Jalen Bluntson wrote:Wildcat wrote:Jalen Bluntson wrote:
The BKN ain't it fact has been proven time and again but, they got KD/Kyrie. It doesn't matter what CLE wants to do. Miami ALWAYS finds a way. It's not like DM is going anywhere this season. None of your reasons are very valid at all.
Enlighten me. Other than this KD/Kyrie situation, what other marquee (or otherwise for that manner) player signed with Brooklyn over the Knicks? DeAndre Jordan? Nets have always had a better situation than the Knicks in year's past. Be it their roster, cap space, draft picks, or all of the above. That's out the window. Their draft capital is trash, the roster isn't great, and CBA will make throwing all their cap space into 1 max not ideal. Saying it isn't "cool" to play for the Knicks didn't age well for KD. The Nets rep around the league has been thoroughly trashed. Listen to the post game presser if you're on the fence on that because what Miles said and the tone it was said is quite telling.
As for Miami, where's Lillard? We can't say they always find a way when they just missed out on Lillard and Holiday. Rozier is a nice pick-up, but no one was really fighting over him.
Spida is more likely to stay with Cleveland than he isn't when we consider they can pay him the most. I'm sure if they decide to built around him, Garland and Mobley will net them complimentary pieces.
Cleveland is no mans land. If LeBron wasn't from Ohio they STILL wouldn't have a championship. Even HE left his hometown!
TWICE!!
We are not talking about choosing BKN over the Knicks. We are talking about Cleveland.
He's gone by the next TDL or sooner. You are crazy to think anything else.
LeBron leaving Cleveland is very different circumstance than if Spida leaves. He left in 2010 because Cleveland weren't interested in spending money and frankly playing for Pat with Wade and Bosh was obviously the better career path no manner how **** the decision was. And we already know why he left in 2018 (for his brand) and left more or less in good terms.
But why wouldn't Brooklyn be about the conversation when you brought up that they got KD/Kyrie picked Brooklyn over the Knicks? Seems like you're putting it out there that there is choice between Knicks/Nets.
Spida staying in Cleveland is not a forgone conclusion. Assuming there's no major moves to shift cap space, there is no team other than the 76ers that can pay him the max the year he opts out of his player option and that max is lower than the max he gets in Cleveland. Not signing the extension last Summer wasn't a sign he was leaving, but rather to get another year if he choose to sign an extension. Mitchell starting salary could be as much as 60 mil per season staying with Cleveland. If Cleveland decides to pivot and trade Garland and Mobley for better pieces to fit with Michell, I see it as a real possibly that Donovan stays.
RIP mags
