The National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of the most popular sports leagues in the world, featuring some of the best athletes on the planet. One of the most exciting parts of the NBA season is the trade deadline, where teams can exchange players and picks to improve their rosters. However, the NBA’s current trade system has been criticized for being complex and sometimes unfair. As a result, many fans and analysts have called for the league to fix its trade rules and regulations to ensure a more balanced and transparent process.

With the NBA trying to make their basketball games more entertaining, they have tried to make their teams trade more often, to give a newer look to each team. One of the most recent examples of this was when superstar Kevin Durant, who is considered one of the best players in the league, decided to request a trade to the Phoenix Suns. This was just days after his fellow teammate Kyrie Irving, was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, making the team they were originally on the Brooklyn Nets go from NBA championship contenders into just another average team. In return the Nets were only given two role players and a large amount of draft picks for the next five years. It is widely considered that the NBA has a problem with trades as teams are willing to sacrifice years of potential in the future, for current generational talent for a short time span.  

One way that the NBA could improve its trade system is by implementing a more structured and transparent process for trade negotiations. Majority of the time, trades are often negotiated behind closed doors, and it is not until the trade is done for fans and analysts to give their opinion on the situation. The league could change this by implementing a new framework for trade negotiations, with set rules for the types of assets that teams can exchange, such as players, draft picks, and contract prices.

Similar to fantasy sports leagues, the NBA could introduce a trade market where teams could make and receive trade proposals from other teams. This would allow for greater transparency in the trade process, with fans and analysts able to see the types of offers being made and the potential impact on each team’s roster. Additionally, the league could implement a system where trade proposals are reviewed and approved by a third-party committee, ensuring that all trades are fair and balanced. Overall, this will keep fans involved and make games more intense.