Originally Posted by
WildlifeAirGrp
If I was the Pels management/team/staff I wouldn't start AD - avoiding the inevitable booing from what crowd that is in the SKC. Substitute him in and out during timeouts. Therefore no announcements or glaring spotlight when he comes in and out of the game. Minimum minutes regardless - like 4 minutes a game.
Or start him, replay all of his/Lebron's and KlutchSports public comments during last few weeks on the video board and let the fans have it. Rain chants of "Lebron's Your Daddy" and "We Don't Want You" at every moment. Make it so uncomfortable that he caves. Unfortunate, but he is being used by Lebron. Turning down $300 million. I don't care what anyone says, that's a very poor business decision. Your legacy is going to be called stupid.
The NBA hasn't really considered the negative ramifications of this forced action or maybe they have. The rules are in effect to avoid resting players - the player and his representatives in question on our team has openly asked to leave. That's completely different.
But what do I know?