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NBA Offseason 2017 |OT| Only Big Ballers Allowed *please pay $495 to be a Big Baller
- Thread starter Jarate
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If the Thunder do great he won't. Said so in a recent interview, that his stanning for the Lakers was overblown. If they're a championship contender he stays. I think even if he makes the WCF he'll stay.
AgentChris
Member
Melo for Kyrie and Cavs sign Rose.
Nah Celtics. Bron about to relive his first stint with the Cavs
Randolph Freelander
Member
I don't entirely trust Windhorst's reporting on anything, let alone this. The bit about Kyrie not wanting to play with LeBron any longer is entirely inconsistent with everything Kyrie has said about loving playing with LeBron. (Years back, before LBJ returned to Cleveland, Windhorst reported things about Irving where Kyrie essentially said Windhorst was making things up, couldn't be further from the truth. [Edit: here])
That said, if Kyrie either knows or simply has a strong belief that LeBron will leave next summer, it makes sense to ask for a trade now because fat chance the Cavs will cut him loose next summer if and when LeBron bolts. He has a better chance of landing somewhere this summer while the Cavs believe they might still be able to influence LeBron to stay.
That said, if Kyrie either knows or simply has a strong belief that LeBron will leave next summer, it makes sense to ask for a trade now because fat chance the Cavs will cut him loose next summer if and when LeBron bolts. He has a better chance of landing somewhere this summer while the Cavs believe they might still be able to influence LeBron to stay.
WCF is their absolute best case ceiling.
KissDaRing
Banned
Celtics and Raptors automatically become the teams to beat in the East with Kyrie off of that roster.
CopperPuppy
Member
Who says no?
Are you kidding?
For real though, the Finals loss got this whole organization shook.
Question: is this the first time LBJ has been the one blindsided by a big player move, rather than being the one doing the blindsiding?
KissDaRing
Banned
Totally makes sense.
Woj says one of the teams Kyrie wants to be traded to is the Spurs.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/888493088141737984
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/888493088141737984
What do you expect Kyrie to say? "I hate sharing the spotlight with LBJ, my teammate."
Yeah 100% this is just a let me get off this team before LeBron leaves situation
KissDaRing
Banned
Yup. Seems like karma gonna start catching up with Lebron now.
Confirms that Kyrie asked for a trade as well unless the common source is wrong
True Savior
Member
It's happening.
LMA superstar about to dominate the East.
I'm sorry Boston. You had your chance.
Why would you want to stay on that team with that owner and Lebron leaving?
Starphoenix
Member
Kyrie would be nice after losing out on CP3.
I doubt lebron was blindsided by this and it actually makes it all the easier for him to leave next season
juliushandle
Member
PG only said that so the OKC fans won't burn down his condo. He's gone after the season regardless of how well the team does.
2012:
Trisran Thompson
CJ Miles
Dion Waiters
Shaun Livingston
Ramon Sessions
Luke Walton
Antawn Jamison
Varejao
Casspi
Anthony Parker
How many top 15 players couldn't have gotten them to an 8th seed?
Lebron was gonna bounce if they didn't win the chip this season anyway.
Can Kawhi and LeBron coexist 🤔
Even if he wins a championship? Not saying that's going to happen, but still. He's not stupid.
Paul Pierce wanted to go to the Lakers as well but he stuck it out. You can't be that much of a homer.
If we could dump LMA I would be the happiest mofo ever
KissDaRing
Banned
there fixed...
RedAssedApe
Banned
clarkson and deng for kyrie
Even if you look at last season with better players: Cavs were -120 in 635 minutes with Kyrie on and Lebron off the floor.
He's uber-talented, but needs the right kinda support.
i'm largely calling him a moron because apparently he wants to return to being the focal point of an offense and yet requested a trade to the spurs.
and i wasn't entirely convinced lebron is leaving though this changes everything
You for real? That team is absolute trash. Waiters was a mess, TT had no basketball skills, and the rest are bench filler.
KissDaRing
Banned
This may be the new 2K curse. Whomever is on the cover will start asking for trades the following offseason..
KissDaRing
Banned
Put Lebron in Kyries spot on this roster and even he couldn't take this squad to the 8th seed.
eBay Huckster
Member
i've got money on "not sniffing the playoffs" unless it's SA
y'all are severely overrating soph Kyrie if you think 2012 LeBron wouldn't get that team (which went 24-58) at least 15 more wins
KissDaRing
Banned
He is leaving whether they win or lose anyways. Depending on how the season develops some of the options he thinks he has may not pan out for him the way he hopes.
Kyrie Irving is like Kevin Love but just didn't get to be Kevin Love for as many years on the bad teams he inevitably would have been on without Bron so people didn't slap him with the fake superstar label (also pretty sure his shoe sells like crazy, which probably helps avoid that). Why would he want to leave LeBron? LeBron made it so he could just play into his instincts of score, make and take bad shots, and only play defense against the Warriors.
Why use not wanting to play with Bron for cover when Bron helped make him, and Bron maybe leaves in a year anyway? What a messsssss.
Why use not wanting to play with Bron for cover when Bron helped make him, and Bron maybe leaves in a year anyway? What a messsssss.
They still get that work from GS
KissDaRing
Banned
I don't know about that. If Kawhi and Tony Parker don't get injured this past postseason we may very well have seen the Spurs in the Finals against the Cavs.
Peter Ian Staker
Member
This makes no sense. If you are a pure scorer that isn't a good playmaker like Kyrie you want to be next to Lebron.
He is a once in a lifetime intelligent playmaker that's giving you open looks for days. He is the perfect teammate for you
And you want to go to the Spurs to be the focal point? They have a guy who is a better scorer than you and can actually play defense.
He is a once in a lifetime intelligent playmaker that's giving you open looks for days. He is the perfect teammate for you
And you want to go to the Spurs to be the focal point? They have a guy who is a better scorer than you and can actually play defense.
except nah
Starphoenix
Member
Dude. I like the Spurs, but no way that was happening outside of GS injuries.
KissDaRing
Banned
Remember how they were handling Golden State in game 1 by 20+ points going into the 4th until Kawhi got hurt?