The Next Disgruntled Star? And You Thought It Would End With Dwight

[PSSSHHHRRR87]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/19536212/kevin-love-hints-at-wanting-trade-if-wolves-dont-make-playoffs-in-2013 It's like a disease spreading throughout the league... First LeBron & Bosh, then Dwight, and now Kevin Love... The way things are going, there will be five superteams and the rest of the league will be ants. It's a sad, sad future for the NBA if this trends persists... The NBA legends should be ashamed of what the youths are doing to this league.

[Ruckus]

http://www.cbssports...layoffs-in-2013 It's a sad, sad future for the NBA if this trends persists... The NBA legends should be ashamed of what the youths are doing to this league.

Not only should they be, but I'm sure they are.

[AHF]

We were just discussing this on another thread. It is a core problem for the NBA today.

[ag82]

Already? ugh

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[WraithSentinel]

We started hearing these whispers last year about Kevin Love. Just Howard was overshadowing him. Now Kevin has the stage all to himself.

[Bahamut]

This is why everyone I know that doesn't watch the NBA, doesn't watch the NBA.

[Watchman]

We were just discussing this on another thread. It is a core problem for the NBA today.

Wait a minute. i thought we loved our core. Oh. Different core.

[Buzzard]

Its no different than when Peyton Manning was first in Indy. He got his coach fired and if they had not put a contender around him, read spend money, he would have bolted.In baseball it happens every season too. Put up or shut up; players enjoy their lifestyle but they have been winning and dreaming of championships since junior varsity.If a player gives a franchise 9 years, 4 year first plus 5 year second contract, and sees no hope of a ring, can you really hold that against them?

Edited July 10, 2012 by Buzzard

[Guest]

They sign for the max money then bitch about adding talent...talent cost money. Or better yet don' take the deal, become a FA and pick your team. Go to a contender for less money.

Edited July 10, 2012 by JayBirdHawk

[Buzzard]

They sign for the max money then bitch about adding talent...talent cost money. Or better yet don' take the deal, become a FA and pick your team. Go to a contender for less money.

The first nine years they are stuck. RFA for the 2nd contract, bird rights team just matches. Its that 3rd contract when they can choose. I do not like Bron, Amare, or Melo but I do understand their side. Vince Lombardi would also...

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They sign for the max money then bitch about adding talent...talent cost money. Or better yet don' take the deal, become a FA and pick your team. Go to a contender for less money.

Isn't that what Lebron did? Yes, it sucks when superstars hold teams hostage like Dwight is doing. But if anything that happens less often in the NBA. People just pay more attention to it because a superstar in the NBA has a much bigger impact than in other sports. But the list of pro-bowl level players holding out or demanding deals is much larger in the NFL. TO, Moss, Ochocinco, Carson Palmer, Haynesworth, Percy Harvin, Lance Briggs, etc. The difference is that you don't go from a lottery team to contender by acquiring just one superstar like in the nba.

http://www.cbssports...layoffs-in-2013 It's like a disease spreading throughout the league... First LeBron & Bosh, then Dwight, and now Kevin Love... The way things are going, there will be five superteams and the rest of the league will be ants. It's a sad, sad future for the NBA if this trends persists... The NBA legends should be ashamed of what the youths are doing to this league.

Which NBA legends would those be? Abdul Jabbar and Wilt, who both demanded trades to the lakers? Jordan, who got his first coach fired and demanded a series of 1 year, 30 million dollar deals so he could bolt if the team wasn't to his liking? Barkley, who also demanded a trade? Bird and Magic, both who at different times broke the then record for highest salaries? And that is not to mention a big difference that did not exist back then: max contracts. Nowadays there are caps on how much a player can get paid. But back then there wasn't. I am not defending any of this. But it is simply not new, and not that different from other sports. The difference is how big an impact it has.