Dallas Mavericks, who traded Luka Doncic to Los Angeles Lakers, was so amazing that fans have asked NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to veto the trade.
Silver, 62, explained that he has no power to veto any trade during a recent appearance at Barstool Sports’ “Forgive my roof.”
“The answer is no, believe it or not. There is some confusion that people have shouted to me of one or back in the old days, and there is always some confusion there,” Silver said.
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver talks before Paris Games 2025 NBA Basketball Game between San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers in Accor Arena. (Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters via Imag images)
Late NBA Commissioner David Stern veto against a blockbuster three-way trade after lockout in 2011.
Lakers would have acquired 26-year-old superstar guards Chris Paul to join forces with Kobe Bryant from the then new Orleans Hornets. Lakers would have sent Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol. NBA owned Hornets at the time, and general manager, Dell Demps, did not receive Sterns’ approval of the trade.
When Stern found out, he vetoed the trade, but he was only able to veto the Blockbuster because the league owned the team, not because he was a commissioner.
Silver said regardless of the benefits of the trade, he cannot veto a deal that he does not like.
“I mean how we don’t put a thumb on the scale, so to speak, when a trade enters the league office, what our basketball and legal people do is to make sure that this trade works under the framework of the collective negotiation agreement, regardless of What rules are in place, ”he said. We do not get weighed in on what we think the benefits of trade are or should be. ”
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Los Angeles Laker’s guard Luka Doncic moves as he comes back during the first half of a NBA basketball match against Utah Jazz on Monday, February 10, 2025 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
When asked if he at least thought it was cool that Doncic would be in a large market now in Los Angeles, Silver pointed out that Dallas is a large media market.
“Frankly Dallas is a big market, and was I surprised he was traded from this point of view? Yes, I’m a fan and the teams don’t necessarily give the league interior information about that kind of thing, so the trade was not it is one, That I then come.
Silver added that he wanted both Lakers and Mavericks to succeed after the seismic trade.
“The one thing I want to say is to have been in this league for a long time, just as really nothing is written. People who say they can predict the future generally cannot and we get to see. I am kind of rooted for Dallas, and I originate from Lakers.
Davis suffered a groin injury in Mavericks’ victory over Houston Rockets on Saturday and is expected to miss several weeks per week. Espn.
Dallas Mavericks Frem Anthony Davis, No. 3, leaves the game against Houston Rockets during the third quarter of the American Airlines Center. (Jerome Miron-Preferred Pictures)
Doncic debuted on Lakers Monday and scored 14 points in 24 minutes in Lakers Win. It was his first game back from an injury since he hurt Christmas for Christmas.
