How does that situation apply here? It's more like: If your job gave you 3-4 months off a year, and you decided to go participate in the same job activities during your time off, during working hours, before your job picked back up again, you wouldn't expect your employer to put up with that if it was within the bounds of your contract? I know teaching isn't that physical (albeit mentally draining), but there are a lot of teachers that have a similar schedule to the NBA, and choose to teach during the summer for various reasons. Now, if those teachers were out partying til 3 am during their school year, then yeah, I'm sure the employer wouldn't put up with that. If Bogdan was out partying until 3am the night before a game, I'm sure the Kings would have a problem with that too. Is that really what's happening here?
Can we guarantee that if he rested instead of playing, he wouldn't gain 20 lbs. and then get hurt at the start of the season?