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BKlutch wrote:Kyrie Irving didn't talk with his teammates for days at a time during the playoffs!

https://sports.yahoo.com/report-kyrie-irving-went-consecutive-180648732.html

Report: Kyrie Irving went consecutive days during playoffs without talking to Cavaliers teammates
Dan Feldman
NBC Sports•Aug 10, 2017, 2:28 PM

Kyrie Irving‘s trade request, to a borrow a word from him, is peculiar.

The second-best player on the NBA’s second-best team requesting a trade? That’s so far outside the norm.

So, there has been plenty of energy devoted to trying to understand Irving’s disconnect with the Cavaliers.

James Jones – who played the last three years in Cleveland then got hired by the Suns, who are in Irving trade talks – should have insight.

Dave McMenamin of ESPN on The BBall Breakdown Podcast (hat tip: reddit user Ivan_Pavlovich):

I think I reported this on SportsCenter this week. He saw Kyrie Irving in the playoffs this year – in between the first round, when they beat Indiana, and the second round, when they played Toronto – go consecutive days without speaking to a teammate at practice.

On that stage. It’s one thing to say people go through their ups and downs in the regular season. But when you get to the playoffs, “when the main thing is the main thing, and we’re brothers, and we’re pulling together to get this thing done” – even at that level, there were still things that made him sullen or reclusive from his teammates.

Winning cures most ills. It obviously doesn’t cure all ills. Irving reportedly considered requested a trade after the Cavs won the 2016 title.

We don’t know all the context of Irving’s silence. Was he protesting or just locked in? Either way, this seems like a poor way of fostering a bond within the team.

Anyone considering trading for Irving ought to consider his attitude, but this is just one vague incident. The rest of this story and other cases would reveal more.

basketboule wrote:

BKlutch wrote:Kyrie Irving didn't talk with his teammates for days at a time during the playoffs!

https://sports.yahoo.com/report-kyrie-irving-went-consecutive-180648732.html

Report: Kyrie Irving went consecutive days during playoffs without talking to Cavaliers teammates
Dan Feldman
NBC Sports•Aug 10, 2017, 2:28 PM

Kyrie Irving‘s trade request, to a borrow a word from him, is peculiar.

The second-best player on the NBA’s second-best team requesting a trade? That’s so far outside the norm.

So, there has been plenty of energy devoted to trying to understand Irving’s disconnect with the Cavaliers.

James Jones – who played the last three years in Cleveland then got hired by the Suns, who are in Irving trade talks – should have insight.

Dave McMenamin of ESPN on The BBall Breakdown Podcast (hat tip: reddit user Ivan_Pavlovich):

I think I reported this on SportsCenter this week. He saw Kyrie Irving in the playoffs this year – in between the first round, when they beat Indiana, and the second round, when they played Toronto – go consecutive days without speaking to a teammate at practice.

On that stage. It’s one thing to say people go through their ups and downs in the regular season. But when you get to the playoffs, “when the main thing is the main thing, and we’re brothers, and we’re pulling together to get this thing done” – even at that level, there were still things that made him sullen or reclusive from his teammates.

Winning cures most ills. It obviously doesn’t cure all ills. Irving reportedly considered requested a trade after the Cavs won the 2016 title.

We don’t know all the context of Irving’s silence. Was he protesting or just locked in? Either way, this seems like a poor way of fostering a bond within the team.

Anyone considering trading for Irving ought to consider his attitude, but this is just one vague incident. The rest of this story and other cases would reveal more.

If I was forced to play with those ridiculous clowns, I also wouldn't speak to them. I'm dead serious. I'd hang out with Love and wait until it's over.

BKlutch wrote:

basketboule wrote:

BKlutch wrote:Kyrie Irving didn't talk with his teammates for days at a time during the playoffs!

https://sports.yahoo.com/report-kyrie-irving-went-consecutive-180648732.html

If I was forced to play with those ridiculous clowns, I also wouldn't speak to them. I'm dead serious. I'd hang out with Love and wait until it's over.

You can call Lebron and JR ridiculous clowns. At least we know JR is, and Shump is also suspect. But as a professional, Kyrie is paid to keep his cool and do the right thing. Part of that is to act the part for the benefit of the team he plays on. He has little leeway to let his emotions dictate his behavior if he expects to command a tremendous salary in future years.

basketboule wrote:

BKlutch wrote:

basketboule wrote:If I was forced to play with those ridiculous clowns, I also wouldn't speak to them. I'm dead serious. I'd hang out with Love and wait until it's over.

You can call Lebron and JR ridiculous clowns. At least we know JR is, and Shump is also suspect. But as a professional, Kyrie is paid to keep his cool and do the right thing. Part of that is to act the part for the benefit of the team he plays on. He has little leeway to let his emotions dictate his behavior if he expects to command a tremendous salary in future years.

I think this whole professionalism narrative is also being used to a fault. I look at it like this:

These people are paid according to their qualification. So are you and me and anybody in their jobs. Now that said, if your co-worker were a jerk to the unbelievable extent LeBron is one, I bet you'd let the world know, let him know and if nothing were to change after years of you enduring this clown and he'd be getting your credit all the time and your boss would keep riding this douche's dick 24/7... you'd be the hell out of there and applying for another job. It's human.

basketboule wrote:Why do millionaires sell drugs?

Jstarks3 wrote:when the f is the schedule coming out? they've already released some dates, so that means its done.

basketboule wrote:Why do millionaires sell drugs?

basketboule wrote:Why do millionaires sell drugs?

Worst_to_First wrote:On a purely basketball sense losing ZBo would cost the Kings some wins. Darn it. Too much tank competition this coming season.

god shammgod wrote:zbo wasn't selling drugs. anything over a certain limit they can get you on intent to sell. the man is a millionaire. he aint buying weed by the half ounce. and he's busy, he aint trying to cop every couple days. the weed laws need to catch up to reality already. this is like you buy a 6 pack and you're legally fine but you buy a keg and it's a felony. sh*t is a travesty of justice.

earthmansurfer wrote:

god shammgod wrote:zbo wasn't selling drugs. anything over a certain limit they can get you on intent to sell. the man is a millionaire. he aint buying weed by the half ounce. and he's busy, he aint trying to cop every couple days. the weed laws need to catch up to reality already. this is like you buy a 6 pack and you're legally fine but you buy a keg and it's a felony. sh*t is a travesty of justice.

Well, it is a matter of time before players do (for lack of a better word) a class action lawsuit against the NBA regarding medical Cannabis. If it is legal in CA (or the respective States), and safer for their bodies, then why would the NBA want them taking dangerous pain meds? Why not back the players and put pressure on the FED's to change outdated drug laws?

On a separate note, if he was not selling but had a large amount, his lawyers will get him off on that. I predict, in time, you are just going to see so many players using Cannabis that the league will just have to accept it. But like our corrupt government, they go after people and don't solve problems. Those days are coming to an end though.

god shammgod wrote:zbo wasn't selling drugs. anything over a certain limit they can get you on intent to sell. the man is a millionaire. he aint buying weed by the half ounce. and he's busy, he aint trying to cop every couple days. the weed laws need to catch up to reality already. this is like you buy a 6 pack and you're legally fine but you buy a keg and it's a felony. sh*t is a travesty of justice.