Wilt forced his way off the Warriors after 4 years.
Kareem forced his way off the Bucks after 4 years.
Magic said he'd stay in school another year if the Bulls got the pick cause he didn't want to play for them.
Webber forced his way off the Warriors after just 1 year.
Shaq left Orlando after 4 years.
Kobe's agent told teams that he wasn't gonna play for anyone other than LA.
Marbury forced his way out of Minny after 2 years.
Boozer lied to the owner so he could duck out of Cleveland after just 2 years.
Charles Barkley, Vince Carter, Baron Davis, Shaquille O'Neal, Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Paul George, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Russ Westbrook, and James Harden have all forced trades before their contracts were up. And I ain't even counting the "amicable" ones like Drexler, Mourning, Ray Allen (both times), Garnett, Carmelo, etc.
But LeBron, who finished two contracts with Cleveland and gave them the first 7 years of his career, who has never forced a trade and played out every contract for the team he signed them with, is supposedly the reason that players don't keep their deals. Right.
I swear some of y'all wouldn't even know how to talk basketball if Bron didn't exist.
Context - Kareem & Wilt were arguably the to players in the NBA at that time. Magic is hearsay. It's alleged that Zeke said similar about any team other than Chi.
Webber in GS was a power struggle with Nellie running small ball...banging Webber up, so the organization said FUKK HIM. Mind you, he never even played with Timmy. Shaq was a popularity contest, since he felt he was the best big in the game at that time, yet Penny was more popular. Shaq wanted his own team.
Kobe had no pull. Steph was jettisoned because the team decided to go with KG and they couldn't stand each other. Boozer agreed to resign THEN got that mega deal from Utah, and reneged. And even then, he wasn't even on that level to matter.
Zion isn't the best player in the league. His team hasn't even made the playoffs, in 3 seasons played 83ish games, and he hasn't proven much out of a draw they can't fully capitalize on. He's not even averaging a double double. Secondly, what team can he go to that won't be the same ish? You can't pair him with another superstar or proven all-star. Who's team would it be? He can't even take the reigns from BI. You give him his own team, and he once again has to be apart of a rebuilding process which will take years to figure out who to pair him with.
I knew this was coming though. Al of these entitled players that haven't earned anything yet, will make it hard for any team trying to build something. No one has any patience. At this point he needs to sit, watch, listen and learn, while continuing to improve.
 
 
		 
 
		

 
 
		
 
 
		 
		 
 
		
 
 
		 
 
		
 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		 
 
		