This is all hilarious to me.
It's like watching a car crash in slow motion. KD is playing this as tone deaf as possible. Tsai has no choice, but to dig his heels in if KD wants the Nash + Marks gone just on GP after giving all they did to get him there, pay him to rehab a year, bring all of his friends in with wild contracts and trades, and the ROI ain't even a finals appearance.
The CBA ends at the end of this upcoming season and the union president should've been throwing her body in front of half of the tactics she's watched from the KD/Kyrie/Harden/Bron/Simmons gang from the past two seasons because it's gonna be a lockout based on the actions and perception of those handful of players....and that same group won't let any clauses added to the CBA that could hinder them and they could potentially sway sentiment because of Klutch. The weird part is the actual reality is Giannis, Jokic, Luka, Booker, Tatum, Trae, and Ja are the next wave who will most likely be more like Steph with singular loyalty than KD/Bron who are mercenaries willing to bust up a team, but that's not how this next one will be negotiated.
I'm curious if the owners will let Silver lead the negotiations given he's been primarily pro-player in his reign.