That's the big thing these guys refuse to understand the rules was different in the 80's the only 2 fukking teams that was on TV was the Lakers and Celtics and the have all the titles during that entire decade ....smh
I just don't get the "shut up" sentiment. The reason that he does interviews is because there are some who are interested in his thoughts on things related to his career an the league. If you aren't one of the people who care to hear his thoughts then why not refrain from listening instead of telling him to shut up?
Is this your first time hearing this issue?
That's all I'm saying why is it such a problem that players want to take there own lives into they own hands??? When they finish a contract and they want to leave I still don't understand why that's a big issue ...... How would you feel if your busting your ass for a city or team and you seen you been traded to bum fukk franchise while your eating cereal in the morning and seeing your name on the ticker on ESPN .....my point is do you because the front office is gonna do them what's the problem with that
Basically.
No it's not, I just don't look into it as deep as you are. I don't see where players have to be stuck and can't ask for a trade, unhappy players always asked for a trade, it's their right, but that isn't the point of this thread. This thread is in response to Melo and many people have their opinions but I haven't seen anyone say a player should stay with the team that drafted them and can't ask for a trade. I feel your brining up something that wasn't spoken about in here.
My whole thing is players make mistakes like all people and people forget that these are really young people making these moves .... Would I have liked for melo to wait until free agency to join the Knicks sure but I'm not gonna dog him like he not shyt for wanting to play with better players or anything like that .... This topic went astray for me when some are saying the legends did alone that's not the truth
I will put it this way ..... If the lakers of the 80's had all those good players won the title and the next year got the number 2 player in the draft a d it was James fukking worthy .....you know the other teams and played would be like
....... But then you have fans and media saying they did it right way it was through the draft 
...... Those early teams did not have to deal with salary caps or contract lengths ..... shyt was lawless back then and why would magic want to leave 
I get it trust me I do. If that said 2nd pick was earned, then they can be mad all they want. There is no right way and wrong way, fans/players/media/owners have preferences on HOW they want to see teams come together, something I've been saying since the beginning of this thread.I will put it this way ..... If the lakers of the 80's had all those good players won the title and the next year got the number 2 player in the draft a d it was James fukking worthy .....you know the other teams and played would be like
Magic Johnson never would have done that!
Say you would have stayed out of the entire league if you didn't get the chance to join forces with the reigning MVP and top-3 all-time great right out of the gate.
Chamberlain forced a trade so he could go to LA and join forces with Elgin Baylor and Jerry West.
Bill Russell and Larry Bird had absolutely stacked rosters full of HOFers right from the get go.
Kareem and Oscar Robertson are supposed to be two of the greatest players in history, but they both got their first ring by teaming up together. After that Kareem went 9 years without a 2nd championship until he teamed up with Magic.
Jordan did wallow on a shytty team for a while, but Pippen was drafted only 3 years after Jordan was, and it wasn't like Jordan had much of a choice before then.
Ya'all have been snorting that "magic era dust" again. The only difference between those players and today's players is that those players had FAR less power to determine their own destiny, and nostalgia. Real free agency didn't even come into the NBA until all these "heroes" were already in the league.
Now they trying to talk about shyt they were forced to do like it was noble.
They were running for the big money teams and begging for good teammates any chance they could get. They just got fewer chances.
