Posted by joshkvt on 8/19/2016 4:58:00 PM (view original):
If you're taking advantage (your words) of another owner, and in the course of doing so putting every other team at a disadvantage by having a top pick signed who otherwise couldn't be, why wouldn't the other 30 owners veto? As tec (I think) noted, a trade of a useful player for a non-useful player should never make it through.
Scenario B is irrelevant. Both teams start and end with the same salary cap. The other 30 teams in the world are not put at a disadvantage. Twisting the discussion to paint those opposed to cash in trades as having to also be against any trade in which one team or the other benefits is ridiculous.
Jesus christ.
A) I'm assuming that if I know about the other owner's desperation to shed salary (or trade for cash), then everyone else does too. So whatever I pay will be in line with market rate.
B) This is a game, but it's also a competition. When you're negotiating a trade do you say to yourself, "hmm let me structure my offer so as to make this trade as fair as possible?" Or do you try to extract as much value as possible from the other owner? I want to put every other team at a disadvantage.