Despite folks having some form of a generation gap debate around this thing, I don't understand why Jags fans are somehow feeling like Jalen is in some horrible unfair position.

Seriously. 32 teams in this league at the top of the sport. It IS an honor to play for any of them and getting paid 23 million guaranteed as a rookie is enough to deal with an old school EVP chewing you out after you did something stupid.

Sure we can cite 10 reasons he wants to play somewhere else, and he'll get the chance eventually, but he'll have to go through the same process any player requesting a trade goes through. It will be interesting to see what the new CBA holds for "player empowerment" and whether anything changes to make these trades easier.
I bet it stays the same in that respect.

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