mtcan wrote:Synciere wrote:mtcan wrote:Let him commit career suicide then.
He is a distraction...plain and simple.
He is a phenomenal scorer but that is all he is...and that is only when he isn't injured/sitting out because of his own stupid cause/taking unannounced leave from the team for whatever stupid reasons...in other words he isn't any good to any team when he isn't physically and mentally available to the team...which is most of the time.
He is quickly becoming a negative asset a la Demarcus Cousins and eventually no team will touch him despite how great a scorer he is.
That's what everyone said when he sat out last year, that he was ruining his career. Guess what? It didn't happen. They don't make enough Kyries that he's available and no one takes him. It seems that's what a lot of fans would like to see, but that's just not the case. Simply and plainly, his level of distraction doesn't trump his relationship with KD or his talent level. He's nowhere near a negative asset. Quite frankly, I think the Nets really want him too; they just want to see him sweat in case something else happens, it'll make him maybe, just maybe, a little more likely to comply. This is all theatre.
Eventually he will be labeled as a toxic asset. This is approaching Stephon Marbury levels of crazy.
Kyrie was on a guaranteed contract, with what ostensibly was a title contender, and he supposedly remains the best friend of that team's superstar. Kyrie could have done whatever he wanted last season without repercussion...and he basically did.
Given the team's repeated failures, not to mention how we're coming to the end of Kyrie's contract, we'll find out now whether the years of craziness have adversely affected Kyrie's career. I'm guessing...yes.
