
According to Marc Stein, some of his sources have learned that league officials and some team owners will explore ways to punish and restrict players from applying for a trade in the next collective bargain.
Marc Stein said the approach could be the use of fine sanctions, with league officials and some team owners fearing that other high-paying players will follow Harden's lead. Harden has been in Houston and Brooklyn for the past 13 months in a row in the form of a "strike" to apply for trades.
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