Solutions to Klutch

Spinoff thread. How do teams fight back against Lebron/Paul/Klutch?

Most of these ideas are probably not realistic but I'm throwing shite at the wall to see if anything sticks.

Ideas:

You can avoid signing Klutch clients but you can't stop them from switching once they're on the team.

Would it be possible to write language into the contract that if they sign with Klutch after signing their deal, a certain amount of money is void? Like an anti signing bonus?

Write language into the contract that the player cannot request a trade to Miami, NY, Brooklyn, LAL, LAC. Sort of like a no-trade clause but for the team's benefit.

Structure contracts so that if a player requests a trade, their contract is no longer guaranteed. They can be cut outright and go to their preferred destination but their team is not on the hook for their salary and the Lakers or whoever has to figure out a way to fit the new salary in.

Neither probably works. I think the best ultimate solution has to come at the league level.

In the Simmons/Harden/Davis situations an independent arbitrator needs to investigate any alleged tanking on the player's behalf. So if Simmons requests a trade and the Sixers say F you, and he pouts and becomes a cancer, this independent party investigates.

They could look for things like social media posts demanding trades, interview teammates/coaches, analyze statistics (pre-trade request vs. post-trade request). It gets hard because hustle isn't easy to quantifiably measure. But basically but sides could present evidence to why the player is/isn't sabotaging the team.

If they rule in favor of the team, Simmons forfeits his salary, is suspended from the league, ane the Sixers are given a cap exception to replace him.

Agents of players found guilty of sabotage are fined/suspended.


Again, none of these are realistic probably. But what would work, is the small markets to form an alliance and blackball Klutch to the best of their ability.

In the meantime, the Pels need to be smart. Do deep due diligence on all player acquisitions and try to select players who are not into the typical NBA start shite like terrible fashion and cheesy clubs.