Adam Silver Talks NBA Player Trade Demands: 'We Don't Want Them to Happen'

NBA players have taken control of their careers by demanding trades more often in recent years, but NBA Commissioner Adam Silver does not appear to be a fan of that trend.

"Player trade demands are a bad thing," Silver said during an appearance on SportsCenter on Thursday. "We don't want them to happen, and we've got to focus on that and make sure that everyone is honoring their agreements."

This season's trade deadline saw a ton of movement around the league, including some notable deals involving star players. Kyrie Irving demanded to be traded from the Brooklyn Nets six days before the deadline, and they eventually shipped him to the Dallas Mavericks.

In the wake of Irving's departure, the Nets also moved star forward Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns to fulfill his desire of playing for a contending team when he returns from a sprained MCL in his right knee that has held him out since January.

Silver acknowledged that players demanding trades is "nothing new," but nowadays things are amplified by social media and other factors. He added that the league feels it's important for players to honor their contracts, and he indicated that it has proven to be difficult to find a solution.

"You never want it to get to the point where a player's literally demanding that he goes somewhere else," Silver said. "And so, you know, again, something we're discussing in collective bargaining. There aren't, again, any simple fixes here or else we would've done it."

Despite his unhappiness with how some of these trades happened, Silver touted the amount of deals that were completed before the trade deadline. He said at this point the league is hoping to "find the right balance."