Player movement - and rumors of player movement - draw more eyeballs and views more than the games themselves.
How they feel about a player who gave it his all to win and got let down by management differs from a player who was disruptive or never gave his team that all-in chance to make it work.ĭurant is right about one thing - this is a transaction league now. Players with leverage to demand a trade feel that it simply balances the scales with what teams can do. Of course, Silver works at the pleasure of the owners, and those owners want as much control over the process and players as possible.Īnd that’s the dividing line on this topic: How much power do people feel players should have over this process? NBA teams sign players to deals then turn around and quickly trade them, uprooting their lives - even max players, ask Blake Griffin about his exit from the Clippers. “Player trade demands are a bad thing,” Silver said on SportsCenter this week. “We don’t want them to happen, and we’ve got to focus on that and make sure that everyone is honoring their agreements.” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver feels differently.
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Teams been trading players and making acquisitions for a long time, now when a player can kind of dictate where he wants to go and leave in free agency or demand a trade, that’s part of the game now so I don’t think it’s a bad thing.” So I think it’s great for the league to be honest. The Tweets that I get, the news hits that we got from me being traded, Kyrie being traded, it just brings more attention to the league and that’s really what makes you money, when you get more attention. “I don’t think it’s bad for the league, it’s bringing more eyes to the league, more people are more excited.
Now a player can dictate where he wants to go, leave in free agency or demand a trade, it’s just part of the game now.” /zyzphfrp2f Suns’ Kevin Durant says trade requests are “great for the league” despite criticism: “Teams have been trading players and making acquisitions for a long time.
When asked during NBA All-Star media day if players requesting trades is bad for the league, Durant pushed back, saying they are “great for the NBA.” (Ben Golliver of the Washington Post has the video). In the wake of that, Kevin Durant more quietly asked for a trade and found his way to Phoenix. A few days later he was a Dallas Maverick. Kyrie Irving couldn’t get the contract extension he wanted in Brooklyn and in response requested a trade. SALT LAKE CITY - Player trade requests, specifically a couple to get out of Brooklyn, shook the NBA at the trade deadline. They entered the fourth quarter ahead 104-98. The Rockets opened the third quarter with a 9-0 run to take their first lead. Milwaukee led 73-65 at halftime after Houston closed out the half on a 20-4 run. Bryn Forbes scored a career-high 30 points off the bench, including 18 in the first half. Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton had 33 points and eight assists, and Jrue Holiday had 29 points and 10 assists. Christian Wood had 31 points and nine rebounds, and Kelly Olynyk added 24 points and 13 rebounds. Houston made 25 of 46 3-pointers, good for a season-high 54.3%. Houston trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half but surged in the second half on hot shooting from 3-point range. He limped to the locker room and spent a few minutes there before returning to the bench, where he sat for the rest of the game.Īntetokounmpo entered the game listed as probable with a right ankle sprain. On a driving layup, he appeared to step on the foot of Kelly Olynyk, rolling what was already an injured ankle. (career-high 50 PTS & 11 AST) put on a SHOW against the Bucks 👀 /2n71ScqbgOĪntetokounmpo played just 46 seconds.
His previous career best was 30 points as a rookie with Cleveland last season. Houston snapped a five-game losing streak on the back of a dazzling performance from Porter, who scored 32 points in the second half and 17 in the fourth quarter. scored a career-high 50 points, and the NBA-worst Houston Rockets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 143-136 on Thursday night after Giannis Antetokounmpo left less than a minute into the game with an apparent ankle injury.
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