legendary Charles Barkley explained why the NBA introduced the second rich line rules in the Bill Simmons podcast, saying that this was because of the trend of group squad caused by James and Durant.
"Why did they introduce these stupid rules? Because the players want to join in groups but not compete. James gathers his brothers, and KD wants to play with the Warriors. Wait, don't you guys want to compete with each other?" Barkley said.
Durant replied on Twitter: "Oh, since we are going to play the blame game, I will choose Bob Myers (former general manager of the Warriors) as the scapegoat."
Bob Myers is the former general manager of the Warriors, who built the Warriors team with three championships in four years.