In the era of load management the ability to consistently produce greatness is now undervalued. The Athletic recently ranked the top 125 players in the NBA going into this coming season and in the Tier 1A, all 3 players missed at least 11 games last season.
Giannis Antetoukounmpo led the top tier with 61 games played, but Lebron James and Kevin Durant only played a total of 80 games between them. In fact even among Tier 1B, the durability issues continue other than Nikola Jokic. James Harden was an absolute iron man prior to last season but he played only 45 games in 2020-21.