Looks like SOP for tampering these days is for the star to leak his desires to the media.
For example, somebody in the media says KD wants a trade to Phoenix or Miami.
So those two teams make inquiries.
I can recall some years back, David Stern, then NBA Commissioner and an old Celtics hater from NY,
penalized the Celtics because he had heard through the media Doc Rivers was going to the Clippers and Kevin Garnett was going with him .
Stern said that's a no-no. They said how do you know that? He said, I read the papers. I heard the rumors in the media.
My, how times have changed.
In only nine short years, too. Fortunately, Stern did us a favor because otherwise we most likely do not end up with the picks that land us JT and JB.
TP for the reminder. If memory serves, it was going to be Doc and KG to LAC for two first-rounders and DeAndre Jordan. How times have changed, indeed.
For a moment that summer, I got a little excited about trying to land DeAndre Jordan of 2013? Guy was a stud next to Blake Griffin during his Clippers tenure. I remember him putting up 15/20 numbers.
Yeah, I'm glad PP34 and KG were sent to Brooklyn instead.
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