So that's why he got fined? C'mon dude; he cashed the checks.
Honor your contract. Don't use your agent to try to force the team to take a bad trade to get you on team LAbron. The whole situation was grossly unfair to the NO franchise and fans, as well as the entire Lakers roster (minus the wannabe player/GM)
What?
He got fined because he mentioned the Lakers. He could have left it at "I want to be traded" and have been within the rules. Dude hasn't sowed animosity, disrespected his own way, and doesn't even want to sit games out.
Kyrie wanted out from Cleveland and he got traded. This shit happens all the time in professional sportsball. Just because he stated he wanted to be traded doesn't mean he doesn't intend to honor his contract. He's still hooping for the Pels and giving 100%. Davis isn't pulling a Kawhi Leonard here.
Reality is the dude wasn't going to sign an extension. He could've played coy and said "I don't want to talk about it until Summer 2020" (ala Kyrie Irving right now) and left the team with no leverage or any trade value in return for his departure. He's not obligated to sign with NO until 2060.
How many players got traded, against their wishes, at the deadline? Where's your shit talking to all the clubs who acted "grossly unfair" (to those players, their families, and yes their fans) and didn't "honor [their] contract" to all the players they had signed to deals?
The Pelicans have enough leverage in this situation to say, "We don't care what you want. You're playing in NO for another year and a half," but it's not in their best interest to do that. Fans get more sand in their vaginas than the organizations do because this is a business and this shit happens all the damn time – everyone is out to further their own interests within the confines of the CBA. Davis is playing his hand, the organization are playing theirs, and the fans are just along for the ride.