Adam Silver Sends a Message to James Harden and other NBA stars

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[@MDJiang]

It is also reported that James Harden told investigators his "liar" comment referred to Daryl Morey promising to trade him and then not trading him. I doubt this is true. He was almost certainly referencing some under-the-table agreement Daryl Morey backed out of. He can't admit this to investigators because that could cause further problems, as you're not "supposed" to do such deals.

[@17thNO]

I agree bruh!

[@DaleRojoDecaf]

If he admits it, its not like any other team will grant him the contract he wants anyways. It would have to be a sinking ship thing where, once he fully realizes that the deal won't be coming, that it will be interesting to see how he'll respond.

[@sirochsittisombut1063]

At least he knows what's supposed to be said

[@patrickhanlon2325]

​@sirochsittisombut1063 If that was true, he wouldn't be in this situation in the first place

[@maroofhaque6445]

Where did you get your shirt?? 🔥

[@joelman1989]

Watching James Hardens career is like watching someone fall slowly down a flight of stairs.

[@ValyrianPrince]

BS ur spewing BS

[@jamesjohnson944]

😂😂😂

[@Playboipete]

your right. mvp, max contracts, superstar status, stats, love from a huge city, started as a 6th man. odd analysis of a career unless ofc you mean compared to other multi millionaire superstars with thousands of fans lining up to take your picture with your name on there clothing and shoes. playing a childs game most pay to participate in, then retire at 35 setting up generations upon generations of financial wealth. and even then you still are among the elite few in that profession in terms of wealth and accomplishments. where you are upset you decided to opt into 30 million for the year, thinking it was a mistake. that career?? you must be a king in some country salute. or unless you mean the stairway to heaven and falling down to the land of ultra rich young bachelors

[@gobindhehar]

@@Playboipetemax contracts and people lining up to take pics with him have nothing to do with the fact he’s talking about Hardens downward trajectory in the last few years. Getting worse at basketball and him making millions regardless can be true at the same time

[@scottyboy703]

Right he should’ve just stayed in OKC with KD and Russ

[@malcolmhodnett8874]

The beat take on this whole situation. They are paid to adhere to the contract. Paid a lot. Just get shorter contracts if you wanna be free to move around whenever

[@dusk6159]

And they called Stern a mob boss for enforcing some sanity

[@boredofurito]

finally someone saying that having freedom and flexibility means you get less long term guaranteed money. Lebron understood this, he signed shorter deals to maintain flexibility.

[@maxamuuddinisharif1429]

lebron is goat when it comes policy of the nba he undrestand very well

[@petejackson3215]

because he had others business to make the money made from playing basketball in nba not is main source. He has Nike endorsement of a life time and other business that he own so now hes just play to get ring. While other the money is important to them

[@samb123078]

Harden got fined 100k? Think of all the strippers!

[@richborn6700]

That's 20 single moms worth of rent money!

[@Blazer_Tom_]

I particularly hate how Lillard went about his trade request as no matter how he gets warned/punished for publicly stating he only wants one team, the damage has already been done, which they are fully aware of too. Surely just understand that when you sign a contract, nowhere within it will it say you must be traded if you request it. So if your team still wants you, there’s nothing you should be able to do, since the player agrees to the length of the contract

[@rubaiyat300]

And yet teams can trade you whenever. Which I get why fans support, they don’t care about a stranger’s desires, they just want the best team in their uniforms. But I’m fine with player demands for trades. I do think they are entitled to make clear where they’d like to go. But publicly demanding a single team is probably too far.

[@Blazer_Tom_]

@@rubaiyat300 exactly. I think if you’re going to request a trade, there’s no issue with having preferences on where you’d like to go, but ultimately you signed a contract with your specific team, so it’s in their hands to make the decision

[@davit368]

@@Blazer_Tom_bro u either hurt blazers fan, or celitcs/bucks fan like what exactly has dame done different than AD, KD to the phoenix!!!, harden is trying to pull it for the third time... only thing dame has differently is that he gave u the blazers much time of his career (they were almost as bad as cavs during lebrons first stint) cj idk he 6'0 that was always not a championship team and they knew it, even in their hayday with prime nurkic everybody knew that dame is wasting his greatness on that poverty town

[@Blazer_Tom_]

@@davit368 he specifically said to everyone that he only wanted one team, and wouldn’t report to camp for anyone else. Is that supposed to just be ok to tank your value to the franchise you signed a contract with?

[@daanishgupta]

It is sad that people with thoughts like you exist. Dame is one of the greatest to play the game of basketball and he did not bail, no matter what. The Blazers front office has been poor. They had a star and never once built anything good around him. Dame wasted his career there and for all that loyalty, they can't even repay him with a chance to win? This is why there should be no loyalty shown by any player to any team.

[@spookyshark632]

The funniest part of this situation is that Harden literally was free to go wherever he wanted, but he chose to opt in and make a big fuss instead.

[@GeronimoPlaz]

"culture"

[@anthonynorman7545]

There's many ppl speculating that there was an under-the-table deal involed with that. See the pinned comment.

[@gideonwall4303]

The “under-the-table” deal references a deal that would have happened last summer. He opted in this summer, which is a separate thing entirely. I suspect that he and his agent probed free agency and didn’t get the feeling that he would get more money than if he opted into this “cheap” contract.

[@anthonynorman7545]

@@gideonwall4303 not if he took a pay cut in exchange for a big extension.

[@CheepsAhoy69]

It’s more complex than that. Daryl Morey almost certainly made an under the table deal with Harden that if he took a pay cut to help fill the team out then he would be given a max extension the next summer. Harden basically missed out on an extra 15 mil per year for 3 years by not getting the max that summer which is a LOT of money so he’s pissed he agreed to the cut but didn’t get offered the max extension THIS summer. Morey didn’t offer it cause Harden was going to leave Philly for Houston but they went in a different direction and gave money to VanVleet which is self interested on his own part too

[@illuminahde]

I agree with the League on this. I think it should be treated as a form of tampering.

[@illuminahde]

@@JamesHardenoverKobe He's not only giving up on his team but the fat boy is quitting on his teammates once again too. When you put your intentions out that you want a trade publicly, you're limiting the ability of your current team to get the best value for you. Hence, you're tampering. No one forced any of these players to sign their contracts. Unless they all want to start playing for 1 year deals at a time, then be a man accept the contract you signed. If you don't want to play somewhere for 3 years, don't agree to that. If a player request a trade publicly, the team they're traded to should be penalized in the draft as well as financially.

[@Joshkiddy15.]

@@JamesHardenoverKobewhat the f**k are u talking about???

[@SheepVidz]

youre on the money seems the majority of people hating cant seem to see their hyprocrisy ahaha@@JamesHardenoverKobe

[@eljefe6161]

Generally speaking I understand a lot of people look at Adam silver pretty favorably, however there are times like this one where we realize why David Stern was so important

[@Clownlife432]

Adam silver has been trash.

[@Slickgary007]

Idk what you’re talking about most people think he’s a giant pussy that let’s the players do whatever they want. You think stern would have ja get away with flashing a gun the first time?

[@thunderstar254]

Stern cared for nothing and no one other than his billionaire owners, his product, and its brand 😂 If he was commissioner today, he'd pass a rule saying every player requesting a trade from here on is required to pull their pants down and spread cheeks for their respective billionaire "owner" before, during, and after the trade 😂

[@Clownlife432]

@@thunderstar254 if you care about the product is how everyone makes the most money. Caring about the product is what propelled the NBA to a worldwide sport. Stern was significantly better then Silver.

[@thunderstar254]

@@Clownlife432 I neither disagree with that nor believe I implied that in my comment before... I thought "nothing and no one" in the opening sentence implied exactly the opposite... 🤦 Allow me to reiterate... *_Caring about nothing and no one_* other than the product is why some bosses are worse than others, and why Silver is *_significantly_* better than David "bent-over-at-the-waist" Stern.

[@Clownlife432]

8:56 if you sign a contract, play it out. They need to legally drag one player to financially ruin him to send a message.

[@Simon_Sez]

Most people would still be pissed with even a $100 fine 😂😂😂 but I guess if they felt it was for a good cause (like Harden presumably did) then I guess they’d bite the bullet too 🤷‍♂️

[@therealallpro]

I'm so glad you are back! You were my favorite commentator and when you left a void was created. You still have it!

[@benwright794]

So glad ur back with nba videos this was one of my fav channels and still is! Very interested to see how this plays out for Philadelphia and harden

[@boat1299]

You are my favorite NBA KZbinr thanks for coming back man

[@ryanvince3869]

duuuude no way i was just watching some nba videos and remembered you and searched you up to watch some old videos. this is so dope that you're back you were genuinely my favorite nba youtuber

[@CatBlackFor3ver]

Glad to c u making content again😊

[@Hoops_Fan]

The players association just filed a greivance with the league office over the $100,000 fine. I think you're right about it being a tug of war between the players and the owners with the NBA commissioner getting caught in the middle.

[@anthonynorman7545]

I can see why the player's association would do that. 100k might a strip club trip to Harden, but it's a really steep fine for rotation players.

[@Slickgary007]

They players association also had a problem with the morant suspension so that really shows you have fucking delusional they are. The guy is lucky he’s still on team with the dumb shit he’s been pulling

[@ebok33643]

“You work for us” says Adam. In response James says, “you have a league because of us”. 😂

[@HouseTre007]

The league would still be around if James Harden and all of his basketball history was erased from existence. Players basically run the league at this point and are being payed more money than you and I would make in 2 lifetimes combined. There has to be a give and take

[@gbarberis7402]

That was a very accurate and thoughtful analysis

[@jhors7777]

Excellent video thank you. Very well explained.

[@waltervooys6338]

Maybe a old question, but you stopped with content on KZbin right? But happy you are back always good content!!

[@guntuntavisud6188]

Oh shit Welcome back dude

[@melvainlegent6764]

It's about time

[@bollocks3168]

Stop feeling bad for lame lillard,if he wanted to play for the heat he shouldn't have signed the max extension with portland but he thought he was slick so he deserves whats happening to him

[@3self]

That’s fine but let not forget how the blazer didn’t hold there end of the deal and built a team around him. Instead they began to rebuild, one foot in, one foot out

[@darrengordon-hill]

"Lame Dullard" 😂🍻

[@darrengordon-hill]

​@3self "Didn't hold up their end of the deal"?? Did he play alone?!?! Did they not pay him?? Were they supposed to hand him success?? Have you considered Dame is good enough/few wanna play with him??

[@eyeconqueror1185]

@@darrengordon-hillnah he can’t be happy with hundreds of millions of dollars for playing basketball.

[@3self]

@@darrengordon-hill they didn't, instead of making moves to be better Now , they made moves to be better in the future. for example, the pick they got this year. If they were really about winning with dame, they would trade that asset for a valuable player to win and compete NOW. But clearly they were building...

[@francisschuessler]

I think these guys forget that this is a job. Being a professional basketball player is literally “professional.” Look and act the part. I blame current American society for this. They’ve been taught from a young age that they don’t have to work. Notice how this doesn’t seem to be an issue with the foreign players coming in from Africa, Europe and Asia? I find that to be interesting…

[@darrengordon-hill]

Truth hurts... Single momma raised so wanna "secure the bag" like their momma didn't. Guaranteed contracts kill competition because they've already been paid

[@mattjanderson2000]

Great video and good points. The only thing I may disagree with is I don't think it affects organizations when they don't trade a person who's asking out. 95% of the players don't have the clout to pick and choose where they want to go. They will go where they can make the most money. I cannot think of one player who has not signed with an organization based on this situation. If you can please let me know. Keep up the good work

[@dasanwilcox9063]

That boy gone go to the SBF and make more than the entire nba league 😂😂😂

[@leapdrive]

Adam Silver, the alien from Pluto said, “I’m the master of the universe.”😮

[@starllama2149]

About time

[@billymakale1338]

It's about time adam silver grew some

[@grimjack148]

Someone in the office finally grew a set.

[@Janinho897]

1:20 when you brought up Sprewell, I def thought the fine was going to something that his coach was... ahem... *neck* deep in already.

[@halfstepmatt]

Are you playing piano on the outro music?

[@markomarjanovic7643]

You have to work for something like 8 years in a row at one club to qualify for a no-trade clause. Being a free agent every year doesn't really work because very few teams have 40M in cap space. Going the route of 1-year deals would in practice actually get you fewer options than a long-term contract, as absurd as that is.

[@CheepsAhoy69]

This is the best take I’ve seen, I’m all for player empowerment but there is a line and the other opinions I’ve seen have been too far on either side

[@mosessupposes2571]

It would be difficult to trade off someone that nobody wants 😂

[@kevin-vincentelabo3916]

I believe the media could be a problem too because if a player secretly Express his preference to a team, they gonna do their absolute best to get that piece of info and advertise it which could crumble the whole process

[@rayquaza1245]

Players usually just leak it to the media themselves to force the team's hand.

[@igit_7296]

Good video. I feel the same way about the writers striking in Hollywood. They knew the pay structure. They knew that residuals were diminishing due to streaming. They knew that studios were producing shorter seasons. They signed on anyway. And now they are striking. Don’t contracts mean anything?

[@sunxnes]

8:08 lol

[@AirRusher1992]

I'm pretty sure most people are pissed about the fine though that should serve as a message.

[@Mrmanu237]

Every deal under the table can't be on paper cuz it would count against the team

[@MusicLover-my6fo]

I don't think this'll change James Harden's mind no matter how much money he's fined. I saw a report that said he's willing to make the 76ers' organization extremely uncomfortable unless he's traded; so, he could get fined X+ amount of money numerous times until he gets what he wants.

[@JMHStudioproductionsLLC]

Should start putting at 1 million -5 million

[@HunchoAlejandro]

Good takes. I give my like

[@HyperAB]

I've been saying for years, players are getting WAY too much power in the league. Playing in the NBA is a PRIVILEGE, they make millions and millions of dollars to play a game. You shouldn't get a say in where you play unless you have a NTC or you are a free agent without a team option. THEY sign these contracts, they know what they're signing up for when they sign those dotted lines. I'm glad Adam Silver and the league as a whole are finally cracking down on the players who think they run the league.

[@Kosher93]

Players do run the league. There is no league without them lol

[@thefreshexpress8615]

Players do run the league. All the value created by the NBA comes directly from the players. NBA players should actually see more compensation for the value they produce for the league and the billionaire owners.

[@ramelchilds7416]

That fine is chump change for a player who makes that much

[@atlien1988]

$100K os like $50 to these dudes 💀. A strong precendent would've been a 3 game suspension without pay.

[@Vuchatra]

There goes the wine profit. Hope they hit him with a Mil next.

[@deesee2051]

Yeah they tried to tell Ben Simmons the same thing 😂😂😂😂😂

[@big-l5771]

Should've been 6 million

[@catscatscatscatscatscatscats]

Okay, but you have to understand James Harden single-handedly won the sixers two games in the playoffs. . . the rest of them just couldn’t put it together 🤔

[@DKtrek21]

Sometimes, I understand why David Stern was so strict in these kinds of things.

[@edmundkempersdartboard173]

100k. This is the guy that said he wouldn't shave his beard for 10 mil. This is Lebron levels of entitlement.

[@josht1167]

If you take 100,000 out of his net profit or what’s actually in his bank account it probably hurts a bit more than we’d think tbh. I can’t see Harden being a great manager of his funds tbh. These nba guys are incredible wasters of generational wealth

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

The guy still looks hurt since the Block by Ginobili block

[@DaMeaun]

i thought it was joe dumars that handled the fines for the nba not adam silver

[@theleadingbrand]

I'm thinking Harden heads to China next year and averages 40 and 15

[@NFLDRAFT2018]

So the Knicks suing Raptors…anyone? No one has a take? I see

[@JamesHardenoverKobe]

I didn't hear about that. Thank you.

[@anthonynorman7545]

Over what?

[@NFLDRAFT2018]

@@anthonynorman7545 a Raptors assistant coach who was a former Knicks assistant coach who was also head analytics (I think) shared a bunch of information of the Knicks from his Synergy account because their new head coach needed ideas on how to structure his coaching staff or something by along those lines. The evidence is damning apparently

[@targettoad691]

@@anthonynorman7545 Canada

[@europec2082]

Yeah, tell him Adam! James is just an employee.

[@tirosc]

I don't like how Adam Silver governs the NBA but just because the owners pay his salary doesn't mean he needs to do everything the owners asked him to. His job is to uphold the integrity of the NBA and the investigation likely came because of the possible under table dealings that could be taking place.

[@blank-vj1mc]

“Just because you get paid by your boss doesn’t mean you have to listen to your boss” Yes, it does.

[@tirosc]

@@blank-vj1mci did not say that but speaks to your intelligence.

[@blank-vj1mc]

@@tirosc “just because the owners pay his salary doesn’t mean he needs to do everything the owners asked him to do.” You quite literally did, dunce.

[@tirosc]

@@blank-vj1mcYou have no idea what literally means do you? Again, speaks to your intelligence. By your example you just said this "I am a minimum wage worker that have to do everything my boss says because I am stupid like that"

[@dissertationdevi3933]

My sports watching days are over anyway it really dont matter!

[@sty723]

History repeating itself again, oh well.😂

[@matthewroberts6833]

No one pays to watch general managers, coaches or owners. The lone advantage those wastes of spaces have is the possibility that the workers can be easily replaced. . . which isn't guaranteed since so much of the NBA is marketed off of individual personalities.

[@jsain360]

James Harden opted in, wants to get traded, but James needs to realize, nobody is coming to save him

[@atticus._]

much as I’d like to be on hardens side, it does sound like he was mislead, there was never a market for him, I think he has a right to be mad but he has to understand the chances of any teams trading or even signing him to a max are tiny

[@minuii]

James: i sold out my wine Nba: thats 100k fine, who told you that was legal?

[@daanishgupta]

It seems players can't even complain about management now. Owners have had their way for so many years, Jerry Krause let MJ go and claimed he would win without him. Bulls never won anything since. Now that players have started speaking, everyone has a problem.

[@darrengordon-hill]

BETA SIMP!!! He's complained about BEING FINED.... to the "NBA Players Union"!!! But when he has a problem with Morey, he shouts at him from China?!?! So... if I have a complaint, I can talk to/about people any which way I please?!?!? "Darryl Morey is a liar" Lying isn't illegal... or necessarily a fireable offence..m And if it IS "that serious", he's gone thr e worst way about it!!!

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

I would send the 100k and another check for 150k for the next time I'm def gonna say something. Also I know Dame pissed AF. He made this decision 1 year to late.

[@misterclutchabc]

Harden doesn't work for the NBA. Harden went into partnership with the NBA by agreeing to provide his services on their platform to continue to present one of America's most desirable media products to the world. Yeah... l get pissed with Harden's lack of defensive effort too. Which l have been suggesting that he should be rightly fined for as well as his disappearing acts in the playoffs. He never took a shot at the NBA. I think Morey needs to right his wrong, the NBA needs to have a meeting to renegotiate how they handle matters like this, chill out on trying to strip a player's professional freedom of speech, and a recognize that Harden is reaching out for help in this matter... Yeah, we have all made some horrible mistakes. This is where he may realize that nothing has been legit since he parted ways from Houston.

[@gobotpc]

was ben right a bout philly

[@davidogundare5146]

Morey probably promised to trade Harden in the off season so as to persuade Harden to pick up his player option. This way, the Sixers wouldn't have lost Harden for nothing in return. However, Harden's name was never brought up as an option the Sixers' were ready to trade away.

[@bottle315]

The league need to male a rule that if a player. Demand a trade he goes back to base minimum salary n cant b eligible for a max or extension for 3 seasons

[@bdc2320]

don’t forget Kyrie trade demands

[@edstrangeway3831]

Fans often forget that this is a group of multi billion dollar businesses. Players are assets (employees), no more- no less. Silver and the NBA have let the "inmates run the asylum" for too long. Owners own, players play, employees work, just like every other job at heart. If the players don't like it, I'm sure they would equally enjoy the financial rewards of accounting or car sales or any other job like the rest of us. They are immensely gifted at playing the game, so play the game. Sign a contract, honor it or don't and go home and be quiet. It's not that complicated.

[@stevenscummy1458]

Yeah these players need to stop wanting the best of both worlds, if you sign a big multi year guaranteed contract you should be expecting to possibly be in a less than desirable situation. Otherwise shut up and look for 1+1 deals

[@itaysevenfoldhamri]

No way players won't keep doing this. Not until the owners come down on them, hard, through the CBA.

[@unexpectedb2641]

Deduct 40-45℅ from the 35M , that is the actual salary these players are getting.

[@goyofalcon102]

Players this days are weak any little obstacle and they want to switch teams and create super teams. NBA really needs to step in and do something about it because players are getting out of hand with their dumb demands.

[@brandonhall4547]

Are they going to fine owners for leaking “player available for trade “ list? They have so many issues with players being public about trade wishes but not holding owners accountable for leaked trade negotiations. What’s the difference? In a broad sense, why is a player whose under contract publicly asking Traded not ok but a team leaking trading block rumors for leverage like what happened to Jalen Brown is ok? Who decides that? Hypocritical if you ask me 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@dissertationdevi3933]

HE is NOT waving a gun or committing a crime he is a grown man who wants a transfer on his JOB wtf!

[@Clownlife432]

Should have fined him at least a million.

[@DoubleRKathleen]

U don't know ppl he would do it again

[@mihacebin4341]

you think players care how the front office managed their star players? do you think jimmy butler looked at how pat riley got rid of d-wade and said: nah, i'm not going to miami

[@Chris-wq3pe]

NBA has treated players like livestock for years. I'm with the players, not the NBA

[@gregoryfoster7553]

James Harden is more trouble than he's worth....

[@handbanana5555]

i dont think salacious was the right word for jerry jrause and mjs relationship 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kostastube2010]

100K for Harden is one weekend to Las Vegas strip clubs.

[@youtubehatestruthtellers8065]

And just like any other job... their is NO job without the employees 😂nobody's buying a ticket to see Adam Silver dribble a basketball

[@MrGogether3000]

Lumping Lillard (first trade request and never quit on team) in with Harden ( many trade requests and a quits all the time) is a HUGE disservice to Lillard. Like damn. All the other guys really jacked up the league with all the team hopping 😂

[@WuShocks]

Harden would 100% still have said what he did. These entitled players have got to be stopped. It turns off the fans and makes them look like they don't give a shit about anyone but themselves

[@yvito125]

I'm tired of these players myself. They're going to get fleeced in the next collective bargaining agreement. No more guaranteed contracts

[@jsain360]

Lillard is hurting himself by demanding to go to one team, I know players of the past would have a list of teams, the Blazers don't want to just give him away, having multiple teams gives both parties what they want

[@DonKey496]

Dame bout to do one better. 200k fine incoming 😂

[@davidburke9596]

The 76ers got up with fleas.

[@dissertationdevi3933]

just because we pay them alot of money we seem to allow their HUMANITY To get lost in translation somewhere. They are not dogs or monkeys these are grown men with superior athletic abilities! Maybe we do not deserve to see them play !

[@drosales43]

Adam Silver has ran the league for a handfull of players since taking over a thriving league from Stern. Stern was probably an "A" hole and did have some ridiculous implementations, fines, and suspensions... and the league wasnt where it js now on his watch IMO

[@ericconners923]

Boy drops 100 k at any and all strip clubs

[@Nr4747]

I could never take Harden seriously (once he left OKC) and I still can't. A player who's only claim to fame was that he successfully duped refs during the regular season to give him tons of free throws each game by baiting with fake 3-point-attempts was never to be taken seriously as a "super star".

[@austinneveau9387]

100k fine. doing a great job adam silver. you sure showed him. the commissioner needs to grow a pair of balls. you are running a business where your guys under contracts arent finishing out those contracts. this is not 2k. every player cant just demand a trade. idc how big your stardom is. teams wont want to sign long term deals with anybody if there is this risk of extreme player empowerment involved. "oh you want a 5 year deal? sorry we dont trust that you will even commit to half that contract. here is a 2 or 3 year deal". james harden will ruin it for other players.

[@LilBro925]

100k slap on the wrist to let players know to not play for Philly, but players will still go if they have cap space allah next season

[@LilBro925]

@@tropickman Well the expectation is this is Harden's last year with Philly. Doc Rivers was bound to be fired anyway with his own playoff history