Commissioner Adam Silver Speaks Out on KD Trade Request

Kevin Durant’s trade request has been the speak of this NBA offseason, however Commissioner Adam Silver doesn’t appear to be a fan of the drama.

Yesterday, throughout a information convention from the league homeowners’ assembly, Silver expressed considerations over KD leaving Brooklyn.

“Groups present huge safety and ensures to gamers, and the expectation is, in return, they are going to meet their finish of the cut price. I’m practical that there’s at all times conversations which can be going to go on behind closed doorways between gamers and their representatives and the groups. However we don’t wish to see gamers requesting trades, and we don’t wish to see it taking part in out the best way it’s,” stated Silver when a reporter requested for his opinion on Durant’s scenario.

Final month earlier than free company started, Durant introduced he wanted a trade from the Nets, ideally to the Phoenix Suns.

The 12-time All-Star joined Brooklyn with Kyrie Irving in 2019 with the hopes of turning the Nets into title contenders.

Durant enters subsequent season on the primary yr of a four-year, $194 million extension and is underneath contract by means of the 2025-26 season.

“When a participant asks to be moved, it has a ripple impact on loads of different gamers, on that participant’s workforce and different groups. So it’s not simply doubtlessly the league or the workforce governors who’re impacted by that, however a number of different gamers as properly,” stated Silver. “It’s a type of points that as we transfer into this collective bargaining cycle, which we’re simply starting now, we intend to debate with our Gamers Affiliation and see if there are cures for this.”

The previous few seasons have been stuffed with high-stakes drama with superstars like James Harden and Ben Simmons demanding trades.

“I feel it’s one thing the place there’s mutuality of pursuits between the gamers collectively and the league, having extra stability. In order that’s one thing we’ll be discussing with the union,” stated Silver.