Adam Silver: League looking at remedies for players requesting trades early in their contract

[BigMoneyGrip]

I don’t get how you can penalize a player for asking for a trade. Team doesn’t need to comply.

Ask for a trade after you signed a multi year contract? It’s one thing to ask for an trade if your half way to 3 quarters into your contract it’s another thing if you haven’t even played into the contract after signing it….

It’s a bad look especially considering they paid KD 40m to rehab..

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

I’ve really soured on Silver in recent years. He’s less racist than Stern but that’s about it

So silver is not suppose to protect the NBA brand? The NBA players literally got more power than any other pro sport

 

[nieman]

So Lebron james is an employee for the Lakers like all the office workers and stadium employees for the team?

The stadium workers work for the stadium, not the teams. The Front Office are team employees, and the athletes are part of that crop.

 

[IGSaint12]

Lol what is silver gonna do? Penalize players for asking for trades in the media? NBAPA would never agree to that. And the fact that teams can trade players at anytime shows the hypocrisy of the situation.

 

[KFBF]

Ask for a trade after you signed a multi year contract? It’s one thing to ask for an trade if your half way to 3 quarters into your contract it’s another thing if you haven’t even played into the contract after signing it….

It’s a bad look especially considering they paid KD 40m to rehab..

Is it a bad look? Sure. Still don't get how you can be penalized for asking for something when the team does not need to comply.

 

[010101]

fukk that they should go where they really feel like going like in international.football

quit trying to force players to play where they don't wanna

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[nieman]

I still stand on players requesting trades losing 1-year and a portion of their annual salary (like 10-15%). They also have to penalize all SnT scenarios, where instead of you being able to re-up for your full amount, you also lose 1-year and a percentage. FAs will operate differently if there are no SnTs.

If they want to maintain the illusion of being fair, they should allow players that are traded by the organization to maintain their full salary. I mean most upper level Vets are traded towards the end of their contracts, so this would not hurt them either way.

Most organizations do have stipulations in their policy in which if you flat walk out, or leave within a certain time frame, you forfeit some benefit(s). There's vesting schedules for employee retirement plan contributions, policies for PTO payouts, paybacks for other benefits/bonuses. You cannot build a winning organization if you're trading away a cornerstone every 3-4 years.

 

[No1]

So Lebron james is an employee for the Lakers like all the office workers and stadium employees for the team?

The point you’re trying to to make that - that some employees have more value than others - is obvious and that’s why individuals get paid different salaries. Being a highly compensated employee doesn’t make you a partner.

 

[XLNC]

Easy: a more intricate trade-kicker mechanism.

Demand a trade with 4 years left: 15% reduction in salary at detriment to player, benefit of team

Get traded with 4 years left: 15% increase in salary at detriment to team, benefit to player

And apply the same for players traded with 3 years left, 2 years left, etc.

Maybe this shouldn't be a league-wide mandate, but atleast give owners/players the ability to negotiate such in contracts, essentially eliminate blanket guaranteed money contracts

This is a great idea. Incentivizes both parties to honor the contract. Whoever initiates a trade would have to take a financial hit.
I’d add this:
If a player demand a trade, the new team pays that portion of the salary to the old team. If the team trades a player, they pay a bonus to the player. Percentage would prob have to be 5% or less

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Nothing you can really do other than getting rid of long term contacts. Let players hit free agency faster.


Players can’t control who drafts them. It’s up to the organization to build a contender.


I think there’s also too many teams. In some markets the only way a team can get a star player is through the draft or trades.

They also need to penalize tanking.


And GM’s need to stop offering these insane contracts. Deandre Ayton ain’t worth $33 million a year

 

[fifth column]

The stadium workers work for the stadium, not the teams. The Front Office are team employees, and the athletes are part of that crop.

So the Lakers stadium(they own btw) employees work for the stadium?

 

[fifth column]

The point you’re trying to to make that - that some employees have more value than others - is obvious and that’s why individuals get paid different salaries. Being a highly compensated employee doesn’t make you a partner.

So the NBA can operate and generate revenue with just the league office and the owners? Why even have collective bargain if the players are not partners, just pay the players whatever and keep 90% of the revenue and fire them at will if they don’t want to play. They should hire you to run the NBA(a private association btw)

 

[Raw Lyrics]

Easy: a more intricate trade-kicker mechanism.

Demand a trade with 4 years left: 15% reduction in salary at detriment to player, benefit of team

Get traded with 4 years left: 15% increase in salary at detriment to team, benefit to player

And apply the same for players traded with 3 years left, 2 years left, etc.

Maybe this shouldn't be a league-wide mandate, but atleast give owners/players the ability to negotiate such in contracts, essentially eliminate blanket guaranteed money contracts

I like this, but do you see any unintended consequences with this proposal?

 

[Raw Lyrics]

As a fan of basketball the SPORT I didnt like it . At first

But the nba is not just a sport. It’s entertainment and a business and I wish the players well.

These owners have no loyalty so why should the players . They’ve proven time and time again that they will do you wrong given the best possible scenario. So fukk ‘em .

I think they should let it rock I think the pay off in ten years will be well worth it. I think players swapping teams frequently will shake up the game and nba. Just throwing out a hypothetical random names at the top of my head

imagine ja doesn’t win and leaves Memphis and links up with Zion and Tatum for the lakers and in the east we have luka , giannas and booker on the knicks and those teams spilt up and another team is in the finals . Next year it’s two totally diffenrt teams. Gms working overtime every off season putting together a roaster that can compete in this new marketplace . It will be a disaster and miracle and I like the idea of that chaos. No more runs where the same teams win over and over .

And just make incentives for the players who don’t swap teams and request trades

How did the Nets shyt on Durant? They did everything he asked of them.

 

[gtj1982]

When has ownership honored any thing they say to a player?

Last I checked contracts were guaranteed. The player is going to get their bread no matter what. That's why I don't get the equating of a player asking for a trade and team making a trade. The team is paying the player for their basketball rights and pay for that in exchange the player is agreeing to play basketball as long as they are being paid.