NBA Players Take Back The Power
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Paul George and Anthony Davis did something this off-season that rattled the NBA to its very core -- they forced their teams to trade them, despite the fact that they were still under contract. The Athletic's Sam Amick joins us to explain how NBA superstars have become so powerful that they can dictate their own trades and line up their future teammates, and what this means for the future of the league. We also look forward to tonight's opening-night match between the Lakers and Clippers, where George and Davis will square off against one another.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | So, Kavita, the NBA season finally tips off tonight. |
| 0:10.7 | It's like Christmas morning. |
| 0:12.0 | It is like Christmas morning. |
| 0:13.2 | There's been so much buildup around this season in part because it was one of the wildest |
| 0:18.9 | off seasons in NBA history. |
| 0:21.2 | Right. I mean, not only were there a bunch of free agent signings, but there were of course |
| 0:26.2 | the two blockbuster trades. |
| 0:30.0 | We'll take long on the first weekend of the NBA off season. |
| 0:32.8 | We have our first major trade, Anthony Davis. |
| 0:36.7 | Everybody talking about Paul George Leaping. |
| 0:39.9 | Yeah, these trades have really shaken up the league and terrified NBA owners because |
| 0:46.2 | Anthony Davis and Paul George, who are playing each other tonight by the way, these are |
| 0:52.0 | franchise players who are under contract and essentially force their own trades. |
| 0:56.8 | Right. |
| 0:57.9 | Heading into this season, we wanted to know how have NBA players become so powerful |
| 1:04.0 | that they can literally dictate their own trades and even who they end up playing with. |
| 1:08.9 | And is this whole situation good for the league or not? |
| 1:16.3 | Well, it turns out that the path to the Paul George and Anthony Davis trades |
| 1:20.6 | runs through Kobe LeBron, Donald Sterling and even Blake Griffin. |
| 1:25.8 | Right. And so we spoke with Sam Amick, a national NBA writer for the athletic |
| 1:30.8 | about this new wave of player empowerment. |
| 1:34.9 | From Wondry and the athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.