He was sent to Oklahoma City for a conditional 2nd rounderIs your kid going to be OK?
He was sent to Oklahoma City for a conditional 2nd rounderIs your kid going to be OK?
Generally, players in the 4 major North American sports are more or less aware they're on the trading block when rumours surface and their names are leaked to the press. But they are very rarely consulted about it, unless they have a limited or full no-trade clause in their contract and the team would like the player to expand the list of teams he could be traded to (limited no-trade clause) or waive his full no-trade clause entirely.
Trades that materialize out of the blue without any rumours are becoming more rare.
Yet at the end of this upcoming season Thomas will be a free agent, and can sign with whatever team he chooses, be it staying in Cleveland or moving on to somewhere else, and for potentially near $30 Million per season if he plays at a level this year comparable to last. And he can leave the Cavaliers for Miami or Los Angeles without allowing any input by the Cavs ownership if he so chooses.I just find it staggering. Like, reading that Players Tribune piece, Isaiah has to uproot his entire life, move his family, completely change his mindset when he had a long-term plan in mind, and he has no idea until the deal has been done?
The first situation you speak of is kind of fine to me, but surely teams have a duty of care to players to keep them aware.
I find what happened to Isaiah Thomas sickening. It affects his entire family, and he just gets told over a phone call? And has no input?
Yet at the end of this upcoming season Thomas will be a free agent, and can sign with whatever team he chooses, be it staying in Cleveland or moving on to somewhere else, and for potentially near $30 Million per season if he plays at a level this year comparable to last. And he can leave the Cavaliers for Miami or Los Angeles without allowing any input by the Cavs ownership if he so chooses.
But it was fairly clear that Boston probably didn't want to resign him, no matter what IT wanted.Am I naive for thinking that that article made it clear he was a Boston man for the rest of his career?
It would appear as if Kyrie is not exactly a LeBron fan.
No you're right his response totally came off as that of someone who had a great relationship with his co-worker.Dunno. His response was very honest and was very true. Why should he have to consult LeBron James?
If he doesn't like LeBron... well... that's probably because LeBron doesn't like him. Probably because he's sort of a moron.
I can't even say anything negative about how he's handled this idiocy. That'll tell you something.Bye, Melo!
And in other news, I wish I could go back to all the old NBA threads and delete every single negative word I have posted about Lebron. I had come around to love him as a player over the last few years, but the dude is an incredible individual too.