Part of “it’s a business” is acknowledging that teams are incentivized to get the best value possible from any player demanding to be traded.

I have to issue this disclaimer on all Knicks blogs: I am a Knicks fan, I hate them, and I’m under no delusion that this stupid scheme to court players who don’t want to play here will actually end well. Everything is bad. Okay.

“They’re scheduled to play the Raiders in Oakland on Dec. 9. They’ve played just three games there since 1995. They’ve lost all three.”