I'm not going to call conspiracy theory on this one because it's clear teams will do whatever to further their own agenda regardless of how it helps others. The Mavericks took Andrew Bogut and his contract allowing the Warriors to make room to sign Kevin Durant.
It's frustrating in some ways watching from afar because I don't understand why the Mavs wanted Bogut at the time, why the Kings even signed Hill allowing the Cavs to get him for nothing, & why the Lakers seem to think they're going to get 2 Max Free agents this summer when they don't even have anything built around them. It is what it is....
As I been telling fans for years on here sports ain't nothing but bread circus. Clowns just get pissed when a player they don't like or have a agenda against gets help.
But the damn lakers and celtics been getting help for the last 60 years. They almost always win trades vs other teams unless they are trying to dump salary (even then they win too IE kobe trade for Vlade). You got tom brady and MULTIPLE white QBs in tbe NFL who get weapons, OLs and good offensive play calling compared to black QBs yet folks look the other way. Or how the Pats can go a whole playoff run and only get on penalty on offense.
Yet folks still don't realize this is a bllion dollar entertainment business where the networks and leagues intent is to get the biggest viewing audience of suckers..........I mean fans.
Fans don't want to face the reality that sports leagues are multiple owners/teams working for the same overall goal that will help their league.