7footMONSTER wrote:DarkXaero wrote:7footMONSTER wrote:
But you just told me stars call the shots. Why none of these players directly went where they wanted? Paul George wanted LA, why didn’t he “call the shots” and force his way to LA directly?
Why didn’t Kawhi go straight to LA?
Why didn’t Chris Paul force his way to the Lakers?
And lol at using a Celtics blog boy fan page to say Kyrie was happy to go to Boston. He wasn’t. He gave the Cavs a list and Boston was never on it.
Stars do hold the leverage. Paul George could have ended up at LA a year before he did, but he did the unexpected move of re-signing. That's your only example that works, and even then, not really. The rest of your examples don't apply. There's a reason why Melo didn't become a Net, and was a Knick instead. Reason why AD ended up with Lakers, and Boston didn't want to trade for him after his dad publicly stated that he would never re-sign with Boston. Prime Dwight Howard was going to be a Net until he changed his mind last minute on an impulse and didn't exercise his ETO. Butler ended up in Miami despite Miami not having cap space.
Kawhi not going straight to LA has been explained, and I'm sure you've read that by now.
And that's not a "celtics blog fan page", the source is an article from Boston Herald, and its citing a NBA GM saying that. I'm sure NBA GMs are more clued in than you are.
All the players you listed were either free agents or about to become free agents. Beal literally just signed an extension. Can you understand the difference?
Also is that your plan? So we should wait for Beal to bounce around the league and then maybe in 2 years he’ll come to us. How does that help us this year?
Finally, Kyrie gave the Cavs a list of 4 teams. New York, Minnesota, San Antonio, and Miami. Boston was never on his list. Interesting the article you referenced doesn’t actually say the GM’s name. Wonder why. Maybe when Kyrie made his list, he just conveniently forgot to include Boston? I’m sure the Boston media is 100% reliable and trustworthy when it comes to Kyrie.
Beal signed a 1+1 extension that gets him a nice pay rise, and gets him a season with John Wall (his wish) to see if it works. However, odds are greatly against Beal & Wall that it will work. Is that hard to understand?
I didn't talk about any plan. Beal is constantly brought up because he's widely expected by the entire league, not just us, to be the next legit star on the move through a trade. It could be this offseason (unlikely) or trade deadline (possible) or next year's offseason. I don't understand the problem with fans speculating about a possible trade/move, when Nets possibly looking for a 3rd star is widely reported. After all, this thread is about those kind of possibilities. We obviously can't sign Beal with cap space, unless its a S&T, but that's highly unlikely regardless. That's why it would have to be a trade, and Beal has already publicly talked about the idea of "KD and Kyrie wanting him". What's difficult to grasp here?
And of course, they're not going to name the GM. When do executives ever get named in these stories? Reporters have to protect the confidentiality of sources
Also that Boston article is from before Kyrie left, so its before the agenda. Believe whatever you want, but Kyrie himself said start of 2018-19 season that he was ready to re-sign with Celtics, and then it all fell apart. Stars holding leverage when they're a year or two away from becoming free agents is a commonly known fact, I have no idea why its up for debate here.
