The NBA's participation policy wasn't meant for guys like Dorian Finney-Smith
by Cale Clinton from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#6HKGK)
The NBA likely implemented its player participation policy - read: anti-load management protocol - so that fans wouldn't attend games only to see LeBron James and Anthony Davis, or Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, in street clothes.