It’s all posturing and agenda-pushing, much like it is with all of these types of trade demands.
Remember the James Harden saga?
Or the Ben Simmons saga?
Or the Dame saga?
There’s a reason these breakups are almost always nasty.
That’s why I found Carmelo Anthony’s perspective on this situation pretty interesting.
To me, that’s partially what Melo is talking about.
At some point organizations are going to collectively decide you are not worth the trouble.
His point about being “Marbury’d” should not be overlooked.
We’ve seen how the league operates in cases like this.
Teams simply remove you from the equation and exile you to overseas basketball.
you might start to feel that happening with Butler.
James Harden got fat as shit and flat out quit during games and he got what he wanted.
Ben Simmons simply refused to play altogether, and he got what he wanted.
But if I were Jimmy Butler, I’d probably listen to Melo on this one.
Sort of reminds me of another issue Melo was right on the nose about
