Each professional sport in North America has its own pros and cons with its schedule. For the MLB, they play 162 regular-season games every season, but have the benefit of spending multiple nights in a city on every road trip. For the NFL, they play just once a week, with the exception of a bye week, but sometimes have short weeks when playing on Thursday Night Football.

For the NBA, the scheduling has become a major talking point as of late, with road back-to-backs as well as situations like three games in four nights and so forth. Recognizing this, Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick spoke with the media over the weekend to talk about some changes he's made to combat these issues.

Redick told reporters during Sunday's media availability that the team will no longer hold shootarounds, citing LeBron James' age of 41 as a reason. "We have a 41-year-old who shouldn't be on his feet twice a day. Let's only rev his engine once. The other part of it was just read personnel," Redick said.

As a recent former player, Redick added that this approach varied depending on which team he played for, citing the Philadelphia 76ers chose to just meet at the arena due to the preference of their star center Joel Embiid.

Additionally, Redick said after the team's loss against the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, where they looked sluggish after their road trip, he opted to rest the team on Saturday when there was a prior scheduled practice.

Given the Lakers have struggled as of late, especially in December, when they had three and four-game road trips, it makes sense for Redick to change things up to ensure his high-usage stars like LeBron and Luka Doncic are well rested for when the game comes around.

The conversations around scheduling in the NBA have increased this season, with teams like the Golden State Warriors voicing their frustrations after multiple back-to-backs to open the season and the tough road travel. It could lead to some changes next time the NBA is up for a new collective bargaining agreement.

While some fans float the idea of cutting the schedule from 82 games, it likely wouldn't happen since it would lead to either more expensive tickets or player salaries decreasing.

However, the reality is every team in the league is dealing with this situation, so it's up to the coaching staff of each team to decide how to approach this.