Golden State Of Mind · Oct 23, 2018
When will Jacob Evans get his first regular season minutes?
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesThe Golden State Warriors will play without Shaun Livingston again tonight when they face the Phoenix Suns at 7:30 p.m. PST.
As Connor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle reported, Livingston’s consecutive games off are not a stunt indicating how meaningless the NBA regular season is for the Warriors but an effort to rest a player when he’s less than 100% to preserve him for the long-term.
“We’re going to try to give Shaun a rest where we can,” Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said Sunday. “When he’s banged up, we’re not going to play him. We need him for the long haul. So, nights like this, when he’s banged up, we’ll rest him.”