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The ongoing labor negotiations and the looming possibility of a lockout next summer were the biggest stories to come out of David Stern's annual tip-off conference call with members of the media. But the commissioner also had some interesting things to say about a few of the other issues that the league is currently facing.
One of those issues is Carmelo Anthony, and how he's the latest star player to say he wants to be traded out of his current situation. It would seem at first glance that this isn't something that the league would want to see happening regularly, but somewhat surprisingly, Stern didn't seem to have too much of a problem with it.
"You know, the players have no obligation to sign a contract, and I remember these guys, what were their names, Kareem Abdul?Jabbar, who actually asked to be traded; Patrick Ewing, who asked to be traded," Stern said, when asked if situations like Anthony's could be destabilizing. "Here we have a player who's keeping his options open. That's his right under the collective bargaining agreement, and I don't think it's fair to hold him to a higher standard."
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Full story at http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/10/22/david-stern-optimistic-about-future-for-carmelo-anthony-lebron/
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