[Laissez-faire capitalist]

What say you?

[wideawake]

It really depends on the terms of the agreement he had with the NBA.

He owns one franchise of a larger business, and in any franchised business there are any number of ways to force a franchisee out.

If the franchisor or the other franchisees determine that he is hurting the entire business and threatening its reputation, they are often empowered to act.