DeMar Derozan says okay with star players demanding trades

[SouthTexasRancher]

Is DD saying this because at the end of this season he is going to want out of his contract and be traded to a so-called super team?

[Nivek_ogre]

The man was asked a specific question concerning his peers. Wtf is he supposed to say. Most of you idiots are reading too much into it.

[resistanze]

Teams and fans ask players to be loyal when franchises aren't...NBA hypocrisy.

Not to mention DeRozan signed a max extension with the Raptors at midnight July 1 with the Raptors, without considering any other options. Then was told to his face he wasn't getting traded for Nephew then promptly was traded a couple of days after

Why does 'loyalty' and 'playing out contract' only apply to one side in this conversation? Should team pay a 'penalty' for trading players they signed?

[ZeusWillJudge]

Not to mention DeRozan signed a max extension with the Raptors at midnight July 1 with the Raptors, without considering any other options. Then was told to his face he wasn't getting traded for Nephew then promptly was traded a couple of days after

Why does 'loyalty' and 'playing out contract' only apply to one side in this conversation? Should team pay a 'penalty' for trading players they signed?

Do you want a real answer, or are you happy just asking rhetorical questions?

The NBA takes in about $7.5 Billion in revenue a year. (The players get 57% of that.) To maximize revenues, the teams all need to be compe ive. The rules are there to allow teams to make the moves they think will let them be compe ive. Some are better at it than others, but they have to be able to hire, fire, and trade players that they think will make the team better.

There is a HUGE drop off in talent once you get past the top few players in the league. If the best 10 players all wind up on two teams, the game would become a joke and people outside those two cities would quit watching. Not all people, but too many people to justify the enormous television contracts.

The Raptors may have handled the situation with DDR in a way, but he gets $110M over four years to pay for therapy.

[gambit1990]

it’s a business.

[gambit1990]

pls ask for a trade demar.

[resistanze]

Do you want a real answer, or are you happy just asking rhetorical questions?

The NBA takes in about $7.5 Billion in revenue a year. (The players get 57% of that.) To maximize revenues, the teams all need to be compe ive. The rules are there to allow teams to make the moves they think will let them be compe ive. Some are better at it than others, but they have to be able to hire, fire, and trade players that they think will make the team better.

There is a HUGE drop off in talent once you get past the top few players in the league. If the best 10 players all wind up on two teams, the game would become a joke and people outside those two cities would quit watching. Not all people, but too many people to justify the enormous television contracts.

The Raptors may have handled the situation with DDR in a way, but he gets $110M over four years to pay for therapy.

Still waiting for an actual real answer. Like you said, the players take more than half of the league's revenue share, so I don't know what power dynamics make it okay for teams to move player mid-contract, but not for players request to be moved (that has been pointed out already, no team is obligated to do).

The compe ive crap you said is subjective mumbo jumbo. The Warriors are about to win the Western Conference for the 5th consecutive year. LeBron-led teams won the East for 8 consecutive years. Shaq/Kobe/Duncan were in the NBA Finals every year 1999-2010. The League has never been more profitable.

Clearly, the league is 'compe ive' enough, whether GMs are making good or bad trades. And clearly GMs at the time must've thought their teams were 'compe ive' enough to give the contract to the player in the first place. I don't know how anything you said justifies a one-sided relationship regarding player mobility in the NBA.

[ZeusWillJudge]

Still waiting for an actual real answer.

Teams HAVE to be able to make moves to try and improve. Period. Players have unrestricted free agency, so the idea that they can never go where they want is beyond stupid.

You can hang onto your fiction, if it's important to you. But Silver's comments tell everyone where the league is on the subject. If this trend is left to continue, it will cut into revenues. And nobody wants that - especially not the players.

If you're worried about the mental health of the guys making $25M a season, you can always send them a card.

[resistanze]

Teams HAVE to be able to make moves to try and improve. Period. Players have unrestricted free agency, so the idea that they can never go where they want is beyond stupid.

Teams have unrestricted free agency AND the draft AND overseas AND G League as well to make moves. That's why you know, they signed a player to X amount of years in the first place - by your logic, why didn't the GM just offer less amount of years if they weren't happy with their decision? Why are you so concerned about the millions the players make but not the billions the owners and teams make under the same system?

Again, you haven't addressed anything and are spouting gibberish.