[tendulkar23]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Not necessarily at least if a player demands a trade you know where he stands and the team gets some assets in return for the player.

LeBron still went through with a sign and trade, even though the team showed their true colors. Cleveland received two first rounders and two second rounders, along with a trade exception. LeBron had no business doing that, but he still did.

A good example is right now with Melo where he clearly stated that he had no intentions of staying in Denver, so now the Nuggets are able to trade him and actually get a damn good return for him if the package from the Nets goes through.

That's all fine and dandy, except for the fact that Carmelo has said that he does not want to be traded to New Jersey.

Lebron sat there and said how much he loved Cleveland, how much he loved playing there and how they were such a fun team and he loved playing with those guys but then at the FIRST opportunity he had to bolt he did.

That was not the first opportunity he got to leave. Do you not remember the extension he signed? Since when are rookie deals 7 years long?

For an example more close to home if in 2002 Iginla had spent all season stating how much he loved the Flames, that he loved the city, loved playing with his teammated, that he felt like he had an opportunity to win a Championship with this team but then at the end of the season fled to the Avalanche or Red Wings at his first opportunity to leave as a FA.

I have a feeling that Iggy would have been just as villified in Calgary as Lebron is in Cleveland right now had that happened and that people on this board would probably not be justifing that decision.

I know that I wouldn't blame the guy, our team was and still is doing a terrible job building around Iggy. I don't blame guys that leave during free agency, they don't owe anything to any team. They should pursue the best option for themselves. It's their career, not their team's.