I actually agree.

But in fairness, I have to admit that my reasoning comes from a place of some selfishness.  As a fan, you always want to see your team do well.  You team goes out, manages to pull of a big move and sign a premier free agent.  Suddenly all the fans are excited, cheering for this guy, feeling we are set for 3-4 years of exciting basketball.

Then a year later one of the players friends signs with another team in the offseason, so he decides to come out and demand a trade.  Now the team is forced to trade a disgruntled start for a fraction of what they are worth. 

It's not only the team that loses out, it's the fans.  And the players are very quick to say "without the players there would be no league".  That's true.  But without the fans there would be no league, no huge salaries, no private jets, no big mansions. 

I think this is what the players don't get.  They always make the argument - teams can trade players any time.  They dont need to be loyal to their players.  Why shouldn't the players be able to leave prematurely too?  Why should the payers need to be loyal?

What they don't consider is that they aren't only being disloyal to the team, they are also being disloyal to the fans. 

Guys like Lebron and Durant, much as i don't like they way they did things, they can come out and say "I stayed here the duration of my deal, I gave my fans years of great basketball, I played out my commitment to the team and to the fans".  And that's fair. 

But a guy like AD or Paul George - trying to forcibly bail out on your team and your fans.  I think that's kinda lame.

It's almost getting to the point where as  fan, you have to be cautious about getting excited for anything - even a free agent signing.  Because for all you know he's just going to demand a trade in a year or two if he isn't happy.  That sucks.

PG, Kyrie, AD, James Harden either made them send CP3 or he wanted out (CP3 or harden), etc. have all done it but I think the worst was PG! He had a brand new deal, 3 years left. Kyrie was next with 2 years. That's crazy. Why even sign these deals if you can/you will force your way out right away? Something needs to change. I get that they can trade you anytime but that is a part of the contract. Maybe add that if you want out you have to fulfill a certain mandatory amount of the contract, 4 year deal you can't ask out for 3, 3 yrs you do 2 etc. You also shouldn't be able to go public.

This is going to be tough to fix IMO.

I think the Cs management have set a good precedent for the league in terms of its approach to players. The Cs pursue players not only with talent but with good character. Horford, Hayward, Kemba, Tatum, Brown, GWill being examples of this.

Players with good character are going to honor their contracts and use best efforts to fulfill them. Some elite players consider their contracts to be mere guidelines but given the nature of basketball, with only 12 players and very few true difference makers, it is impossible to police this.

The teams who have these types of players have not, in my view, acted irrationally this offseason.  OKC saw itself in cap hell without a realistic chance of competing for a championship and jumped at the opportunity to rid itself of PG's contract. It received an incredible amount of assets in return.

I hope the Cs continue to target stars like Kemba in the future. It will make for a much more entertaining product. Sacrificing a certain level of talent for a somewhat similarly talented player with strong integrity is a win in my book.

So the man who adds the 2nd best player in the league after finishing a season 73-9 is complaining about things that are bad for the league and that wasn't it.  Give me a break.  What a hypocrite. 

And here's the thing, Kerr is just wrong.  AD honored his contract.  He didn't sit out.  He never refused to play.  Apparently Kerr thinks it would have been better if Davis just played out his contract and left the Pelicans with nothing.  How is that better for the league.  At least now, the Lakers gave up real assets and the Pelicans got a real chance at starting over. 

So to recap, Kerr thinks it is better for the league for a small market to be left with nothing all while being cool with adding a MVP to the best regular season team in history for basically nothing.  What a piece of work.

And here's the thing, Kerr is just wrong.  AD honored his contract.  He didn't sit out.  He never refused to play.  Apparently Kerr thinks it would have been better if Davis just played out his contract and left the Pelicans with nothing.  How is that better for the league.  At least now, the Lakers gave up real assets and the Pelicans got a real chance at starting over. 

So to recap, Kerr thinks it is better for the league for a small market to be left with nothing all while being cool with adding a MVP to the best regular season team in history for basically nothing.  What a piece of work.