This summer in the NBA was dominated by two reported instances of players demanding trades to specific teams—Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard to the Heat, and 76ers guard James Harden to the Clippers.
One [Lillard] did not get his wish, although his eventual move to the Bucks seems to be going swimmingly for Milwaukee. The other, Harden, did; Philadelphia sent him to Los Angeles early Tuesday morning.
The pair of ordeals generated widespread discussion on the nature of player empowerment and the ethics of players targeting trade requests toward one specific team. On Wednesday, Bulls guard DeMar DeRozan weighed in on the latter development.