First, it made me happy that many of us do agree that something must be done with these primadonnas as @jakelyson said.
I think Adam Silver will really need to step up here, because this is getting out of control now. There is a power shift and power grab amongst superstar players agains the owners.
This owners are willing to pay players super max contract but expect something in return. But recently, in case of Simmons, and the Irving and now Durant, there is no assurance from this owners that this superstars will play for them until the contract expires.
That's where the problem begins. Managements are ready to pay the luxury tax just to make them stay and it makes it look like they have greater importance than the league. We don't see competition being on a higher level anymore because everything is all about the money.
They can stay "unpunctual" or be absent just because they are one of the tops in the league according to many analysts.
They are fed with many good things about their performance and now they reaping all the rewards without anything to give back. It's not fair to the fans but according to them, it's unfair on their side.
Something has to be done, players can request for a trade if he does not want to play? That's really something. Simmons started it first then we now have Durant and Irving, so now the management are seeing that the players (superstars) are already abusing their right, it's not anymore favorable to the owners who invested a lot of money.
It's actually Kyrie who started it first disrespecting the Celtics logo with a spit and stamping on it.