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CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:wco81 wrote:So supposedly, the Celtics are not one of the teams AD would sign with in 2020.
Does Ainge still make a pitch?
Yup. Ainge isn't going to drop out of the race now.
PLO wrote:Tatum played OK - took advantage of a few mismatches - decent on the defensive end. He is what we thought he was going into the season - a technically very proficient player operating close to his career ceiling as a rookie.
According to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, there’s a 95 percent chance Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant team up in New York (presumably for the New York Knicks rather than the Brooklyn Nets, though both franchises are located in New York).
Smith, though not necessarily considered an NBA insider in the vein of an Adrian Wojnarowski or Shams Charania, has plenty of connections to New York and Philadelphia from his time as a sportswriter in those locations beginning in the 1990s.
“I got a text message from folks close to Kyrie’s family within the hour,” he said on ESPN today. “Quote: ‘there is no way in hell he’s going to L.A.’”
Smith then went on to say it’s very likely Irving would join Golden State Warriors star and former MVP Kevin Durant and sign with the New York Knicks.
“From everything that I’ve been hearing over the last few days, Kyrie Irving his heading to New York City,” he said. “Kyrie Irving is heading to Madison Square Garden with Kevin Durant. People in his inner circle are trying to bring the Nets into the mix, but clearly New York is the destination, the likelihood is that it will be MSG.”
He went on to suggest Knicks owner James Dolan will do whatever it takes, including backing away from the Knicks.
“It appears to be a foregone conclusion,” Smith said. “I don’t know whether that’s true or not. Neither Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving are talking about these things. But I am telling you what the belief is. They are destined to go to MSG.”
The last bit there leaves him a bit of an out, and he did go on to say there’s a chance Durant makes an emotional choice and doesn’t choose the Knicks, which could apparently influence Irving’s decision. Irving may decide to leave anyway, and odds makers have made New York the favorite landing spot for Irving this summer.
captain green wrote:Hopefully we at least get a sign and trade out of the deal. But imo knicks would still suck with durant and irving.
wco81 wrote:captain green wrote:Hopefully we at least get a sign and trade out of the deal. But imo knicks would still suck with durant and irving.
That's my thinking. At best they'd be like the Rockets of the EC with KD and Kyrie taking turns playing ISO ball.
But KD isn't built like Harden to have high usage throughout the season. He even said so.
Lets say the Knicks get the top pick. So they can trade for AD. They will have 3 big stars but not sure that team beats Bucks or Toronto, assuming they keep their main players this offseason.
That will cap them out and they'd have to fill it with cheap minimum players.
That big 3 can all score but I'm not sure they're as complementary as Curry and Klay have been with KD, giving him a lot of spacing.
captain green wrote:wco81 wrote:captain green wrote:Hopefully we at least get a sign and trade out of the deal. But imo knicks would still suck with durant and irving.
That's my thinking. At best they'd be like the Rockets of the EC with KD and Kyrie taking turns playing ISO ball.
But KD isn't built like Harden to have high usage throughout the season. He even said so.
Lets say the Knicks get the top pick. So they can trade for AD. They will have 3 big stars but not sure that team beats Bucks or Toronto, assuming they keep their main players this offseason.
That will cap them out and they'd have to fill it with cheap minimum players.
That big 3 can all score but I'm not sure they're as complementary as Curry and Klay have been with KD, giving him a lot of spacing.
With the thin skin superstar squad and dolan and media. That's a recipe for disaster. And I'm confident they don't get the 1st pick. But if they do they might need to trade it .
Grooverider wrote:Then he can have it. He will also be leaving a bunch of money on the table. Is Kyrie and KD enough to win a championship? Not sure about that.
90% of this board absolutely do not want the young kids leading lolm haynes wrote:Whats the big deal if KI goes to the Nicks. He a team killer a cancer he the reason why the Celts stunk this year. 90% on this board want the young kids leading the future and KI gone. Whats the problem are you having second thoughts. It's funny get rid of him. No wait stay! No don't go to the Nicks we won't have a chance!!!!!
The KI haters get what they want the future "superstars"(laughable) Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum leading the way to the next title. Hey wait a minute lets replace KI with IT!
