Adam Silver says he had no role in the Luka Doncic trade: “The commissioner doesn’t have the right to block a trade, other than the trade not conforming to our rules… I learned when they called the trade into the league office.”
Adam Silver says he had no role in the Luka Doncic trade: “The commissioner doesn’t have the right to block a trade, other than the trade not conforming to our rules… I learned when they called the trade into the league office.”
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People completely forgot how/why the cp3 trade was vetoed, a commissioner can’t just step in whenever he doesn’t like a trade lol
Quick, mods, sticky an explanation of the Chris Paul trade so we don’t get 30 threads comparing it
If he could control trades Jokic, Shai and Giannis would be in the biggest markets possible.
Too many people think the Silver and Stern own the league. They are glorified secretaries of the owners.
People are obsessed with learning who knew what and when about this trade. Give it up it ain’t watergate.
“Hey Adam they’re saying they’re trading Luka”
“Luka Garza?”
“No I just spoke to Nico”
“Nico who?”
If you ever need a reminder that r/nba is full of fucking morons, read the comments in here.
This thread is just a litmus test for functioning, non conspiracy addled brains, and *many* of you are failing.
~~Oil~~ Trade? Who said anything about ~~oil~~ a trade? You ~~cooking~~ at your LCS Hobby Night, bitch?
he obvs had nothing to do with it but i wish he’d come out and say it was rigged lmao just for the meltdown
He didn’t have the power to block the trade, but you know he ordered drug testing for the entire Mavs front office, and he ordered Nico to be tested twice.
Honestly, it would have been better if Dumont had in fact made the trade because he didn’t want to pay Luka the max. At least there would have been some logic to that decision – He’s a greedy asshole and doesn’t want to get into luxury tax hell. Still dumb, but at least I understand the decision making process.
But no, apparently he actually thought this was in the team’s best interest. So he’s literally just a moron. There is no other explanation…
Fire Nico.
You know your team has an awful GM when even the league commissioner has to come out and say ‘Yeah don’t get any of that on me’.
Adam is correct. The organization makes the moves, and all parties have to agree to it.
Doesn’t excuse how big of a mess the Mavericks are currently.
Lol he actually had to say something about it
amazing that none of the comments mention the fact that silver himself had to explain to at least some unnamed GM that he could not veto the trade
So you’re saying that Harrison made one of the worst trades in history on his own?
You know you fucked up a trade when the commissioner has to go on TV absolving himself.
The fact that Silver needs to clarify that he couldn’t veto this trade even if wanted to – pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the fairness of this trade
> I learned when they called the trade into the league office
[The moment captured on film](https://imgur.com/a/TUNGcIo)
wildest trade in nba history lmfao
Trade is so bad the comish even has to talk about having no part of it lmao
How hard were you when you heard the news Adam?
This trade makes no sense on Nico’s part. Isn’t it in your interest to get the most you can in a trade? Why destroy Luka and let lakers know he’s got issues and get less in the trade? He just gave him away.
You know it was a bad trade when even the league commisioner is like “I had nothing to do with this”
They would have asked the other teams for offers if they were going for the best deal
Yeah, sure. Ratings are down so let’s put the most marketable guy to the team which has the biggest fan base. Lol.