DowJones wrote:CB-Blazer wrote:Some of these deals are crazy. Kylie isn't going to bring in substantially more than Paul, Howard, Melo, Deron, etc did, which some of these deals offer way more.
I like Kyrie, but he is being pretty overrated in this thread.
Yes, he would get more than those guys. Kyrie is still on his rookie deal. That means any team he gets traded to would have a GREAT chance at signing him to an extension as nobody has ever turned down the max to sign a qualifying offer. Kyrie is also very young. He is as young today as D-Williams was as a rookie.
Kyrie would fetch something real good. The deal would be similar to what Utah got for Williams which was 1 elite young prospect (Favors), 2 future 1st round draft picks, and a decent player in Devin Harris. Cleveland would be looking for a Top-5 pick in the 2014 draft as a starting point. If the pick is in the Top-3 then that alone may be enough. I don't see anyone trading Embiid for Kyrie, but I could see a few teams trading pick #2 or pick #3 for him.
Players like Kyrie typically are NEVER available. You are talking about a 2x All-Star at age 21 that is still on his rookie contract. You are talking about a guy that all of Team-USA was raving about during the past 2 summers. You are talking about a guy that outperformed guys like Paul George and Anthony Davis this past summer at the Team USA workouts.
2x all star in the east......JJ just made the east all star team.
16-30 in the east
Seemingly always injured.
Disgruntled
End of rookie contract
And when you have to talk bout out performing someone on work outs, well your reaching.
I'm not saying he won't fetch a decent package.
But Derozan, Ross, Amir, multiple firsts and multiple 2 nds? You really think he is worth that
He will likely get a good prospect or a early lotto pick, 2 mid/late 1sts and a tad bit of salary relief.
Your not going to get multiple top picks, your not going to get several good prospects in addition to a few first rounders, your not going to get Westbrook, your not going to get Rondo.