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  • um, I would like to talk about something that's really bothering me, and, uh, it's the treatment of players in this league.

  • Tow watch Andre Drummond before the game, uh, sit on the sideline, then go to the back and then come out in street clothes because the team is going to trade him is bull.

  • Because when James Harden acts for trade and essentially dog that, I don't think there was no surprise or no, you know, there's no one's gonna fight back there.

  • James was dogging his last days in Houston, but he was castrated for one to go to a different team and everybody destroyed that man.

  • And yet a team can come out and say, Oh, we want to trade a guy, and then that guy is to go sit.

  • And if he doesn't stay professional, then he's a cancer and he's not good in someone's locker room.

  • And he's the issue.

  • And we've seen situations of Harrison Barnes getting pulled off the bench.

  • You know, DeMarcus cousins finding out that he's traded in an interview after the All Star game, and we continue to let this happen.

  • But I got fine for state in my opinion of what I thought should happen with another player.

  • But teams can come out and continue to say, Oh, we're trading guys, we're not playing you And yet we're to stay professional at some point.

  • As players, we need to be treated with the same respect and how the same rights that the team can have, because as a player, you're the worst person in the world when you want a different situation.

  • But but a team can say they're trading you, and that man is to stay in shape.

  • He is to stay professional, and if not, his career is on the line.

  • At some point.

  • This league has to protect the players from embarrassment like that.

  • You know, we talk all of this stuff about you can't do this.

  • You can't say that publicly.

  • If you say that public your Anthony Davis got find, I think $100,000 or something like that for demanding the trade publicly.

  • But you can say Andre Drummond's getting traded publicly and we're looking to trade him publicly, and he's to stay professional and just deal with it.

  • But then when Kyrie Irving say all my mental health is off everybody go crazy about that, too?

  • Do you not think that affect someone mentally as much as we put into this game to be great, to come out here and being shaped to produce for fans every single night and most importantly, to help your team win?

  • Do you think that doesn't affect someone mentally?

  • But as players were told to, I know you can't say that.

  • You can't say this, but teams can.

  • It goes along the same lines of when, when everyone wants to say, Oh, man, that young guy can't figure it out But no one wants to say the organization can't figure it out at some point.

  • The players must be respected in these situations, and it's ridiculous, and I'm sick of seeing it.

  • You'll have a great night.

  • I'll see you all tomorrow or Wednesday.

um, I would like to talk about something that's really bothering me, and, uh, it's the treatment of players in this league.

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