76. "Fuck the owners. " In response to In response to 71 Wed Feb-23-22 02:02 PM by Cold Truth
As a fan of the team, player empowerment can downright suck.
I get that.
But fuck this narrative that the owners need to have more power than they already have.
This loyalty bullshit only goes one way. Players can get traded at the drop of a hat.
Fuck em.
Players can do shit that alienates them from other players (simmmons, for example) and they'll deal with that fallout from their peers.
But fuck giving owners any more power than they have. Players can and should have the leverage.
If owners REALLY wanted to take control, they'd stop putting good money after bad.
Zion doesn't want to be there?
Fuck him. Cut bait and trade him, and get a return while you can. There's a fairchance that he's never going to be the guy we want him to be, so let someone else take that gamble, and work to improve the team that way.
Stop paying max deals to non-max guys.
Stop waiting until after the ship has sailed on a player to get something for him.
I'm spitballing, but there are plenty of ways for teams to take control, and they make too many mistakes for anyone to bitch and moan about the players having control over their own careers.