10 Times When NBA Superstars FORCED A Trade

We see it from time to time, but historically it is not that common. If NBA

superstars

were unhappy with their current situation, they would go to management and request a

trade

; However, there are certain

times

when

things don't go their way, maybe the front office does. I don't want to

trade

them and some

times

this creates a lot of tension between the player and the team. In recent years, we have seen

superstars

simply sit out games to force a trade or threaten not to inform the team because their trade demand was stagnant. By getting stuck at that point, their team loses all leverage and they have no choice. than exchange them.

In this video, we will see situations similar to that. How are you doing? My name is Andy and today here are 10 times nba superstars

forced

a trade number 10 kyrie irving things were looking very good for the cavs at the end of the 2017 season i mean yeah they got blown out by the golden states, but they won the championship the year before, but with the addition of kevin durant. It was a big obstacle for them to overcome, everyone knew that, however, for Kyrie, he was thinking about something else during his time in Cleveland, since Lebron returned, the attention has always been focused on him, while Kyrie was the star high school, at times he felt like he wasn't getting the recognition he deserved and that it was all about lebron this or lebron who started to get frustrated and since he already has a ring under his belt he was now looking for a new beginning according to former GM david griffin, he explained why kyrie left It became very obvious to Kyrie that he wasn't going to have the roster to discover how great he can really be because he wasn't going to have enough of the ball and

when

you're trying to be a point guard that makes everyone better, that can be complicated, so I think once we won the championship, it became clear to him that maybe he was going to need to do something else, that something else was leading his own team.

In July 2017, he requested a trade and did so. It became clear to the Cavs that he was not going to return next season, so the organization had no choice and had to let him go. The funny thing is that even in Boston he was eclipsed and then in Brooklyn he was again second or second. third best player, so I guess he never achieved his number 9 goal, dwight howard, ah, the old dwightmare saga, banned for the entire 2011-12 lockout season, was cut short when tensions reached an all-time high, dwight howard At the peak of his career he clashed with the organization and desperately wanted to do well, at least that's what we think he cited, the reason was that the team was not working hard enough to build a contender that was fair and reasonable, but the problem was that he kept changing his mind according to In one report, he would demand a trade, but then after a great streak he backed down on his demand, but then after another bad streak of games he would return to the front office and demand another exchange in general.

This season, he demanded at least one trade. three different times to the nets, mavs or lakers for most of the year, the nets were their main destination, which was a little strange considering they were even worse than magic at the time, not only that, but Near the end of the season he got fired by his coach, Stan Van Gundy. He told the front office that if he was going to stay in Orlando, he demanded that Van Gundy be fired, but he ended up not staying anyway and Van Gundy was a great coach, so this rightfully pissed everyone off and then Dwight He underwent back surgery. at the end of the season so he also missed the playoffs, ultimately with everything going on this was the deciding factor that magic was always intended to keep him but with all of these shenanigans plus the uncertainty of his back problems, they finally traded him to LA, this was a deal.

Initially it was thought to be a very bad deal for the Magic, but over the years it turned out to be pretty bad for everyone. No. 8 Chris Webber, as the first pick of the 1993 draft, Chris Webber, came in strong from the start. Had a successful rookie season averaging over 17 points and nine rebounds a game winning Rookie of the Year helping the Warriors get back to the playoffs again looked like he was going to be the cornerstone of the franchise for the foreseeable future and Everything seemed to be going well except behind the scenes there was a lot of drama, Weber was reportedly 6-foot-10 and weighed 230 pounds.

He was an incredibly versatile player, he could pass and had the ball handling skills of a wing player, so he felt he should play power forward. type of high post forward style, I mean, when it came to size, he was definitely more of a power forward than a center, since most centers back then were pretty big, however, coach Don Nelson didn't think so, even in the '90s, he was experimenting with small ball and insisted that Webber play center in a position he didn't really enjoy. As a result, Weber activated his one-year escape clause to leave the Warriors.

They had no choice but to honor his request. This was a classic example of player and coach. not getting along and losing Weber set the franchise back for a long time number 7 anthony davis most of us saw this happen in front of our eyes and we know how disastrous this entire season was for the pelicans initially the 2018 campaign began- 19. As is customary for the Pelicans, but as the losses piled up and the trade deadline approached, Davis demanded a trade, although he later stated that he did not want the trade request to be public. His agent, Rich Paul, had a different idea, informed NBA insider Roger and made the request public in hopes of pressuring the Pelicans to trade him before the deadline.

It was widely speculated that Rich Paul had leaked this trade request and told ESPN that Anthony wants to be traded to a team that allows him to win consistently and compete. for a championship anthony wanted to be honest and clear with his intentions and that is the reason for informing you of this decision now that it is the best for the future of anthony and the organization the pelicans organization issued a statement in response to specific conversations of a trade, we will do this on our schedule, one that makes sense for our team and will not be dictated by people outside of our organization.

We have also asked the league to strictly enforce the tampering rules associated with this transaction, which led to Davis being fined fifty. thousands of dollars for making a public trade demand that was against the rules, the Pelicans benched Davis for nine straight games as the deadline approached but still couldn't find a trade as they didn't want to run The risk of Davis getting injured or anything that could tank his trade value, he was played sparingly for the rest of the season until he was finally traded over the summer. It was a very uncomfortable situation, but this saga made it very clear that the players have all the power in the world and even with the fine.

Not much for him, so Davis was barely punished at all, raising questions about whether this type of behavior is okay or not and executives around the league feeling very uncomfortable about it. Kawhi Leonard Kawai's sixth start from the Spurs was somewhat similar to Davis'. departure of the pelicans, but it was more complex. It started out as an absolutely shocking business lawsuit. The Spurs had just had a spectacular season and despite being swept by the Warriors, this was mainly due to Kawaii getting injured, they were still one of the best. teams in the league and are expected to recover when Kawhi recovers over the summer the Spurs gave control of Kawhi's injury rehab process to his management team instead of the Spurs' own doctors after the timeline of his process rehab was very strange greg popovich and the spurs had no idea what was going on since kawhi's uncle and his other managers didn't tell them anything.

There was a lot of speculation about what was going on, from him having a degenerative quad injury to possibly sitting out games on purpose, no one knew outside of Kawhi. and his managers in January 2018 with the lack of communication, the gap between him and the organization grew despite being medically cleared to play, Kawhi was still not playing and was not even cheering for his team during the playoffs, this tension reached a climax in March, where the Spurs held an exclusive players meeting where Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili called him and asked why he wasn't playing, then Parker said his own quad injury was 100 times worse than Kawhi's , but Tony recovered quickly.

A troubled year for the Spurs and the cracks were too big to ignore. There was no room for reconciliation. In the end, Kawhi's trade request was granted. Well, he wanted to go to Los Angeles, which didn't happen right away, so I guess it wasn't granted. in the way he wanted, but he still won the championship in Toronto and shortly after went to Los Angeles as he wanted. Carmelo Anthony Mello's time on the Nuggets was very good, he led them to seven consecutive playoff appearances, but in 2011, The team was stagnant and Mello was looking for a different scenario.

Born in Brooklyn. Mello always had a connection to New York and really wanted to be in that spotlight even though the Knicks wanted to wait until the offseason to sign him. Melo pushed hard for a trade because he wanted to sign an extension in New York and eventually get another massive contract within a few years, as a result, the Nuggets were

forced

to trade him and the Knicks were forced to give up so many assets, almost all of them. their starting lineup and multiple picks for mello, the thing is that neither team wanted to make this trade in the first place, the knicks preferred to wait until the offseason to sign him, but the threat of mello possibly signing with the nets was too risky for them, the nuggets, of course, never wanted to do it. negotiate him in the first place because they felt they were in a good situation and wanted to hire him back.

The only winner of this exchange was Mello himself. Number 4 Vince Carter At one point, Vince Carter was the most hated man in Canada after his six seasons in Toronto VC racked up five All-Star selections and numerous NBA selections, but the Raptors as a team were falling rapidly in late 2004. Carter wanted to leave, but it was mainly because he was fed up with upper management with a new general manager, Rob. Babcock, the raptors were supposed to change and move in a new direction, but instead, nothing changed at all. Carter made a public trade demand, but the kidnappers had no obligation to trade him since he was worth an enormous amount of value with nowhere to go.

Carter decided to take matters into his own hands, he was playing badly on purpose and not making any effort at all, he was making fun of himself and the entire team, it was very evident that he wasn't trying at all because right after They will change it. In the New Jersey Nets he had the best numbers of his NBA career. You can see a quick comparison of his numbers in the 2004-5 season before and after the trade to the Nets. I'm not sure what's worse being deliberately sidelined because you want to get traded or playing in games and not putting in any effort, luckily the relationship between him and the city of Toronto slowly healed over time, everyone realized who, regardless of his actions, brought basketball nationwide and brought a level of excitement to a sport that was rapidly expanding number 3 charles barkley in barclay's first eight years in philadelphia had the time of his life was advised by dr.

J and Moses Malone at the beginning of his career he met his future wife in Philadelphia he was making a lot of money millions of dollars to lift his family out of poverty and he became an absolute superstar, one of the five best players in the league during his best time, but in the early '90s, after years and years of fighting for a championship, Barkley had enough in an interview. Decades later he remembered his time in Philadelphia and this is what he said. My only regret is that they moved me from Philly sooner because my last two years there were miserable.

They were going to change me every week. I finally had enough and he said he wouldn't play here anymore and not only that, but he felt the Sixers' best days were behind them, so at the peak of his career in the summer of 1992, Barkley demanded a trade and made them knowing the Sixers that he wouldn't be back for a long time. In training camp, the team had to give in to his demands and find a suitable deal for him that summer. They actually thought they had a deal with the Lakers for about two weeks. Barkley thought he would go to Los Angeles, but Philadelphia backed out.deal and accepted another.

The trade with the Suns was a tumultuous summer for Barkley, but they needed to reach a deal. This trade ultimately turned out pretty poor for the Sixers, as they had very little leverage since everyone knew Barkley was gone anyway, they didn't get much back. comeback number 2 shaquille o'neal the lakers from 03 to 04 saw them compile a star-studded super team, but as we all know that ended badly with a five-game nba finals series loss to the pistons, This team is widely considered one of the greatest we've seen fall to the lowly Pistons, a team that very few people believed in after the Lakers imploded.

The biggest story all summer and not just all summer but all season was the relationship between Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. The two did not get along off the court as they both struggled to be the cornerstone of the franchise. Shaq didn't like how Kobe was getting all the attention and a much heavier contract, which meant less money for him, on the other hand, Kobe reportedly. He told Lakers management that Shaq was lazy and that he wasn't going to come back if Shaq stayed on the team, whether it was Kobe forcing him out or Shaq forcing himself out, however, the two weren't going to work out and with Shaq getting old.

The team sided with former Kobe Laker assistant coach Tex Winter, saying O'Neil left because he couldn't get what he wanted, a big pay raise there. There was no way the owner could give him what he wanted. wanted to. Shaq's demands held the franchise hostage and the way he did it didn't please the owner too much and finally at number 1, Wilt Chamberlain, now was very interesting and probably a first. In NBA history, where a superstar really forced the organization's hand in 1968, Chamberlain was playing for the 76ers and doing quite well, in fact, the year before he won his first championship after battling the Celtics for a decade. , in 1968 he lost to the celtics again and soon after demanded a trade, the reasons why he demanded it were a little unclear at first, many speculated that he was simply frustrated with losing to the celtics again and again and demanded to be transferred to Los Angeles because he longed for the Spotlight, that was the simplest explanation, but there were details that were not seen years later, Wilt claimed that former Sixers co-owner Ike Richmond, who briefly owned the team from 1963 to 1965, promised him Wilt shares in the team and basically promised him a part-time participation.

Unfortunately, the Richmond Sixers died suddenly in 1965 and new Sixers owner Irv Koslov had no intention of giving Wilt stock in the team. Honestly I'm not even sure if it was legal to do it back then, nowadays I think if you're an active NBA player you can't have any involvement with an NBA team, I don't know, maybe it was allowed In the past, anyway, Wilt was unhappy because he was no longer getting Sixers stock, so he demanded a trade in a jack ramsey article, if they didn't trade him he was apparently going to jump to the aba, they were losing him even though it also hurt a lot, they gave up the guy who at the time was the greatest NBA player of all time for a bunch of scraps to wither this thing up.

I paired him with two all-time players in Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, so at least now he was happy. Anyway, those were 10 NBA superstars that forced his team to trade them. I know this was a long video, but if you're still here, thank you. Thank you very much for watching, what do you think about these business scenarios? Do you think that in the future the NBA would put more protections so that the team does not lose so many players that it forces a trade? Of course, we already have things like trade exceptions. But in scenarios like with Kawhi or Anthony Davis it seemed like their teams couldn't do anything but give in to their demands or they would simply sit on the sidelines.

Is this an issue that needs to be addressed? Let me know your opinion. the comments thank you all very much for watching and of course see you next time peace