“Obviously, I wish things could have worked out for the best of all of us in terms of winning a championship and etching our names into history of the NBA. It was a dream come true for me,” Irving said. “I had a plan in place where I wanted to stay in Brooklyn long term, be a Net. Irving asked for a trade shortly after it became evident that the Nets were not going to meet his expectations regarding a contract extension. 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.” Teams have been trading players and making acquisitions for a long time. 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, is when you get more attention.
“It’s bringing more eyes to the league,” Durant said. Durant said he believes it’s a good thing. Not everyone believes that players are right to ask for trades. And in this case over 10% of the entire league was moved roughly in the last week before the trade deadline.”Īmong those traded leading up to the deadline: All-Stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, both dealt by Brooklyn, with Durant going to Phoenix and Irving to Dallas.
“And I think that speaks to teams, as we got close to the trade deadline, trying to situate themselves in the best possible position to compete going into the playoffs. “It’s interesting also that we’ve had probably as much player movement this year than at any time in our history,” Silver said. 9, alone – only speaks to how many teams think they can make deep playoff runs this season and ultimately compete for a title. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in his annual news conference preceding All-Star Saturday events that he felt the robust amount of player movement – 12 deals involving 24 teams and 49 players on trade-deadline day, Feb. One thing they do agree on: A record-setting trade deadline this season is a good thing. SALT LAKE CITY – The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association clearly do not agree on everything, as evidenced by the fact that there’s no new Collective Bargaining Agreement yet.
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