KD = AROD ?

[rutzan]

Sometimes the best deals are the ones you do not make...

[Surferdad]

Don't think so.  I hate that KD went to the team that just beat him, but A-Rod is a cheater.

[Bobshot]

I don't see the comparison, but I will say that KD didn't consider the impact on league balance when he decided to sign with the Warriors. I recall Stern negated Paul signing with the Lakers for that reason, though Stern had the leverage because the league owned the NO team at the time.

The effect of KD signing with GS, and many of the other FAs stacking the other top teams, the Spurs and Cavs, is to make it a 2 or 3 team league, at least in the near future. That does not bode well for Silver's NBA.  Isn't one of the strengths of the NFL the parity the league enjoys, by virtue of it's hard salary cap as the bottom line?

Silver would do well to discourage this kind of FA stacking, by making it difficult for teams to unload players like ballast during the FA period.

This probably belongs as a separate topic, but I think the KD situation raises the issue, which has gone unmentioned in the media.

[Moranis]

The league didn't negate the Paul trade to the Lakers because it made the Lakers good, the league negated it because it wasn't a good trade for the Hornets/Pelicans and they owned the team and were trying to sell it.

[otherdave]

Getting back to OP's point:  not sure about ARod reference, but yes if KD hurts his foot/leg again we will all have a sigh of relief.

[rutzan]

It was about being jilted at the altar...

[Bucketgetter]

I don't think the Celtics quite made it to the alter...

[Eja117]

Nope

[Rosco917]

Many baseball players were caught using performing enhancing drugs...David Ortiz, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, on and on.

I'm not seeing the relevance concerning Kevin Durant.

[Bobshot]

The league didn't negate the Paul trade to the Lakers because it made the Lakers good, the league negated it because it wasn't a good trade for the Hornets/Pelicans and they owned the team and were trying to sell it.

So it was a better trade to the Clippers? Stern did some strange things the last few years.
Another was negating any Celtics-Clippers dealings for a year based on, he claimed, media "rumors" of Garnett and Doc being traded there, when both teams knew that was not possible. The only time I can recall the media succeeded in becoming the GM.

[hwangjini_1]

Many baseball players were caught using performing enhancing drugs...David Ortiz, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, on and on.

I'm not seeing the relevance concerning Kevin Durant.

this is not accurate on ortiz. it was a rumor spread and picked up, but no proof ever came out on this.