I believe this is the trend in sports now. the San Antonio Spurs and New England Patriots seem to have started this. The Portland Trailblazers and Atlanta Falcon's recent moves seem to suggest this. The Drays traded Delmon Young and rid themselves of Elijah Dukes. My guess is that teams want people who are more focused on the idea of winning as opposed to the "me me me $ $ $" culture that permeates hip-hop and general fame driven society. At the bare minimum, teams are limiting their exposure by having as few selfish anti-team athletes as possible, and hoping that the rest of the more team-oriented athletes can influence the bad apples to conform their behavior or at least read and understand the playbook. Good discussion topic for today. Go.