Shams: Cleveland and Boston have agreement on deal to send Kyrie Irving to the Celtics for Isaiah Thomas package to Cavs

[___Rand___]

Crap. it's DONE!

[rapstarter]

I don't get it. I would have been iffy on trading Isaiah for Kyrie straight up.

[Jef]

Goddammit Casey. There is now NO pressure on ya - play it smart, cut KL's minutes and let the goddam kids play this year, man! Then we have a GREAT chance two years from now when a couple of the kids step up.

[Maximillion]

LMAO Ainge so obsessed with holding onto picks and he just gives it away now because the Celtics are too cheap to just straight pay IT2. This sucks because that unprotected 2018 Nets pick might just keep LeBron in the East for awhile longer. But still, LOL Celtics.

[___Rand___]

Boston is a problem now. I fear Kyrie man. Cavs are worse but still better than us with LeBron. Raps firmly in 3/4th with Washington.

Yeah Kyrie is tough to defend. Their robbery of Nets finally paying off.

[bon]

Good news: Ainge is a confirmed idiot

Bad news: ****ing Cavs.....

[Tanner]

Wow was not expecting the BK pick to be included. Makes it look a lot better than what was originally talked about for Cleveland. Won't make too much of a difference for their 2017-18 chances (they ain't beating the W's regardless) and gets them a top pick when The OG Ring Chaser leaves to find his next super team.

[Scott Hall]

Boston gave up waaaaay to much

Hopefully the 2018 draft is awful

[Major Giz]

Cavs need to see what superstar Kevin Love and the Brooklyn pick gets you. Kick the tires on Anthony Davis

Ummmm. Just no.

[The Duke]

I take back my previous post, Boston should not have included the nets pick.

Cavs win, Boston loses

[NBA Sheady]

These trash ass nba ref will make sure cavs and Celtics ECF happen

Would make for an interesting Conf Final

[___Rand___]

Boston gave up waaaaay to much

Hopefully the 2018 draft is awful

2018 draft is also a good one at the top. Cavs will get a real good player.

[Tofubeque]

Not worried, we got KJ McDaniels.

Ainge: "When we heard that Toronto got KJ McDaniels, we knew we had to make a move"

[DreamTeam09]

So with all those picks so far the boston got, they have Jaylen Brown n Tatem to show for it??? The top of this upcoming draft could produce players better than Brown n Tatem. Can't hate tho, they did end up with. Kyrie. I'm not giving up the chance to get Bagley or Porter or Donic tho, i'd rather move Jaylen

[OakleyDokely]

Great trade for the Cavs. They can still compete for the title this year with Thomas and Crowder who are win now players. If it doesn't work out and Lebron leaves, they can start the rebuild with the Nets pick which should be high.

I understand why BOS does this. They don't want to pay Thomas and Irving fits well with their young core. But they paid a lot for a slight upgrade from Thomas to Irving.

[EH15]

Calling it now. Nets pick won't even be top 5 unless they got lucky through the lottery.

[joshgc]

IT and LBJ would make a deadly combo.

Really? I dont see it. Irving and IT are essentially the same shoot first PG with major offensive talent but who both cant play defense and doesnt play a true PG game. And if I had to choose, Kyrie is better and more lethal than IT in that regard.

Kyrie scares me more with the ball than IT ever will, so I def think this would be an L for cleveland. Someone like Chris Paul with Lebron James wouldve been a deadly combo

Kyrie is also 4 years younger than IT.

[Basketball_Jones]

Meh, Raptors are still the Kings of the East.

[Steelo Green]

Calling it now. Nets pick won't even be top 5 unless they got lucky through the lottery.

They likely have the worst record in the NBA so at worst it's the 4th pick in the draft.

[MavCarter]

I think the celtics gave up a little too much but at the same time the cavs are going to have to pay IT massive money next summer