As long as I don’t apply for a transaction, I can’t leave! How difficult is it to have a veto on a transaction? There are only 10 people in the NBA

For most NBA players, it is difficult for them to fully control the fate of their careers. Even the best players will be traded because they do not meet the team's lineup needs or team building plans. For example, this year's Doncic, you should know that he just led the team to the finals last season, but he was traded in less than a year. Although the NBA has the right to trade veto, this right is very difficult to obtain. The first method is that players who sign 3 or more consecutive contracts with the team can automatically obtain the right to trade veto. Another method is that players negotiate with the team. Therefore, looking at history, only 10 players have enjoyed this treatment. So let’s take a look at who they are!

10. Stockton

As the best guard in the history of the Jazz, Stockton has only played for this team in his 19-year career. During this period, he also became the NBA's historical assist king and historical steal king. Under Stockton's leadership, although the Jazz failed to win the championship, the team won at least two Western Conference championships. Considering the Bulls' dominance at that time, it is understandable that they failed to win the championship in the last two years.

9. David Robinson

David Robinson is a celebrity of the Spurs. He has played in the NBA for 14 years and has never changed teams in between. At Robinson's peak, he was one of the best inside players in the league. Therefore, in addition to being selected for the All-First Team and the Best Defensive Team, he also won DPOY, scoring king, rebounding king, blocking king, and MVP. By the end of his career, David Robinson also successfully helped the Spurs win two championships, so his career was undoubtedly very successful.

8. Kobe

Kobe, who has played in the NBA for 20 years, is also a representative star in the NBA. As one of the best players in NBA history, Kobe has won many honors in his career. Not only has he led the Lakers to win 5 championships, he has also won personal honors such as MVP, scoring champion, FMVP, etc. Because Kobe's contribution to the Lakers was too outstanding, even though his competitive state declined sharply after ruptured the Achilles tendon, the team not only did not trade him, but also gave him a maximum salary every year. Therefore, it can be seen that Kobe and the Lakers are successful cases of going in two directions.

7. Nowitzki

, who played one more season than Kobe, had a career lasting 21 years, and he also played for the Mavericks from the beginning. Although the Mavericks are no more powerful than the Lakers, and the team cannot win so many championships, Nowitzki and the Mavericks still trust each other, even if they were beaten by the Black Eight in the first round in 2007, their relationship did not shake. Fortunately, they were lucky. In 2011, Nowitzki led the team to the only championship in team history, and then his career basically went downhill. In the end, he retired in 2019, and the Mavericks later created an exclusive statue for him.

6.Duncan

In 1997, under the gaze of everyone's attention, Duncan was selected by the Spurs with the No. 1 pick without any suspense. He was selected for the first team of the rookie season at the peak, and then led the team to win the first championship in team history the following year. Later in Duncan's career, he always led the Spurs to occupy a strong team seat, and the team also won many championships during this period. However, it is worth mentioning that Duncan had the idea of ​​leaving the team, but in the end he chose to stay with the Spurs. Now it seems that this is undoubtedly the best decision he has made.

5. Garnett

In Garnett's career, he had obtained two trade vetos. The first time was during the Timberwolves. At that time, he was a top five star in the league, and later he won the MVP and led the team to the Western Conference Finals. Later, he was traded to the Celtics and agreed to this plan. Then at the Celtics, Garnett got another veto, but he was still traded again. This time the team also discussed it with him in advance, and he nodded again even though he knew that he had declined and was unwilling to delay the team's reconstruction.

4.Ward

Although Wade had many conflicts with the Heat management before he retired, he had been treated as a veto for transactions. However, as Wade declined later, the Heat did not care about the achievements he had made for this team at all, so they still did not give a maximum salary. So Wade took the initiative to leave here, but he still loved this team very much, so at the end of his career he returned to Miami and ended his career as a Heat player.

3. Anthony, who entered the NBA in the same year as Wade, had the opportunity to join forces with the former, but between the championship and the big contract, Anthony chose the latter. Later, Anthony, who joined the Knicks, became the face of the team, so he once had the right to veto the deal. However, after Anthony declined, he was placed on the trading shelves by the team and sent it to the Thunder in 2017. Since leaving the Knicks, Anthony's decline has become even more obvious, and he almost retired early in the middle. Fortunately, the Trail Blazers gave him a chance to return to the NBA.

2. Bill

As one of the most premium players in NBA history, when the Wizards and Bill reached a five-year, 251 million contract renewal in 2022, the outside world thought the price was too high, and the most important thing was that the Wizards gave him the veto in this contract.. In 2023, the Wizards successfully got rid of his big contract on the grounds of sending Bill to the championship, and then the Suns were killed. After getting Bill, their performance continued to decline, but the team just couldn't send him away. Now it seems that the only possibility for them to break up is to buy out.

1. James

As the greatest superstar in NBA history, James has always mastered his destiny as much as possible in his career. Even after he was over 30, he would choose 1+1, 2+1 when signing the contract, and bring his own player options in the last year. Later, when he joined the Lakers, James' strength and his own commercial value made it impossible for the Lakers to trade him without his permission, especially now that James still has the right to veto the transaction, so this is even more impossible. In addition, considering James' age, he will most likely retire here in the end.