nykballa2k4 wrote:mpharris36 wrote:nets are in for a rude awakening when KD is pissed off and they continue to lose there leverage...
If I am the league, I am colluding with BKN to make sure they don't deal Durant because this creates a total nightmare for the league management as a whole. If a players contract is only contract FOR THE PLAYER and is more of a
guideline for the teams, player movement will become even more out of control.
It has already gotten out of control and has reached to the limit.
1. Small market owners were whining about players leaving FA. NBA creates super max if stayed with the team.
The extra year and team max contract worked. All rookies after their 1st contract signed with their home team.
2. Then players started to request out within the last year or two of their contract. Then it started to stretch out to after year into their contract (Ben Simmons) and now signing the contract and asking out before the contract starts ( Kevin Durant).
3. Now team owners going to complain that its too much player empowerment in the next CBA
This will definitely be talked about in the next CBA.