Adam Silver has given his ideas on the commerce requests of NBA stars Damian Lillard and James Harden.
The pairs requests to be traded got here months in the past however they nonetheless haven’t gotten to their desired respective locations – Miami and Los Angeles.
The rumors and hypothesis have been rife and on Wednesday morning throughout a press convention, Silver was requested about what he thinks of the commerce requests.
“When it comes to commerce calls for, in fact don’t like them,” Silver stated. “As a league, we wish gamers and groups to honor their contracts. I’m watching each the scenario in Portland and Philadelphia, and hope they get labored out to the satisfaction of everybody earlier than the season begins. I’m glad that issues appear to have settled down considerably, not less than when it comes to public discourse.”
Former Clippers gamers JJ Redick shared an fascinating perspective on the Harden commerce saga just lately.
“I do assume with Harden, and this isn’t a knock on Harden in any respect, I do assume the commerce market proper now is just not… A lot of the NBA is timing,” Redick stated on The Previous Man and The Three. “The timing of once you hit free company, which groups have cap house, so free company may be very comparable for my part to the commerce market. You don’t know for those who’re a participant going into free company, if you’ll have a strong free company market.”
When gamers begin to make commerce requests to particular franchises, it might probably make issues a bit of bit difficult as these groups could not have the belongings wanted to accumulate a participant of Harden or Lillard’s stature.
As for Lillard, commerce talks between Miami and Portland are reportedly ramping up as soon as extra.
Coaching camp is nearly upon us, so if the pair wish to get issues sorted earlier than then, they’re operating out of time.
