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

[gtj1982]

If players want flexibility then they should only sign one year deals.

 

[thelonious21]

From playing. The same way NO did AD. Can’t have both ways.

AD made of glass tho... so they had to sit him

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

They're technically not supposed to demand a trade at all.

Well duh, but they do and, at this point, will continue to do so, so at minimum 4-5 year deals need a two way NTC for the first two years, both sides need to respect the agreement to some extent

 

[TEH]

Adam Silver is running the nba into the ground

Remove the play in

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Clippers gave Blake Griffin an Oscar level free agency pitch to get him to sign a 5 year max, then dumped him first chance they got. The game is the game

DeMar DeRozan never wanted to leave Toronto but they said “fukk your feelings”, and shipped him out with no hesitation.

You can negotiate a no trade or limited trade destination clause to.

 

[MJ Truth]

I think we're gonna have a lockout when the CBA is up for renewal

Too much money on the table for all of that. Grand scheme, this seems like a bigger deal than it actually is.

 

[#1 pick]

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 elimate blanket guaranteed money contracts

I don't think this will hurt KD as much as people think. Draft picks need to be giving like the MLB when you gotta do these things by the league

 

[#1 pick]

Clippers gave Blake Griffin an Oscar level free agency pitch to get him to sign a 5 year max, then dumped him first chance they got. The game is the game

DeMar DeRozan never wanted to leave Toronto but they said “fukk your feelings”, and shipped him out with no hesitation.

That's another issue Jerry West was talking about. Keeping players who don't deserve massive deals on the tail end of their careers because you are afraid to lose them

 

[SchoolboyC]

You can negotiate a no trade or limited trade destination clause to.

You can but good luck getting a team to give you one. NBA going on year 76 and you can use your fingers to name every player who’s been able to negotiate one.

Teams don’t like giving them out because they want to be able to trade a player whenever they feel like, but god forbid a player want a change of scenery

That's another issue Jerry West was talking about. Keeping players who don't deserve massive deals on the tail end of their careers because you are afraid to lose them

See Portland with Lillard

 

[AnonymityX1000]

You can but good luck getting a team to give you one. NBA going on year 76 and you can use your fingers to name every player who’s been able to negotiate one.

Teams don’t like giving them out because they want to be able to trade a player whenever they feel like, but god forbid a player want a change of scenery



See Portland with Lillard

It's also rare for a team to trade a player right after signing them.
I am all for player empowerment but when it comes to who has THE power it is always going to be the owners. Players should never disillusion themselves and think it will ever be even or they will ha e the upper hand.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

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 elimate blanket guaranteed money contracts

Not bad doofus

 

[SchoolboyC]

It's also rare for a team to trade a player right after signing them.
I am all for player empowerment but when it comes to who has THE power it is always going to be the owners. Players should never disillusion themselves and think it will ever be even or they will ha e the upper hand.

It’s not really all that rare for a team to give someone a new contract and then trade them. I just gave you one example with Blake Griffin

 

[tremonthustler1]

I think the league should step back and consider if they are overreacting here.

How many players are requesting early trades?

Kevin Durant asking to be moved isn’t indicative of NBA players as a whole. I think he’s just a high profile guy and so everyone is talking about it.

Not sure you need to find a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist for 99% of the league.

You could say that about tanking and load management too, but here we are.

 

[Left.A1]

They're technically not supposed to demand a trade at all.

That’s not accurate, players can’t demand a trade “publicly” there’s a fine for that … but private trade request are allowed

 

[BK The Great]

Players might ruin it for everyone else.