Hoops Rumors hosted a live chat today at 12:00 pm Central time. Click here to view the transcript.
Our next live chat will take place on Thursday at 11:00 am CT with Dana Gauruder.
Hoops Rumors hosted a live chat today at 12:00 pm Central time. Click here to view the transcript.
Our next live chat will take place on Thursday at 11:00 am CT with Dana Gauruder.
“Do you think the increased frequency of star players demanding trades earlier and earlier in their careers will lead to owners demanding changes in the next CBA?”
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This is nothing new. It has been going on for well over a decade in the NBA…..
First, lock in guaranteed money in a long-term contract (often after forcing yourself off a team by demanding a trade). Then, after a year or so where the team you go to isn’t winning, begin demanding a trade to a winning and/or large market team which your agent has been doing back-channel negotiations with.
The number of player transactions in all pro sports has become outrageous. But no one touches the NBA. The league is all about DAH MAHKNEE…and ego! The teams and players have little integrity and no humility. But for the uninitiated it’s swell entertainment to watch a guy that can palm a basketball and reach over the rim without jumping slam down a dunk.