🧠Why is Hayes so high in status? He only + James Bill has the veto power in the league 😁

Today, famous reporter Shams reported that Hayes signed a one-year contract and returned to the Lakers. After Hayes signed the contract, he was the only three players in the league with the trade veto power!

Although the rights are the same, Hayes's veto power is still slightly different from James' & Bill's; there are two types of transaction veto power in the NBA, which can be simply understood as one is "passive" and the other is "active".

"passive" - ​​that is, what Hayes gets - is given to the player: in some special circumstances, the team cannot directly trade the player in certain periods (if the player waives the right, it can trade), which is equivalent to the player getting the trade veto.

Give two examples:

Ayton - In 2022, the Suns matched the Pacers' offer, leaving restricted free agent Ayton. According to the labor-management agreement, Ayton has a one-year trade veto;

Hays - Because the 2025-26 season will be Hays' third season with the Lakers, he will get the Bird clause after this season, so he will have the trade veto in the next year to protect his Bird clause from being interrupted by the trade.

"active" - ​​that is, what James and Bill got - was discussed by the players and the team.

According to records, only 10 people in NBA history have received this right from the team, namely: James, Garnett, Anthony, Nowitzki, Kobe, Wade, Duncan, David Robinson, John Stockton, and Bill.

Among them, only James has taken it twice - the first time was in the Cavaliers, and the other time is now in the Lakers.