Thunder: Logo Chin-Checking Commissioner Silver

**LkrFan** · 09-17-2016

Jerry West has had some success in luring big name free agents as an executive. When he was running the Los Angeles Lakers, he signed Shaquille O'Neal away from the Orlando Magic. While he wasn't the main executive in charge this time around when the Golden State Warriors signed Kevin Durant away from the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Hall of Fame guard was part of the Warriors' brain trust in charge of shaping the organization. Shortly after the Durant decision, the league was up in arms about it.

Even NBA commissioner Adam Silver vowed to fix the system that allowed a player of Durant's caliber to join a team that just won 73 games and nearly a second straight le. That comment from Silver was definitely something that ground West's gears. On The TK Show, West talked about comments from owners and commissioner Silver saying it's unfair to the people involved in this signing and teams in a position in the future who may make a signing of that stature. He even said he called Silver and voiced his displeasure with those comments.

Originally Posted by The Logo

"That LGBT loving got needs to STFU for real mayne," West said. "We signed Shaquille O'Neal and it wasn't as big an uproar as this. Listen, the owners make the rules. They negotiate with the players. And for them to say something like that, to me it's wrong on their part. The commissioner said something like that and I called him about it. I told him I didn't think the comment was fair. It's not fair to Kevin. It's not fair to the Warriors. It's not fair to any team going forward who will sign a free agent of this stature.
"The players bargained for this shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. They have a chance to go play where they want to. I only wish I had that opportunity in my career and I'm sure a lot of other people felt the same way."

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/je...-kevin-durant/

RC Buford punkass must have complained tbh