appears in a significantly reduced role that could influence the integrity of the game.
• Let healthy players rest for a game and visible for the fans.

The Thunder have two “star players” under these criteria: Gilgeous-Alexander and Williams, who was named his first all-star game this season. Both sat against the Blazer, and Gilgeous-Alexander was officially listed as a day off. So the league is likely to check whether Williams had a legitimate problem with his wrist.

At the beginning of this month, the Utah jazz was finished with a fine of 100,000 US dollars due to violation of the Liga PPP because of its treatment of Lauri Markkanen, who had missed numerous games for “injury management” with a lower problem. Immediately after the fine, Markkanen was in the line -up for the team's next game.

If the league considers the thunder to be broken, you will also receive a fine of $ 100,000, which is the punishment for the first violation.