The theory I have around this is that ‘the trade deadline’ should really be even more of a thing in the NBA. The suspense building up to it and the way it plays out is dramatic. As someone who is genuinely beginning to worry about the future of the league, the deadline, it’s stakes, and drama, feel like something you can build a story around. I’m not totally sure if this is viable or would fly in the league, but the ethics of it feel okay to me, especially in a league where there is a significant amount of player power. I feel for the players who are on the move, as Katie pointed out in her blurb, but it’s the nature of the beast, and something that benefits the league, 360 all across the board. Almost wondering if the Trade Deadline should be what the first half of the season is built around. The narrative potential of that is super interesting…
Mixed emotions. I love a good blockbuster trade - it takes skill and guile to reroute your teams future in the middle of a season under a deadline. But players are human beings that should have some say in the place they make a living or at least be compensated. The no trade clause is the golden fleece of the contract and rightfully so. The trade kicker needs to be more commonplace.
Are Luka and Jimmy thinking of the homes they just built where their babies were to grow up? Did PJ and Schroeder pull up to the airport and just sit in the parking lot, awaiting their fate? How do Kenny Atkinson and Caris Levert, having the success they missed out on in Brooklyn, say goodbye in Cleveland?
Yeah they get paid tons more than a middle manager or an IT engineer that corporate sends to the new plant in the Midwest but nobody's dreams fit in a moving van.
The theory I have around this is that ‘the trade deadline’ should really be even more of a thing in the NBA. The suspense building up to it and the way it plays out is dramatic. As someone who is genuinely beginning to worry about the future of the league, the deadline, it’s stakes, and drama, feel like something you can build a story around. I’m not totally sure if this is viable or would fly in the league, but the ethics of it feel okay to me, especially in a league where there is a significant amount of player power. I feel for the players who are on the move, as Katie pointed out in her blurb, but it’s the nature of the beast, and something that benefits the league, 360 all across the board. Almost wondering if the Trade Deadline should be what the first half of the season is built around. The narrative potential of that is super interesting…
Mixed emotions. I love a good blockbuster trade - it takes skill and guile to reroute your teams future in the middle of a season under a deadline. But players are human beings that should have some say in the place they make a living or at least be compensated. The no trade clause is the golden fleece of the contract and rightfully so. The trade kicker needs to be more commonplace.
Are Luka and Jimmy thinking of the homes they just built where their babies were to grow up? Did PJ and Schroeder pull up to the airport and just sit in the parking lot, awaiting their fate? How do Kenny Atkinson and Caris Levert, having the success they missed out on in Brooklyn, say goodbye in Cleveland?
Yeah they get paid tons more than a middle manager or an IT engineer that corporate sends to the new plant in the Midwest but nobody's dreams fit in a moving van.
Wise words, Barron — well said!