NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league's competition committee had a conference call Friday to lay out guidelines that will "strongly recommend" to teams that players rest only for home games and that multiple starters do not rest on the same night.
Silver, talking before Friday night's Game 4 of the NBA Finals, told ESPN's Marc Stein that he expects league guidelines regarding rest will be in place next season.
"Where we're heading is the adoption of guidelines that will be in place for next season which will strongly recommend that the extent they rest, they rest at home, and teams also not rest multiple starters on the same night," Silver said. "Let's see how that plays out.
"I'm reluctant to get into the business of directing these great coaches on minutes. As you know, players are often injured during the season, not to the point where they otherwise can't play but maybe shouldn't play. Then it's a function of league doctors versus team doctors on how healthy a player is and whether it's appropriate a player should be on the floor that night.
"I'd like to come up with a system that relies on the good faith of our teams that to the extent rest is necessary -- and it is on occasion -- that it's done in an appropriate [manner] but the league executives are not dictating to coaches and GMs precisely what games their players should or shouldn't be playing in."
Among other topics addressed by Silver:
On Kevin Durant joining an already great Warriors team: "Kevin did nothing wrong and neither did the Warriors. They took advantage of the fact they had unanticipated cap room. Incidentally, maybe they would have found another way to sign him. Maybe they would have traded other players, maybe not re-sign other players. I think it's impossible to unscramble the eggs ... I think it's unfair to the Warriors organization ... to suggest all their success is about one player coming to their team."
On parity: "There's a larger issue in terms of the development of players that we have to focus on ... I know we can do a better job developing players coming into this league. I look at the Warriors. Draymond [Green] was a four-year college player. Steph [Curry] was a three-year college player. Klay [Thompson] was a three-year college player. I'm not saying the only place to develop is in college, but it is a little different developing at that point in your career than being on the floor in the NBA.
"How do we spend less time knocking down the best team but creating more great teams? ... It's not just about one player moving from one team to another. You have to look at it more holistically, and that includes the age which players come into this league."