Loyalty in the NBA is dead.
When Kevin Durant joined the Warriors in 2016, many people said that he had no loyalty. Some even called him a snake. Even if he and the Thunder hadn’t loss to the Warriors the year before, the comments would have been the same.
How dare you leave the team that drafted you? Oklahoma City was always there for you. After all, you practically became a man here. Whatever happened to loyalty in the NBA.
However, here’s the thing about loyalty: It has to go both ways.
Yesterday, the Los Angeles Clippers traded Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons in a blockbuster move.