We all know this. Maybe I got lost in between what we are discussing but it happens all the time in this league with talented players that teams don’t want to deal with but with social media emphasizes it more than years past. Boogie, Carmelo, Andray Blanche, Lamar Odom, Lance Stephenson, Arenas, etc etc.
what did Carmelo ever do, besides being guilty of being a NY Knick, saving LeBron from drowning, and winning Jim Boeheim a Championship?
He also refused to sign his extension offer with the Nuggets prior to demanding a trade early in his career. I probably shouldn’t have included him even though that period when no team would touch him after the Houston thing still seems curious to me.
No worries, I know where you're going with it. Guys leveraging trade demands for $$$ isn't new, but Kyrie brings his own special twist to it.
Yeah I don’t think discussing Kyrie these days is going to create any legendary debates lol. Everyone knows who he is which is why he’ll likely be out of the league soon. We, the fan, get cheated of what he brings to the game on the floor and that part sucks.No worries, I know where you're going with it. Guys leveraging trade demands for $$$ isn't new, but Kyrie brings his own special twist to it.
Man, I'm just reading this morning that Kyrie is prepared to sit out the rest of this season
I still think what he did to the Celtics was even more harmful
It was Lebron that rescued Carmelo in the Bahamas. Just another example of Bron being greater than MJ. Jordan definitely lets Patrick Ewing drown.
If he’s not traded there is a greater than zero chance he’s played his final NBA game. This would be even more bizarre than Larry Sanders inexplicably deciding he’s finished playing because he felt like a product. Very rare to see players in their prime out of the league without having a physical injury. Not talking a guy like Tyrell Terry who wasn’t making it as an NBA player but legit stars/semi-stars. Who else besides Sanders?
Exactly why I thought Tsai was foolish to dig in on KD. Could have probably gotten a nice package, maybe even Jaylen. Should have blown it up, especially in a Wembanyama draft year. Now, the Nets are going to lose Kyrie for basically nothing. Simmons is a mess. And KD is almost certainly plotting another run at forcing his way out. And he’s hurt.
Ah, good call but the rest of the draft is still pretty promising and you’d still potentially have a shot like Scoot or the Twins.
I assume they can suspend him without pay if he decides not to play
I doubt it since it would be mutual. The Nets are the ones who sat him yesterday citing “sore calf” when they know that he’s never playing for them again. That’s not a battle they are likely to pick but it’s unlikely it would ever come to this.
If the chances aren't zero, it's gotta be really close to zero.
I would have said this, and have, two teams ago…..even one team ago. Who is going to pay him the kind of money that he wants to play basketball? Rebuilding teams won’t, contenders aside from the short list we’ve been discussing won’t……I mean he’s doing a heckuva job crossing teams off on his own.
I don't think we are. HRB is arguing that Kyrie might only play for the contract he wants and that there's a "non-zero chance" he just up and quits. Stranger things have happened.
Kyrie will never get a max contract again if he's not traded by the Nets. He'll have to play for the mid-level exception next season and he won't be worth the headache when he's 32 after that deal ends.
A big part of his toxicity is not playing, or, occasionally, not playing hard. That’s a step beyond troll.
There's a big difference between pay him the kind of money that he wants and might not play in the NBA again.
That’s pretty much what I think and I don’t believe Kyrie would play for the MLE. This kid does have a TON of money and doesn’t have to play in the NBA if he doesn’t want to….and I don’t think he’d want to on one of those year to year “prove it to me” deals.
Weird thing to say after all the game checks he lost last year sitting on (very stupid) principle.
I am a Jew and its upsetting that he, and to a lesser degree, Jaylen Brown traffic in this stuff.
Name me another player on Kyrie's level who pushed for a trade for non-competitive, solely monetary reasons during the season before hitting free agency. Maybe Carmelo is the one player who did it, and he ended up costing himself money in the long run. This isn't the move of a genius who's maxing out his earnings, it's the move of a temperamental baby who can't see that he'll make more money by simply being a reliable player.
I don't know if this is correct, but at least now I have something I can really root for.
As far as I can tell there is only one team interested in Kyrie - the Lakers- and that is also the only team that interests Kyrie. Limiting the competition to one buyer is a great way to destroy a market.
About as bad a fit for Kyrie as there is in the league.
That's a pretty decent haul for a rental for Brooklyn. DFS is a really nice rotation piece and Dinwiddie can replace some of Irving's production while being more available.
That doesn’t make sense to me, his top skill is his ball handling. This seems like a terrible fit for me on the court, then he has to work with Kidd as well. Di-sas-ter.
