Eric Walden: Is the NBA buyout market actually the devil incarnate? Well then, allow me to play devil’s advocate.
As fans and small-market teams alike complain about the league enabling superteams, it appears they’re not really upset with the actual process itself, but the outcomes.
Denver Nuggets forward Paul Millsap, left, fights for position for a rebound with Cleveland Cavaliers center Andre Drummond in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski). Drummond ended up with the Lakers followting a buyout after the trade deadline. Small-market general managers are increasingly vexed about the trend of high-profile veterans landing on big market teams at bargain rates via buyouts.
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Eric is a West Valley City native and a graduate of Granger High School and the University of Utah who joined The Tribune in 2003. He hoards rescue cats and guinea pigs, reads historical fiction, watches British baking shows, and obsesses over 1980s hair-metal bands in his spare time.