With a number of commerce requests being made by the likes of NBA gamers, akin to Damian Lillard and James Harden, it turns into necessary to see whether or not these trades are good or dangerous for the league and whether or not these trades go away the league aggressive or not. On the latest episode of the ‘Off Guard’ podcast, Austin Rivers talks about these latest commerce requests being made by the gamers and the way it may affect their legacies.
Talking about how NBA is a privilege for gamers and that they need to not take it as a right, he stated “If you are a free agent then you can choose where you go, that’s the business. If you get traded somewhere, you have got to go play. …This started with James and Ben and all these guys doing this s–t. It’s bad for the league.” This comes after Lillard has requested a commerce out of Portland to the Miami Heat and James Harden has requested one out of Philadelphia to the Clippers.
Reportedly, Lillard’s agent has requested groups aside from the Miami Heat to commerce him as a result of they might then be buying an ‘unhappy player.’ Rivers although maintained this stance of him not being glad seeing stars drive their approach out of a workforce after they’ve already signed contracts binding them and their future to a specific workforce.
“If you were a free agent, then you could choose where you were gonna go… This started with James [Harden] and Ben [Simmons] and all these guys doing this sh*t. It’s bad for the league.”
Austin Rivers on Damian Lillard’s commerce demand
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Damian Lillard and James Harden commerce updates
As gamers from Miami contemplate Damian already on their workforce, there was no official communication from Portland or Miami relating to the identical. Miami, although, is but to make a passable supply to the Blazers, in keeping with NBA insider Shams Charania. Currently, Lillard is below contract with the Blazers until the 2024-25 season and may have a participant possibility to increase it to the 2025-26 season.
For James Harden, although, the commerce request has not progressed a lot. Daryl Morey, president of the 76ers, talked about how they might not commerce until they get an excellent participant in return. As James Harden has eliminated the workforce identify from his Twitter and Instagram bios, it turns into evidently clear that he has no intentions of staying within the workforce although he has activated the participant possibility and goes to obtain his wage for this season for the 76ers.
The feedback made by Rivers make sense to the followers on social media however will ultimately maintain little worth as trades proceed to go ahead and there’s nothing anybody can do about it. What the Minnesota Timberwolves free agent stated relating to the Combined Bargaining Agreement may proceed to be true. “You either make $50 million or $2 (million). It’s a scary dynamic. ”
