Wouldn't have gone this far under Stern. He'd have exiled Kyrie and KD to Charlotte and Sacramento.


messed up thing is it's looking like they'll both end up on the Nets still when the season starts. Kyrie might not give two shits, but KD gonna take the PR hit and not even get traded. The Gobert trade package made it impossible to trade KD. Nets would have to get at least what Minnesota gave Utah for Gobert and the TWolves pretty much gave everything you can give in a trade.

Silver is wrong. Players have the power to request a trade just like teams have the right to trade players. He should know better than to say something this foolish.

How do you stop it? Why wouldn't you I'd you get paid no matter what?

How do you stop it? Why wouldn't you I'd you get paid no matter what?

Probably the same way David Stern nixed the proposed Chris Paul to the Lakers years ago. Blah blah blah...competitive balance...best interests of the league.

Players constantly requesting trades all of the time kills team culture though.

I think the timing of the requests is what's beginning to piss the owners off more than anything. Players are locking their contracts in and then all of a sudden they are becoming disenchanted with their teams.

It's just a request. No team is required to honor it.

Will the league stop owners from overpaying players or tanking?

Why would anyone be shocked that Kyrie and Durant would want to leave?

Kyrie and Durant are known bitches. If you want a guy who just shuts up and does his job then wait for Giannis.

They don't have to honor it but the environment becomes so toxic that you have to move the guy. That's been the case with all of trade requests over the past 3-4 years.

Hopefully they address it during the next collective bargaining agreement.

Because they made a big deal about wanting to play together but it's bigger than just those 2 players. They aren't the only ones pulling this. It's becoming a league wide epidemic at this point

Because they made a big deal about wanting to play together but it's bigger than just those 2 players. They aren't the only ones pulling this. It's becoming a league wide epidemic at this point

That they got rid of Atkinson to bring in then bring in Nash was another joke. Not to mention bigfooting to get Deandre Jordan was yet another test that ownership caved on to them.

The Nets don't have to trade them. What are they going to do?

Fake injuries, sit out games for load management, claim they are having mental health issues, find ways to get placed in Covid protocols, etc

Then they'll lose a shitload of their salary and kill their future earning potential. It's not going to happen.

Where you been? Kawhi pulled it and it didn't hurt him one bit. So did Jimmy Buckets and he still got maxed out. Didn't hurt Harden either. Guys are pulling this garbage all over the league right now and it isn't impacting them because there are no safeguards in place to prevent it.