re: Kerr: Davis Trade Bad For League

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First post but yeah he's right. Bigger problem is Paul George requesting a trade his first year of his 4 year contract. This will be discussed in the new CBA

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Not good but there are a few things in play.

One, both PG and Westbrook were apparently unhappy in OKC and had said as much to Presti quietly.

Two, the Thunder didn't want to pay legendary amounts of luxury tax to get eliminated in the first round, as opposed to the Warriors paying that much or more and getting 3 titles in 5 seasons.

Three, and this is the most important part, PG kept his mouth shut outside of talking to Presti to the point where no one knew he was on the market until he was traded.


If AD had kept his goddamn mouth shut until the end of last season, he could have been traded with a minimum of hubbub and still probably ended up in LA because the biggest things that dropped Boston as a destination were the losses of Kyrie and Horford, which had nothing to do with AD.


Of course, hindsight is always 20/20.