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Thought this was a really interesting article from &scape about player empowerment, and how it's maybe a misnomer since it's only empowering a small number of players, at the detriment to a great many others. And I that it doesn't have to be an either/or choice between hating GMs treating humans like assets and disliking mercurial players laying waste to franchises--you can not like both.
https://andscape.com/features/player-empowerment-in-the-nba-is-good-but-not-for-everyone/
Thought this was a really interesting article from &scape about player empowerment, and how it's maybe a misnomer since it's only empowering a small number of players, at the detriment to a great many others. And I that it doesn't have to be an either/or choice between hating GMs treating humans like assets and disliking mercurial players laying waste to franchises--you can not like both.