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

Drop Shot · Post #21 » by **Drop Shot** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:48 pm

Crazomali wrote:*Credit goes to Jaysrule for the gif

Ainge dumping him into a situation where Lebron is leaving

I was told by Isaiah that there would have to be Brinks' trucks coming through

T-d0t · Post #22 » by **T-d0t** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:49 pm

I would say if Cavs get Thomas and Crowder for Kyrie thats pretty damn good.

Inklink · Post #23 » by **Inklink** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:49 pm

Not worried, we got KJ McDaniels.

HeartDonor · Post #24 » by **HeartDonor** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:50 pm

"Dan Gilbert better be ready to bring out the brinks trucks." -Isiah Thomas' actual thoughts 22/08/2017

ForeverTFC · Post #25 » by **ForeverTFC** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:50 pm

Damn, although this makes not trading for Butler/George even dumber

Asif16 · Post #26 » by **Asif16** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:51 pm

Northface82 wrote: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

Post #27 » by **The Duke** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:53 pm

Kyrie > IT

IT > crap other teams was offering

Boston Wins a lot
Cavs lose a little (instead of losing a lot)

Syd-TK3 · Post #28 » by **Syd-TK3** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:55 pm

Now this is some crazy news

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Tokey41 · Post #29 » by **Tokey41** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:00 pm

This doesn't really play in to the whole "Kyrie just wants more shots" theory. He may be the best player on the Celtics if the trade happens, but guys like Hayward and Horford are too good not to get theirs.

Conspiracy theory: LeBron wants Kyrie to go to a playoff rival so he can embarrass him on the big stage.

RaptorsLife · Post #30 » by **RaptorsLife** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:00 pm

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

Asif16 · Post #31 » by **Asif16** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:01 pm

The Duke wrote:Kyrie > IT

IT > crap other teams was offering

Boston Wins a lot
Cavs lose a little (instead of losing a lot)

I agree Boston would win this trade but if you look at their offseason as a whole, they've lost a ton of depth. If this trade goes through, Boston would have lost:

IT
Crowder
Bradley
Olynik
Amir Johnson
Gerald Green
Jerebko
Zicic

Gained:

Irving
Hayward
Morris
Baynes

They're going to be relying a lot on Jaylen Brown and Tatum I suppose

Drop Shot · Post #32 » by **Drop Shot** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:02 pm

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

DD + Lowry 2 fouls in 3 mins

___Rand___ · Post #33 » by **___Rand___** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:03 pm

That Ainge. Friggin Boston teams. It's like they got the Devil advising them. Damn smart move.

DeKobe DeBryant · Post #34 » by **DeKobe DeBryant** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:04 pm

Hopefully both teams have chemistry issues and we sneak into the finals.

Post #35 » by **The Duke** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:05 pm

Asif16 wrote:
The Duke wrote:Kyrie > IT

IT > crap other teams was offering

Boston Wins a lot
Cavs lose a little (instead of losing a lot)

I agree Boston would win this trade but if you look at their offseason as a whole, they've lost a ton of depth. If this trade goes through, Boston would have lost:

IT
Crowder
Bradley
Olynik
Amir Johnson
Gerald Green
Jerebko
Zicic

Gained:

Irving
Hayward
Morris
Baynes

They're going to be relying a lot on Jaylen Brown and Tatum I suppose

What you've just showed is that huge depth charts mean nothing in the NBA when they are not seeing any time in the playoffs. Amalgamating higher quality talent that plays higher amount of minutes in the playoffs is what they need. They could be in the finals in the following season. Anige, has done a great job this summer IMO. Added a top draft pick, added a top Free Agent, added a top player thru trade (by sending lower pieces), and lost nothing overly significant.

Mr.Raptorsingh · Post #36 » by **Mr.Raptorsingh** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:10 pm

DeKobe DeBryant wrote:Hopefully both teams have chemistry issues and we sneak into the finals.

Bruh our lineup of doom is slated to be:

Lowry
Powell
DeRozan
Caboclo
Ibaka

vs.

Irving
Hayward
Brown
Tatum
Horford

vs.

Thomas
Smith (Wade?)
Crowder
James
Love

We best hope Bruno channels his inner-KD.

Scott Hall · Post #37 » by **Scott Hall** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:15 pm

Boston keeps on getting worse defensively

BrunoSkull · Post #38 » by **BrunoSkull** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:16 pm

Good for Celtics and the Raptors,
Kyrie's iso play will wreck the whole team system.

YogurtProducer · Post #39 » by **YogurtProducer** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:17 pm

Scott Hall wrote:Boston keeps on getting worse defensively

Yeah getting rid of IT would hurt anyone's defense

Scott Hall · Post #40 » by **Scott Hall** » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:18 pm

YogurtProducer wrote:
Scott Hall wrote:Boston keeps on getting worse defensively

Yeah getting rid of IT would hurt anyone's defense

There's this guy named Jae Crowder you might want to google him