11 NBA iron men who played all 82 games this season, including an old and tiny Chris Paul

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The 11 NBA players to play all 82 games range from teenagers to one star in Year 20 of his career.

Load management has been a dirty word in the NBA ever since Gregg Popovich started resting his starters during regular season games to keep the San Antonio Spurs fresh for their 2010s championship runs. These days, most of the NBA has realized the chase for a ring is a marathon, not a sprint, and it doesn’t benefit anyone to run players into the ground during the dog days of the season.